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'''''Marco:''' Yeah, it's a real miracle of human technology.''}}
{{quote|''And [humans] completely ignore their greatest accomplishments: the cinnamon bun, [[Product Placement|the Snickers bar]], the hot pepper, and the refreshing beverage called vinegar.''
|'''From the Earth Diary of [[Animorphs|Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill]]'''}}
[[Rubber Forehead Aliens]] as applied to aesthetics rather than physiology, or alternatively the cultural counterpart to [[No Biochemical Barriers]], Alien Arts Are Appreciated when [[Speculative Fiction]] depicts arts and entertainment made by one species as finding an audience among aliens. As for how likely this would be to occur, ask yourself the following: What human being would appreciate the works of a species that communicate by emitting scents, with the closest equivalent to a novel being a device that emits smells in order to tell a story, or a "sculpture" consisting of a single scent? Or a painting made by a being blind in the spectrum visible to humans but sighted in frequencies humans cannot perceive? Of course, there are also the psychological differences: What would a species with no concept of fate make of the ''Iliad'', for example?
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** On the flip side, the thranx are fascinated by the unparalleled flexibility afforded by humans' internal skeletons, and teams of human gymnasts and dancers quickly find huge audiences among them.
* ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'': Near the end of the book, Richard MacDuff is awed by the alien music he hears playing aboard a spacecraft, thinking it's the most beautiful thing he's ever heard. When he returns home, he hears the same music playing. Professor Chronotis had gone back in time and given the alien music to Bach. And now you know where the piece of music "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ," comes from.
* In ''[[Technic History|People of the Wind]]'' one character makes a translation of a Ythrian hunting song.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Traveller]]'' K'kree perfumers are famous. K'kree have the best sense of smell of all the "major races" and so their perfume can sell well to others.
** Aslan epics and decorative weapons are lovingly described in ''Alien Races 2'' however it is not said whether humans find them popular. However some Aslan ship designs are rather liked by Solomani humans and there were a tales of human warbands in the past who [[Going Native|affected the customs and dress]] of the Aslan [[Worthy Opponent|even when fighting them]]
***Despite being of a far different ''biological'' origin Aslan and Humans seem from a cursory overview to be fairly similar, though there is less variance in culture among Aslan.
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