What books should I read if I want to learn how to describe alien

>>9713828
Thesaurus

>>9713828
τὴν Ἰλιάδα kαὶ τὴν Ὀδυσσείαν

>>9713828
Monster Girl Encyclopedia

The Odyssey

>>9714193
Sorry, I can't read obsolete.

>>9713828
i haven't read it but probably Solaris?

Roadside Picnic is cool and creepy but i'm not sure if it had many direct descriptions, it was more psychological stuff and your mind filling up the gaps as far as i remember

>>9713828
My diary, desu.

>>9713828
Naruto

anything by H P Lovecraft

>>9714659
I thought lovecraft always ditched proper descriptions with expressions like "unimaginable" and shit like that.

>>9714433
>your mind filling up the gaps
Yeah, sometimes I wonder if descriptions aren't that important to get right. On one hand I'd say using illustrations would be a good thing, but on the other I think it'd be breaking the flow of the prose for little gain, you know?

The Book of the New Sun takes place on our Earth, but manages to give it a strange, alien feeling.

>>9715181
That is just a meme.
At his best, he can give some horrid descriptions.

>>9713828
i wanna put my dick on her

>>9714418
The Illiad and the Odyssey. Also, learn greek.

>>9714433
>i haven't read it but probably Solaris?

one alien in Solaris, and it's a friggin' ocean. that won't help OP describe aliens unless they're made of water.

OP: check out Greg Bear's "Anvil of Stars" and "Eon".