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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Best non-human aliens
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 18:53:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 18:53:53 1984
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I'd certainly agree that my favorite aliens are the threesome in Asimov's
"The Gods Themselves."  However, I refrained from posting them as non-human
because, apart from having three sexes in their race, their personalities
are quite human.  In fact, the whole race is a parody (intentional or not,
I don't know) on the Parent, Child, and Adult of Transactional Analysis,
a more-or-less serious psychological movement started about 15 years ago.
One of the beings is extremely emotional (Child), another very practical
and strict about the rules (Parent), and the third logical but curious
(Adult).  Come to think of it, they'd make a great movie.... mike k