When you’r
e building that alien culture, the one that will make your Sci Fi novel un-put-down-able, think about where your alien culture can meet humanity. The purpose of the alien culture should be to hold a mirror up to ourselves.
An example given on the Culture By Any Other Name panel was this…
You’re traveling in a space ship that has catastrophic engine failure. After floating aimlessly about for enough time to be desperate you encounter an alien culture. They have a replacement engine for you. They’ll happily give it, for a price. T
hey want kittens in return. More over they want the kitten’s owners to come and give the kittens as a sacrifice. What do you do? Do you make small adorable children bring their precious wiggly kittens to be devoured? Or do you say no and continue to aimlessly float praying someone else will come alone to help you before you all die?
Oh man….
T.A. Henry 
This is a tricky topic. There are things we don’t accept in our society that other cultures do (dogs/cats as pets/food for example). It’s always interesting to see how it’s pulled together.
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If you by some amazing twist of stats encountered someone you better grab the chance. Ain’t no one else gonna help you, Babe. If you don’t kill the kittens it’s curtains for you.
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laughing. I agree but people were horrified in the panel that anyone would even suggest such a thing.
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I didn’t suggest anything…Just made the choices clear…lol. But I have no doubt what I would choose. Love you kitty, but…
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Is it a definite they will eat the kitties? Maybe they just want to pet them.
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Nope, they’re eating them.
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All of them? Is there a possible deal where they only eat a tail, ear or paw?
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No. Uh uh. Make the hard choice. Crunch Crunch. They even like the fur, says it gives the meal texture.
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Is it my personal kitty that I’ve bounded with or just a random stranger kitty?
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You’re too old. your child must bring the kitty.
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Is the alien planet nice? Maybe I can just live there with my kitty.
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ROFL
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Bonded with I mean
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