# Your Favorite Fictional Aliens **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321 "2014-07-17T00:56:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/22 "2014-07-17T11:24:50Z")
Robot from Lost In Space. The Kzin - Larry Niven’s “Known Space” The Pak - ditto A E Van Vogt and Stanislaw Lem had some interesting ones too but memory fades. The Cataaa. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/23 "2014-07-17T11:34:38Z")
Skizz Nemesis the Warlock Cthulhu ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/24 "2014-07-17T12:56:14Z")
Tweel from Stanley G. Weinbaum’s “A Martian Odyssey.” One of the first really _alien_ aliens, and still one of the best. The Puppeteers from Larry Niven’s Known Space series. The Newcomers from **Alien Nation.** ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/25 "2014-07-17T21:44:50Z")
Quick Rule–we want thinking aliens, not ET animals, no robots. If it **can’t** pass a blood test, but it **can** get a boat loan, it qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/26 "2014-07-17T22:39:17Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Quick Rule–we want thinking aliens, not ET animals, no robots. > If it **can’t** pass a blood test, but it **can** get a boat loan, it qualifies. I contend that Daneel Olivaw qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/27 "2014-07-17T23:28:25Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I contend that Daneel Olivaw qualifies. No, because if Daneel loves & cares for a boat like he should, then a device like him buying one would be prostitution. And that would be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/28 "2014-07-17T23:53:21Z")
Londo Mollari and G’kar. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/29 "2014-07-17T23:56:25Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Mind the oranges, Marlon. - Does this word look like “submarine” or “sandwich” to you? - “Submarine” - Right. So this film is set on a submarine and not on a sandwich, as you may have previously imagined. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/30 "2014-07-18T01:12:04Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > I can never resist mentioning Harry Turtledove: in this instance, the reptilian “Race” (“the Lizards” to their human foes) in that author’s _Worldwar_ series. As invaders from outer space who want to conquer Earth and enslave mankind, go: these guys are absolute sweethearts. In some ways – recognisable to humans – they are overall more honest and moral, than is homo sapiens. Truth. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/31 "2014-07-18T15:08:52Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Quick Rule–we want thinking aliens, not ET animals, no robots. > If it **can’t** pass a blood test, but it **can** get a boat loan, it qualifies. I don’t know how I can test for Aliens that can get a boat loan. Could the Alien from Alien the movie get a boat loan? I think she’d eat the loan officer and become disqualified.😉 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/32 "2014-07-18T15:11:00Z")
> [@4d3fect](#): > > Yes, aren’t they all? Fictional, I mean. > > Anyhoo, > > Ford Prefect, my personal fave. Ditto. Followed by Zaphod and pretty much most of the main Farscape cast. But if I am forced to choose, Aeryn. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/33 "2014-07-18T16:08:39Z")
Chewie! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/34 "2014-07-18T16:42:40Z")
Q Khan (The one played by Ricardo Montalban) Chewbacca ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/35 "2014-07-18T18:48:42Z")
[Twi’leks](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Twi%27lek) Yoda Chewbacca ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/36 "2014-07-18T19:12:08Z")
Edgar Rice Burrough’s green Martians. The Martians and Venerians from Heinlein’s future history stories. The Overlords from Arthur C. Clarke’s _Childhood’s End_. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/37 "2014-07-18T19:23:45Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > No, because if Daneel loves & cares for a boat like he should, then a device like him buying one would be prostitution. > > And that would be wrong. So you’re saying cleaning and doing maintenance on a boat is having sex with the boat? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/38 "2014-07-18T19:37:44Z")
The Thing, but only after reading the story from [its own perspective](http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/). The [Cheela](http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Cheela), who inhabit a the surface of a neutron star and whose metabolic processes are not based on chemistry, but rather on nuclear interactions, thus occurring thousands of times faster than in humans, meaning they evolved from barbaric to space-faring in the space of a week. Wang’s carpets, carpet-like aquatic lifeforms whose growth pattern follows that of Wang tiles, which are capable of universal computation—and what they (by pure chance) happen to compute is basically a whole simulated universe, in which there is life, as well. The aliens from Peter Watts’ _Blindsight_, which aren’t conscious beings. Some of the usual suspects, too, but those have all been taken already… ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/39 "2014-07-18T22:25:25Z")
> [@Sleel](#): > > I have a soft spot for the [Atevi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreigner_universe), because they’re largely based on Meiji/Edo Japanese culture. The idea of assassination being an openly accepted form of political change is also interesting. > > I like the [Thranx](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humanx_Commonwealth_races#Thranx) too, mostly because of the personality of one character, Truzenzuzex. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/40 "2014-07-18T22:54:33Z")
Other than those mentioned, I like the Venusians from _Space Cadet_, the Mother Thing from _Have Spacesuit, Will Travel_, and the Martian flatcats from _The Rolling Stones_, all by Robert Heinlein, of course. I also like the Spiders from _A Deepness in the Sky_ and the Tines from _A Fire Upon the Deep_, both by Vernor Vinge. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fictional-aliens/693321/41 "2014-07-18T23:09:20Z")
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