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***Widdershine - 50/50 left-handed, night-black skin, hairless, UV-tolerant eyes, skin-cancer resistant | ***Widdershine - 50/50 left-handed, night-black skin, hairless, UV-tolerant eyes, skin-cancer resistant | ||
***Terra Novae - stocky people with two hearts from a metal rich world | ***Terra Novae - stocky people with two hearts from a metal rich world | ||
***Third Eye (Pineals?) - Phobish, a | ***Third Eye (Pineals?) - Phobish, a forest world | ||
***Whole Erse - warriors | ***Whole Erse - warriors | ||
***Eggplant - vegetarian (home planet has | ***Eggplant - vegetarian (home planet has aggressive vegetation) | ||
***[[Class Five Robots]] | ***[[Class Five Robots]] | ||
*[[Phnobe]]s - Natives of Phnobis. Three sexes. | *[[Phnobe]]s - Natives of Phnobis. Three sexes. | ||
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***High-degree (aluminum-silicon polymer) | ***High-degree (aluminum-silicon polymer) | ||
***Others (silicon-boron, etc.) | ***Others (silicon-boron, etc.) | ||
*[[ | *[[Drosk]]s - Natives of Quaducquakucckuaquekekecqac. Cuboid in appearance, like a heavy gravity chimp on steroids, omni-carnivores. | ||
*[[Sun-dogs]] - Natives from Eggplant, since relocated to Band. Space dwellers, lay eggs (in orbit) every ten years. | *[[Sun-dogs]] - Natives from Eggplant, since relocated to Band. Space dwellers, lay eggs (in orbit) every ten years. | ||
*[[Jokers]] - Natives of [[Jokers World]]. Elder race. | *[[Jokers]] - Natives of [[Jokers World]]. Elder race. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:40, 10 August 2013
52 different sentient species (including earth-humanity) exist in the novel The Dark Side of the Sun.
Chief among them are:
- Earth-humans - Natives of Old Earth who have settled such diverse worlds as Third Eye and Eggplant.
- Subraces:
- Widdershine - 50/50 left-handed, night-black skin, hairless, UV-tolerant eyes, skin-cancer resistant
- Terra Novae - stocky people with two hearts from a metal rich world
- Third Eye (Pineals?) - Phobish, a forest world
- Whole Erse - warriors
- Eggplant - vegetarian (home planet has aggressive vegetation)
- Class Five Robots
- Subraces:
- Phnobes - Natives of Phnobis. Three sexes.
- Creapii - Natives from Creap, first planet of 70 Ophiuchis A. Oldest race (after Jokers). Octopodial. Non-gendered. Extremophiles. Names are chemical and degrees (e.g. CReegE + 698°).
- Sub-species:
- Low-degree (silicon-oxygen)
- Middle-degree (silicon-carbon, 500°C)
- High-degree (aluminum-silicon polymer)
- Others (silicon-boron, etc.)
- Sub-species:
- Drosks - Natives of Quaducquakucckuaquekekecqac. Cuboid in appearance, like a heavy gravity chimp on steroids, omni-carnivores.
- Sun-dogs - Natives from Eggplant, since relocated to Band. Space dwellers, lay eggs (in orbit) every ten years.
- Jokers - Natives of Jokers World. Elder race.
The rest:
- Spooners - small, icy worlds.
- Tarquins - protostar dwellers.
- The Pod - Space roaming hydrogen eaters.
- Sidewinders
- The Two Evolutions of Seard
- The First Sirian Bank - intelligent world, legally Human.
- Chatogaster - living water