Nasqueron Dwellers

Iain (M.) Banks really thinks them up doesn't he? These guys, the Nasqueron Dwellers, from 'The Algebraist' have got to be the weirdest aliens ever. A double cartwheel with a cartiligenous band of flesh connecting them, and wee handies sticking out the side of the cartwheels. Shiiiit, that's totally freaky!!!! I want to draw a picture of my mental picture, coming soon.

What do book characters look like?

Every time I read a book I get a mental picture of the characters, and I really want to know what other peoples' mind's eyes produce when they read the same book. Some of the characters I picture as being like someone I know, or someone famous.

eg: Thomas Covenant in 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant' by Stephen Donaldson - no he is really Terry Nutkin who used to do the Really Wild Show on UK kids' TV!

I would welcome postings from people with their own mental pictures of book characters, sci-fi or otherwise!

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