Thanks for the kind words – sorry I take so long to respond. There is always ‘Little Fuzzy’ and the sequel ‘Fuzzy Sapien’ by H. Beam Piper, the fuzzies are aliens, safely far away, and for the most part – small and cute.

Then there is a comic space opera, ‘McLendon’s Syndrome’, by Frezza. You will never think of Scandinavian space-going vampires the same way again. Just hide the Tiger brand soy mild, and the chocolate chip cookies. I still don’t get the ‘Bucky Beaver’ stories..

For a more visual distraction, there is the Bigfoot cameo in ‘The Erotic Witch Project.’ The review I saw claimed that of the adult movie ripoffs of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ – this was the first. I don’t know if I have seen the whole movie, there isn’t much plot to worry about missing. The flip side of the CD, ‘making of the Erotic Witch Project’ is quite entertaining, though, and I have seen .. ahem .. most of it several times.

I read Aliens (Alan Dean Foster), and didn’t find it that engrossing. C. J. Cherryh’s ‘Pride of Chanur’ and the three sequels and the ‘Chanur’s Heritage’ spinoff, though, have a creepy alien race – I like her treatment of the differences between species, and how she handles a lone human stranded among an alien community bound together by trade.

I guess I just *really* don’t focus on horror. For me the story either works as a fantasy or paranormal or pschic adventure, or science fiction, or it is just another of the “90% of everything is crap” heap, at least at my house.

My folks watched ‘Alfred Hitchcock’ TV shows. I wonder if that let me see the horror, as just another 1/2 hour of TV? Hmm.

And Morlocks. Definitely still scared of Morlocks.