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What's a Human's Superpower

4/14/2016

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In the various sub-genres of science fiction there is a tendency to world building. Not just a single world but an entire universe, sometimes multiple universes. Aliens are part and parcel of this. When it comes to writing aliens novel authors have the advantage over screenwriters in that we are not constrained by special effects budgets. This leads to some amazing creatures in sci-fi books. With a different body postulated different senses follow. It is a natural urge to start with a base of the five (or six) base senses of humanity and add things on from there. But what if one of those senses was as exotic to an alien species as telepathy? Say what if light based vision was counted as an esoteric superpower? Especially written from the perspective of the aliens that would make for some interesting stories, 

"Wait a moment," T'Chlll flattened his fur as he tried to process what the human had said. "You possess the ability to map out waveforms with specialized organs. With this ability you can make astounding scientific observations, take out opposing warriors by propelling rocks at them from a distance, and can judge the mood of fellows from across the room...and you sometimes walk into you crewmembers because you just ignore this sense?"
The human in front of him shifted uneasily on her bean bag and took a deep breath.
"Well yes, I just didn't see G'Rrrrwll." Smith repeated. 
T'Chlll rubbed his head on his primary hands and suppressed a sigh. This new species was decidedly confusing. 

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