Showing posts with label alien languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alien languages. Show all posts
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Gender Pronouns in SF

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This week T. Kingfisher's new horror novel, WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT, was published. Sequel to WHAT MOVES THE DEAD (a retelling of "The...
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Thursday, May 04, 2023

Telepaths and Language

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One panel I attended at this year's RavenCon was about communicating with aliens. I brought up the question of whether a telepathic spec...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

Types of Telepathy

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In reading THE SCIENCE OF STAR TREK, by Mark Brake, I'm naturally reminded of Vulcan telepathy (not discussed much if at all in this boo...
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Thursday, July 01, 2021

Talking with Aliens

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When extraterrestrials visit our planet, or vice versa, will we be able to communicate with them? This article discusses the issue of learni...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

The Problem with "They"

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Nowadays it's not uncommon to meet people who don't identify with either pole of the standard "he" and "she" bin...
Monday, February 09, 2009

Speaking and Swearing in Alien Tongues: Reprise

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For those of you with little time to go poking through the archives here, and in keeping with Jacqueline's posts on dialogue, here are t...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Sexism and the English language

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I love writing alien romance in part because it allows me to comment on our society and our ingrained beliefs without being offensive... I h...
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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Sarcasm, Irony... aliens don't "get" it

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You Earthlings (humans, Terrans) are a funny lot. You don't speak the same language. You fight incontinently. You don't have a one-w...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Galactic Gabbing: Confessions of a Word Slut

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I’m a word slut. In fact, if there was a Wordaholics Anonymous, I’d be right there in the front row, ‘fessing up to my addiction. So it was ...
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