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    Anekanta - Go Play!: This is the dude I want backing me up when all Hell finally does break loose... #monsters more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Given this wonderful approach to the same question, [threatquality.com] I await braak's response. #monsters more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Thats what I normally do when faced with monsters outside of my apartment. #monsters more »
    DragonsDream: this was created by a guy who spent his junior high recesses creating D&D stats for "giant aardvarks" and "rhinocudas" wasn't it?... oh wait, that was... more »
    Shewski: Captain Picard sez: "Make it so" and I heartily agree. #monsters more »
    tetracycloide: i just want to say that post titles like 'Let Us Contemplate a Monster and Antagonist Relative Classification Scheme' with the tag #awesomeness attach... more »
    rikchik: Make sure to take a look at the "Scale of Undead Creatures" thread at the Irritability comics forums ([forum.icomix.com]). It's a multi-year effort t... more »
    lazyeight: INRE #1: The Mummy w/ Boris Karloff fits so solidly here. I could never find it scary, only a little creepy, even if I was only 10 or so when I saw it... more »
    Chuck: Where does Sue Sylvester fall on this scale? #monsters more »
    JohnnyZito: Love. It. #monsters more »
    closeencounter: Wow, what a windbag. On his website, he says "but I think my own brain would leap out my ears to throttle myself to shut me up." Brain, sic 'em!! more »
    Chip Overclock: I'm hearting robocop is bleeding. That's all there is too it. Well done. I think H. G. Wells got it right, a long time ago - which is ultimately scar... more »
    capnrob: I can beat pretty much this entire list when it comes to geekitude: Leigh Van Valen keeps naming species he discovers in *elvish*. Yes. As in ol' J.R.... more »
    Purple Dave: So, how exactly do you pronounce the one that's named after Clarke? Arthurseeklark-ey? Artherklark-ey? Artherkuhklark-ey? Being that it's Latinize... more »
    bonniegrrl: On Starwars.com, I interviewed the scientists who named insects after Star Wars characters like Yoda and Darth Vader if you'd like to read more: [www... more »
  • #awesomeness

    Let Us Contemplate a Monster and Antagonist Relative Classification Scheme

  • #triviagasm

    30 Real Animals with Science Fiction Names

    It's no secret that many scientists are great fans of science fiction, and sometimes tributes to characters and authors end up in their work. We list 30 species, alive and extinct, that bear scifi-themed names. More »
  • #aliens

    Cataloging 200,000 Alien Species Here on Earth