Re: (OT) Naming the Aliens

On  3-Feb-00 at 13:25, Anthony Leibrick (a.leibrick@virgin.net) 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?

You wouldn't want your evil alien race names to K'lash.

Roger