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Abbreviation for "bug-eyed monster": [[Callahan, Dairine | Dairine's]] way of referring to the aliens who chase her through the [[Crossings_Hypergate_Facility | Crossings.]] | Abbreviation for "bug-eyed monster": [[Callahan, Dairine | Dairine's]] way of referring to the aliens who chase her through the [[Crossings_Hypergate_Facility | Crossings.]] | ||
| − | The term has a long history in the science fiction field, harking back to the early days of the printed genre -- when aliens were routinely seen and depicted as ugly weird creatures usually bent on world domination, and often (to judge by early "pulp" covers featuring distressed human heroines) on cross-species dating. Dairine is almost certainly using the term in this more perjorative sense: since the aliens in question are shooting at her at the time, and it | + | The term has a long history in the science fiction field, harking back to the early days of the printed genre -- when aliens were routinely seen and depicted as ugly weird creatures usually bent on world domination, and often (to judge by early "pulp" covers featuring distressed human heroines) on cross-species dating. Dairine is almost certainly using the term in this more perjorative sense: since the aliens in question are shooting at her at the time, and it's her first time out on [[High Road, the | the "High Road"]], this is possibly understandable. ([[HW]]) |
Revision as of 13:30, 22 October 2005
Abbreviation for "bug-eyed monster": Dairine's way of referring to the aliens who chase her through the Crossings.
The term has a long history in the science fiction field, harking back to the early days of the printed genre -- when aliens were routinely seen and depicted as ugly weird creatures usually bent on world domination, and often (to judge by early "pulp" covers featuring distressed human heroines) on cross-species dating. Dairine is almost certainly using the term in this more perjorative sense: since the aliens in question are shooting at her at the time, and it's her first time out on the "High Road", this is possibly understandable. (HW)