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>Alien language which consists of 's
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>Alien language which consists of 's
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>Alien language which is even remotely similar to human language and can even be spoken by humans

>Alien language that isn't the fluting of amorphous luminescent gasses contained within transparent bladders, meaning conveyed through altering the wavelength of said gas at spectra outside human sight

>Alien language

>Alien language that isn't reminiscent of cricket song

>Alien language that doesn't consist entirely of the olfactory sense

>Alien language that doesn't revolve around the radioactive decay of common isotopes

>Alien language that doesn't consist of at least 7 primary colors
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>aliens language is math
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any sci-fi reccomendations where the author wrote good aliens ???
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>>7865036
Define a "good alien"
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>>7865043
well thought out and interesting sentien beings that are not neccesarily similar to human sentience
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>>7865062
You'll get people either worshiping or shitting all over Embassytown in that regard.
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>>7865069
why isn't ther some work where the humans and aliens aknowledge each other and are mutually curious to come up with a way of communication
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>>7865036
Asimov, Philip Dick
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>>7865021

>mfw Alien language will be based entirely on Finnegans Wake
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>>7865036
can't recommend solaris enough in this regard
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>>7865036 Peter Hamilton writes good aliens for being a pulp fiction author.
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>>7865193
any particular novel of his you reccomend?
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>>7865021
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>>7865062
Yeah, read this awesome story about an intergalatic trucker or something fucking any alien he could meet and talking about how humans developed fetishes for fucking all kinds of aliens that were extremely harmful to them.
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>names for fantasy ethnicities are transparently by Graeco-Latin names
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