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Alien Writing Competition 1
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Alien Profile: The Squamata

For thousands of Earth years this race of hat wearing lizards has mimicked earthlings’ fashions. From fur dressed cavemen, through toga wearing Greek playwrights, to the elegantly dressed Elizabethan age creatures of today.


slaverphant
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Creatures of Owen’s World: Slaverphant

The slaverphant is a grazing quadruped native to the planet Oblik IV (nicknamed “Owen’s World”). It can be recognized by its two dexterous trunks, its flat mouthless head, and its six eyes.


Spotted bird-lion
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Creatures of Owen’s World: The Purple Spotted Bird-Lion

The purple spotted bird-lion is a quadrupedal predator native to the planet Oblik IV (commonly known as Owen’s World)


castle-backed oblikalo
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Creatures of Owen’s World: Castle-Backed Oblikalo

The castle-backed Oblikalo is a quadrupedal ungulate native to the planet Oblik IV (commonly known as Owen’s World)


Giant land jockey alien week
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Creatures of Owen’s World: Giant Land Jockey

The giant land jockey is a large androgynous marsupial native to the planet Oblik IV (nicknamed Owen’s World). It is the largest known insectivore and the largest extant member of the taxonomic order caballarii.


Owen's World
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Planet Profile: Owen’s World

Owen’s World is home a huge diversity of strange and intriguing native lifeforms. So diverse is life on Owen’s World, in fact, that some biologists refer to it as “the liveliest place in the galaxy”.


Alien Week 2012
Sunday 26 August, 2012

Alien Week Begins

Alien Week 2012 is here! Starting today (August 26th), SciFi Ideas is hosting a special event called Alien Week 2012


Alien Week 2012
Friday 24 August, 2012

How to Create a Competition Winning Alien Profile

Advice on how to write a winning entry to our Alien Week competition


asteroid mining
Friday 03 August, 2012

Story Idea: The Space Miners of Ahriman-108

Ahriman-108 has turned soft men into harden veterans due to the hellish environment both within and without its network of mines. However, men can only be pushed so far before they decide to push back….


underground city
Thursday 26 July, 2012

Story Idea: The Hive Programme

The Hive Programme proposes that mankind move underground until the ice age thaws. The programme developers draw up an unbelievable but achievable plan to create underground mega cities that will sustain life for generations to come.