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Tetrahedra of Space by P. Schuyler Miller:
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"IN SCIENCE fiction, almost every variation in life forms as we know them has been used by authors, in their picturing of creatures from other worlds.
But in practically all cases the authors assumed the life to be made essentially of protoplasm-of organic compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. The life on other worlds was assumed to differ from our own only in size, shape, color, habits, etc.
Yet we must realize that other worlds may hold life forms that are not protoplasmic-that are not made up of what we call organic molecules. It may have been only an accident on earth that caused organic life to come into being at all.
There is no reason in fact why some form of crystalline life, possessed of qualities that we call intelligence, possessed of the power to move about and even to build and create, may not inhabit our sister planets. Mr. Miller uses this idea to build up an adventure story in which three different civilizations meet in a struggle to the death, and a terrific upheaval results."

('Tetrahedra of Space' by P. Schuyler Miller)

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