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An extraterrestrial or alien is a lifeform that did not originate on Earth. The word extraterrestrial means "outside Earth". Extraterrestrials are a common theme in modern science-fiction , and also appeared in much earlier works such as the second-century parody True History [ 1 ] by Lucian of Samosata .
Little green men [10] Diminutive green humanoids. Even though a few abductions have referred to green skin, no report has ever involved anything that would fit the classic cultural stereotype of "little green men". They are included here only for cultural reference. [10] Nordic aliens [11] [12] Sometimes called Space Brothers [13]
"The Derelict" – the name given to the abandoned alien spacecraft discovered by the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo in the film Alien (1979) [48] Darksyde – The Predacon transwarp ship in the Beast Wars television series. [49] The name was spelled with a y in the Beast Wars video game and in the DVD box set.
Science fiction is "a genre (of literature, film, etc.) in which the setting differs from our own world (e.g. by the invention of new technology, through contact with aliens, by having a different history, etc.), and in which the difference is based on extrapolations made from one or more changes or suppositions; hence, such a genre in which ...
Giger's design for the Alien evoked many contradictory sexual images. As critic Ximena Gallardo notes, the creature's combination of sexually evocative physical and behavioral characteristics creates "a nightmare vision of sex and death. It subdues and opens the male body to make it pregnant, and then explodes it in birth.
For example, during the Barney and Betty Hill incident, the first recorded claim of an alien abduction, the couple reported that they were abducted and experimented on by aliens with oversized heads, big eyes, pale grey skin, and small noses, a description that eventually became the grey alien archetype once used in works of fiction.
The 1951 science fiction book The Case of the Little Green Men, by Mack Reynolds, tells of a private detective hired to investigate disguised aliens living among the human population. As he was being hired, the detective referred derisively and familiarly to the aliens in the flying saucers being "little green men".
The television franchise V features the Visitors, a lizardlike alien race who disguise themselves as humans. [16] The Cardassian race featured in multiple Star Trek series, is another example of reptilian humanoids in that particular science fiction universe. [17] The "Tosk" people, featured on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is another. [18]