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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
However, I'd certainly like to see better attempts at portrayal of truly alien behavior (even in written stories, many writers have mostly human aliens).
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I know what you're getting at, but it's a double edged sword. If the behaviour is truly alien, how will the reader be able to relate to it? A little bit of alieness I think works better than something completely unfathomable. Science fiction isn't really about aliens, it's about humans with current cultural values projected into an unfamiliar setting with the aim of exploring the human condition.