User blog comment:BlueFrackle/Alternative Forms of Life/@comment-4018747-20130511225020/@comment-1197011-20130512035620

Insurgence: glad you like the blog, and I agree with everything you say. The only thing I still have some difficulty is that to me, there is really no difference between "indeterminate" and "unknown"; I've always used them as synonymous. But as you know, English is not my first language, so if you think "indeterminate" is better I'll take your word for it! :D

Ralok: You're right, every universe has its own rules and that is something to consider. A species that would be considered abnormal in Star Trek would be perfectly normal in James White's Sector General. I like "Unconventional Lifeforms" too as it sounds slightly less anthropomorphic than "alternative" and less pejorative than "irregular" (or does "irregular" sounding pejorative is just my imagination? I don't know, in Portuguese "irregular" usually means bad so maybe I'm misunderstanding its connotation in English?)