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{{quote|''[Weston's] body did not reach its squatting position by the normal movements of a man ... [although i]t was impossible to point to any particular motion which was definitely non-human. Ransom had the sense of watching an imitation of living motions which had been very well studied and was technically correct: but somehow it lacked the master touch. And he was chilled with an inarticulate, night-nursery horror of the thing he had to deal with -- the man-aged corpse, the bogey, the Un-man.''}} |
{{quote|''[Weston's] body did not reach its squatting position by the normal movements of a man ... [although i]t was impossible to point to any particular motion which was definitely non-human. Ransom had the sense of watching an imitation of living motions which had been very well studied and was technically correct: but somehow it lacked the master touch. And he was chilled with an inarticulate, night-nursery horror of the thing he had to deal with -- the man-aged corpse, the bogey, the Un-man.''}} |
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** Another example in the first book: as Ransom deals with the aliens of Malacandra, he finds that they become disgusting and horrible if he tries to think of them as strange humans, but perfectly admirable and attractive when he approaches them on their own terms. |
** Another example in the first book: as Ransom deals with the aliens of Malacandra, he finds that they become disgusting and horrible if he tries to think of them as strange humans, but perfectly admirable and attractive when he approaches them on their own terms. |
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* ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''; Hyde "gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation", meaning he is not truly ugly or deformed, but anyone who sees him knows ''something'' is wrong with him, a visage that causes people to dislike him instantly. It's very hard for anyone to describe his face to someone else. |
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* Lampshaded in ''[[World War Z]]'': Zombies don't blink. Not only is this creepy, it also means the surface of their eyes is never lubricated, leading to the eyes becoming scratched and opaque. Hence the traditional white eyes. |
* Lampshaded in ''[[World War Z]]'': Zombies don't blink. Not only is this creepy, it also means the surface of their eyes is never lubricated, leading to the eyes becoming scratched and opaque. Hence the traditional white eyes. |
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* Name-checked in the ''[[Mercy Thompson]]'' novels. Mercy describes the vampire Marsilia as being in the [[Uncanny Valley]], as she's unnaturally stiff and still and her facial expressions look like she tried to learn them from a book. |
* Name-checked in the ''[[Mercy Thompson]]'' novels. Mercy describes the vampire Marsilia as being in the [[Uncanny Valley]], as she's unnaturally stiff and still and her facial expressions look like she tried to learn them from a book. |
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