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Old 17th April 2008, 10:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
Urlik
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Re: What actually makes it....

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Originally Posted by chrispenycate View Post
In science fiction (and to a lesser extent in fantasy) a large percentage of the most memorable characters haven't been human at all, or even humanoid.

Some of them have not even been living creatures under the general definition of the term.
would that be a reference to a Ray Bradbury story by any chance?

I recently read The One Who Waits, which your post is a good description of the protagonist.

a beautiful story, but if it was written from the human point of view, it would be a horror story on a par with The Thing or Alien
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