GASEOUS LIFEFORMS



Gaseous lifeforms have become a staple of science fiction, thanks in part to the desire of the Star Trek franchise to fish out new forms of life and be nice to them. Of course, Star Trek wasn’t the first sci-fi to invent creatures of this improbable nature, but the slipper does seem to fit the show well. It’s key to the idea of Star Trek that the universe be crammed full of alien life in various forms – from the humanoid to the god-like and surprisingly little between – so why not fill the gaps between the stars with life too?