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** Also used as birth control since the various species are no longer closely enough related to produce children. |
** Also used as birth control since the various species are no longer closely enough related to produce children. |
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* John Carter and the titular character of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|A Princess of Mars]]''. |
* John Carter and the titular character of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|A Princess of Mars]]''. |
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** Of course the Martians are divided into monstrous four-armed Green Martians and heavily-tanned-human{{verify}} Red Martians. Guess which one the Princess is! (Although she does still ''lay eggs'', raising some unanswered biological questions...) |
** Of course the Martians are divided into monstrous four-armed Green Martians and heavily-tanned-human{{verify}}<!-- The "heavily-tanned" part. And remember that Covers Always Lie. --> Red Martians. Guess which one the Princess is! (Although she does still ''lay eggs'', raising some unanswered biological questions...) |
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* Inverted in Octavia Butler's ''[[Xenogenesis]]'' series, where it's [[wikipedia:Oankali|the aliens]] that want to crossbreed with the humans and every other race they come across. Given that they're all passive-aggressive tentacle-covered anemone-like things, this takes some work. |
* Inverted in Octavia Butler's ''[[Xenogenesis]]'' series, where it's [[wikipedia:Oankali|the aliens]] that want to crossbreed with the humans and every other race they come across. Given that they're all passive-aggressive tentacle-covered anemone-like things, this takes some work. |
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* James Tiptree, Jr's story, ''And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side'' - albeit with rather [[Squick|unfortunate]] [[Unfortunate Implications|implications]] as to the eventual fate of the humans involved. |
* James Tiptree, Jr's story, ''And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side'' - albeit with rather [[Squick|unfortunate]] [[Unfortunate Implications|implications]] as to the eventual fate of the humans involved. |