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Cross Species Breeding in fantasy sifi
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on July 29, 2010, 03:47:23 PM ---huh? I didn't realize that one fiction genre had stircter rules than another.
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Look at the Harlequin Romance guidelines for authors sometime. Those things follow a strict formula down to what has to happen on which page.
--- Quote ---This could get really technical too because species in the strict scientific definition is the lowest classification on the scale.
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Not really; subspecies and varieties are recognised in some clades also. (Trust me, I wrestle with taxonomy as part of my dayjob.)
I'm not going to touch the correct usage of the word "race" with two Lech Walesas end-to-end, save to point out that Shakespeare uses it in The Tempest to mean one person;s family, ancestors and descendants.
MoSeS:
--- Quote from: neurovore on July 29, 2010, 04:56:25 PM ---Look at the Harlequin Romance guidelines for authors sometime. Those things follow a strict formula down to what has to happen on which page.
Not really; subspecies and varieties are recognised in some clades also. (Trust me, I wrestle with taxonomy as part of my dayjob.)
I'm not going to touch the correct usage of the word "race" with two Lech Walesas end-to-end, save to point out that Shakespeare uses it in The Tempest to mean one person;s family, ancestors and descendants.
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Well those guidelines are set by that publication company, it's not really the same as general set of rules for an entire genre, especially a genre about aliens, wizards, dragons, vampires, etc. There really aren't rules there, just good theories that fans will agree with.
And yeah I know subspecies etc etc. That's kind of splitting hairs don't you think. Besides I think different groups general recognize a different biological classification systems. Most I think now use the 9 tier system, but I believe some still use as low as a 6 tier system.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on July 29, 2010, 05:09:51 PM ---Well those guidelines are set by that publication company, it's not really the same as general set of rules for an entire genre, especially a genre about aliens, wizards, dragons, vampires, etc. There really aren't rules there, just good theories that fans will agree with.
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Perhaps, but you will lose a lot of SF readers by presenting something as SF that fundamentally fails to make sense.
--- Quote ---And yeah I know subspecies etc etc. That's kind of splitting hairs don't you think.
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Oh, very much so. But if you can't split hairs as a professional taxonomist, when can you split them ?
--- Quote --- Besides I think different groups general recognize a different biological classification systems. Most I think now use the 9 tier system, but I believe some still use as low as a 6 tier system.
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To hold the NCBI taxonomic tree for eukaryotic life searchably in memory, as of a couple of months ago, takes a minimum of 27 tiers plus one sod of a lot of sideways thinking to get around the bits where different subclades use different structures.
Nickeris86:
muahahahah i love this ;D
MoSeS, in the book series of Alien vs. Predator they actually do describe the mating habits of predators. Females are much larger, stronger and fiercer than males (the predator mane character actually reminisces about getting thrown across a room by his mate while doing the horizontal monster mash). males hunt in order to garner the attention of the best females, as far as i can remember there was no monogamy only the best hunters got to mate.
i already figured out how to make vampires work in one of my books its the aliens that are giving me difficulty. my main character as he progresses through the series garners the attentions of two alien women who are humanoid but not human looking by far (one's species evolved from plants and the other evolved from felines). its long and complicated on how he got in this situation so i won't go into it. however i wanted to have at least one of his alien relationships to result in offspring as part of the over all plot of the series. i know how both species breed i just am trying to find a realistic reason why they would get pregnant.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on July 29, 2010, 05:48:04 PM --- however i wanted to have at least one of his alien relationships to result in offspring as part of the over all plot of the series. i know how both species breed i just am trying to find a realistic reason why they would get pregnant.
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Massively advanced tech put to the service of getting a kid ?
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