Re: Alien, I mean really Alien.
The most alien aliens that spring to mind for me are the kif in C. J. Cherryh's Chanur stories. The main thing I remember about them is that the rare times they communicated, the "translation" was a two-dimensional matrix of words, rather than "normal" sentences.
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Cap'n Q
"Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning," he said. "Which I doubt," said he.
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