Terran Infiltration Resources: The Fictional Masterlist

[innerbrat]

vandonovan's recent posts about music for aliens reminded me of a sort of list I'd been thinking of compiling for quite some time.

Terran Infiltration Resources: The Fictional Masterlist
Don't you just hate this? You find a new planet, learn its history, copy the biology of the dominant organism, and are all set to infiltrate the culture, when someone

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[van]

Eeh, between me and you, the aliens are going to have a BREEZE conquering Earth. I wonder if we'll get special treatment for helping them out?

Anyway, I totally intend to add to this list, but I am too sleepy to think right now, so I shall tackle this later. :D:D:D

I love this post though. :D

[innerbrat]

I added the disclaimer about cultures that aren't Western because I feel inescapably underqualified to provide an infiltration kit for a culture not mine.

And applying Journey to the West marks myself out as an alien, which wasn't the aim.

[huskyteer]

The first thing that sprang to mind, for some reason, was Moby Dick, even though I haven't read it.

I'd also add The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Wayne's World?

The Man from UNCLE, The Avengers, Biggles.

[innerbrat]

Yes to the novels and the movies. The serials - I'm not so sure, because I can't think of how they've influenced culture.

[huskyteer]

Oh, Bambi! Everyone knows one thing that happens in Bambi...

[innerbrat]

Definitely.

[innerbrat]

...

I don't.

[slutbamwalla]

You probably know it even if you don't know where it's from. That's how pervasive it is. :)

[innerbrat]

Conceded and added.