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Cross Species Breeding in fantasy sifi
Nickeris86:
so in a science fiction setting how would you explain something like a hybrid from to different races of sentient beings. would you have to utilize some form of artificial insemination in order to insure a pregnancy or could you go the way of Jurassic Park in that "nature finds a way". and if technology is needed in order to produce viable offspring what kind of tech would be needed.
another question to consider is how these hybrids would be treated in an advanced alien culture.
Figging Mint:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on August 05, 2010, 04:12:01 PM ---so in a science fiction setting how would you explain something like a hybrid from to different races of sentient beings.
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You're asking me to do all that work on the spur of the moment? ;D Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm not quite that good. :D
--- Quote ---would you have to utilize some form of artificial insemination in order to insure a pregnancy or could you go the way of Jurassic Park in that "nature finds a way".
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Probably neither. I doubt I could do "hybrids of sentient species" in a logical setting short of ones similar to what David Brin does in his Uplift War series, where the "hybrid" would actually be entirely purposefully created .
That said, the other possibility I see is to fuse completely different forms that have entirely different means of reproduction.
In other words, I know I could do Frankenstein's monster from parts of species (that actually works well instead of being a lumbering klutz), or a cyborg with both sides sentient.
--- Quote ---another question to consider is how these hybrids would be treated in an advanced alien culture.
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That is almost always the default question.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Kapitan Sheckovitch on August 05, 2010, 10:35:45 AM ---Last I checked, lack of time was an issue, so no subscription to Netflix can fix that.
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Also, does Netflix cover Canada ? Their insta-downloads certainly do not work here, anyway.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on August 05, 2010, 02:11:59 PM ---You can also watch a lot of shows via the networks site. I don't know about Canada, but I watched It's Always Sunny via FX website, I watched the Pilot of The Gates via ABC website. Those are free.
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And the bulk of these tyhat I have looked up are also not shown in Canada. For copyright reasons, apparently, though I have no understanding of precisely which copyrights apply in the situation.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on August 05, 2010, 03:16:27 PM ---Well if it a made-up science, doesn't that kind of loop back to Fantasy then?
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Not if the scientific method still applies.
The way i most like to think about it is; if the unknown is to be figured out, it's SF. If the unknown is to be reverentially oohed and aahed over, it's fantasy. If the unknown is scary and wants to hurt you, it's horror. If the unknown is scary and wants to hurt you and is to be firmly put back in its box at the end so the world stays normal, it;s a techno-thriller (insert rant about how anti-science and generally bad this is here.) If the unkown is totally ignored, it's mainstream.
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