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[@Shorticus] You do have a point, you know...

I do enjoy the Ender Saga and the protagonist's last name is Wiggins and there's a race of aliens called the piggies. 

I just think Hamilton's schtick was just kind of "Space Captain Wilson Heimer" or whatever with a lot of slang that just kind of took me out of it. Also, glacial pacing, at least in the Commonwealth. GLACIAL. 


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I think it is only logical for human characters to have human names, because unless our whole culture is consumed by another, we're not going to start naming our children any different because we know aliens and fly spaceships. The only exception might be if the alien society absorbed human society entirely, and we started calling ourselves by alien names to blend in with their culture. If that didn't happen, we have no reason to change our names. I'm not going to name my kid "Bleezorp the Third" because we made contact with aliens- her name will still be human, most likely.