Re: (OT) Naming the Aliens

At 02:52 PM 2/3/2000 -0000, you wrote:
>Hi
>If this has been mentioned before I apologise but somthing just struck
me
>about fictional alien names:
>
>GZGverse has the Kra'vak
>2300AD system had the Kafer (who called themselves IIRC Kavak?)
>Traveller, the K'kree, AKA Centaurs
>C J Cheryh's Compact Space (Pride of Chanur etc) the Kif
>David Weber's Apocalypse Troll, the Kangas (because they looked
like....!)
>Larry Niven's Known Space, the Kzin
>Marvel Comics in the 70s had the Kree
>The movie Forbidden Planet has the lost race of the Krell
>Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy has the enigmatic Kiint
>and of course there is Star Trek's Klingons
>
>You can see the pattern. I just wondered why it was so popular? Would
anyone
>else like to contribute with names.

Wing Commander has the Kilrathi . . .

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