/lit/ - Literature

What do you think are the coolest aliens from books, /lit/?

I think the Chtorr are a pretty cool alien ecology.

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from War Against the Chtorr, book 4 in the series

> These aliens called the chtorrian who terraform the ecosystem show up on earth

>several years and 3 books later, in book 4, this guy's mission is to study the largest infestation on Earth with a team of scientists

>he gets an idea to play back their song and figures through his own experiences with the alien worm hives (he was in a mandala briefly and felt like it was being a part of God and was also brainwashed into a cult before based around the ecosystem) he gets the idea to play the hive's song back at them, thinking that the worms worship the song itself like a god.

>the worms themselves see the zepplin the scientists are riding in as some giant worm and are waiting for it to do something, they start gathering toward into the middle of the hive like a religious cermony.


>the protagonist starts the song, the worms collectively let out a huge sigh which everybody in the airship can feel as a huge gust of wind.

>it works, the full red worm-filled nest starts to vibrate like a beating heart and sways to the rhythm of the song, and gradually amplifies their sound along with the airship which is flashing back Cthorrian colors in sync to the song.

>both are gradually raising their volume, the worms start adding in chord progressions and more complexity to the song to where it sounds completely ethereal.

>the special light cameras on the ship detect special lights (I think it's UV light) that are emitting from the worms, which themselves can see it but humans normally can't without technology or being infected by the chtorrian ecology, all the lights are perfectly synced to the song and are flashing in different colors like a laser rock show

>the protagonist is so lulled by the sound of the perfectly synced 250,000+ member alien hive chorus that his urge/longing to join the chtorrian ecology momentarily resurfaces before he shakes it off

I read book 3 and I really liked it

there's not much discussion about it on the internet and I want to find out what other people think about this (unfinished) series.

What did you think about it /lit? What did you like and dislike about it?