Science fiction Friday at dKos

Darksyde speculates about aliens… with illustrations by Carl Buell and others.

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That was great. I am such a fanboy.

Gaaah! Noooo! they got the puppeteers all wrong! It looks like a maniac predator.
It should have Basketball-sized body; a retractable hind leg, and a big eye on each hand/head; and the lips should have finger-like nubbins.

(But i wonder how Niven would draw them... :) )