“It wasn't only the way they smelled, it was the way they talked. It was sort of gurgling and tongue-tied and it sounded like too much saliva and too few teeth."
“The people at the door were plump, even for Venusians. The biggest one, the one with six. chins and two stomachs and whose name, was Shallot-s'hu, had brought a fossilized "Dardanor" epiphyte as a friend's gift, and the others had brought presents too. Their manner were lovely, no matter how much the Venusians themselves smelled like fish, and Oona felt herself, begin to warm to them.“
Margaret St. Clair, The Himalaychalet
“A fat Venusian had been comin’ down the steps of the Tashkent Import and Export Exchange.”
Margaret St. Clair, Return Engagement
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