SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1962 #7: Here Come the Reds!

[Andrew Perron]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:22:49 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> On 3/20/2013 6:13 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:09:29 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>>
>>> Well then, it's the old argument about generalists vs. specialists.
>>> Species in a big community have had generations to develop their special
>>> traits.  In Star Trek, every Vulcan practically has superpowers, albeit
>>> specialized ones.  It's mostly humans who have to generalize as a species.
>>
>> But why is that so consistently true for everyone who's not humans? Even
>> species who have been in the galactic community for much shorter periods of
>> time - ones where *we* are the ones initiating first contact?
> 
> Err, depends what you read.  I fondly remember one short story where the 
> humans discovered a species of herd animal that wrote its own science 
> fiction.  The aliens promptly wrote a story featuring a human character, 
> Climber Pinkskin.  8{D>

Well, I'm complaining about the cliche, not the people who don't use it.
Them I'm fine with. <3 Who wrote that one?

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, sounds good!