D B Davis <
g...@crcomp.net> wrote:
>
>The Winter Hexagon is an asterism visible in the Northern Hemisphere. It
>is composed of six stars: Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, Procyon,
>and Sirius. Here's some stories read by me that mention one of the
>six stars.
>
>Aldebaran
> Appears in _The Forever War_ (Haldeman) as a location. Earth is at
> war with the enigmatic Taurans, who reside near Aldebaran.
> "it turned out that the colonists, ship had been pursued by
> another vessel and destroyed. This happened near Aldebaran, in
> the constellation Taurus, but since "Aldebaranian" is a little
> hard to handle, they named the enemy "Tauran."
> Aldebaran also appears in _The Lathe of Heaven_ (Le Guin) as a
> location. Aldebaranians invade Earth.
> "'Dr. Haber,' her husband said, 'have you ever talked to an
> Alien about dreaming?'
> 'An Aldebaranian, you mean? No. Forde in Washington tried
> out a couple of our tests on some of 'em, along with a whole
> series of psychological tests, but the results were meaningless.'"
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