Re: I'm new!
From: | Adrian Morgan <morg0072@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 22, 2000, 0:44 |
Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> Well, as I'm sure you've discovered, it is inherently *difficult* to come
> up with an alien, because we're all human here (...I think) and haven't
> met any (...I think)!
As a child, whenever someone called me an alien, I always used to thank
them for the compliment. Aliens, in most SF, are portrayed as much more
intelligent than humans. Strangely, many people did not understand that
they were complimenting me.
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