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Traces the development over milennia of a civilization of an unusual alien species, whose sense of humor, resourceful adaptibility, and metalworking skills are the strengths and the hope of their society
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A planet in its equivalent of the stone age is passing through a galactic debris field. An alien stargazer realizes that sooner or later some object will strike the planet and destroy it. The only hope of survival his species has is to leave the planet before that happens. But the concept is a mere abstraction to his people, the equivalent of a Neanderthal saying âwe need to travel to the moon,â and the task is further complicated by the fact that their technology is biological in nature, focused on the manipulation of living tissue. It is hard to imagineâŚ
From C. S.'s list on aliens in science fiction.
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