But...
When are there going to be true aliens in science fiction?
http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-alien-should-science-fiction-aliens.html
And when are we going to give up the outdated concept of organic beings
inside starships (you know, carbon units) and have the ships BE the beings.
http://www.aeiveos.com:8080/~bradbury/MatrioshkaBrains/index.html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1079797626827646234&q
