Races in The Dark Side of the Sun

52 different sentient species (including earth-humanity) exist in the novel The Dark Side of the Sun.

Chief among them are:

• Earth-humans - Natives of Old Earth who have settled such diverse worlds as Third Eye and Eggplant.
  • Subraces:
    • Widdershine - 50/50 left-handed, night-black skin, hairless, UV-tolerant eyes, skin-cancer resistant
    • Terra Novae - stocky people with two hearts from a metal rich world
    • Third Eye (Pineals?) - Phobish, a forest world
    • Whole Erse - warriors
    • Eggplant - vegetarian (home planet has aggressive vegetation)
    • Class Five Robots
• Phnobes - Natives of Phnobis. Three sexes.
• Creapii - Natives from Creap, first planet of 70 Ophiuchis A. Oldest race (after Jokers). Octopodial. Non-gendered. Extremophiles. Names are chemical and degrees (e.g. CReegE + 698°).
  • Sub-species:
    • Low-degree (silicon-oxygen)
    • Middle-degree (silicon-carbon, 500°C)
    • High-degree (aluminum-silicon polymer)
    • Others (silicon-boron, etc.)
• Drosks - Natives of Quaducquakucckuaquekekecqac. Cuboid in appearance, like a heavy gravity chimp on steroids, omni-carnivores.
• Sun-dogs - Natives from Eggplant, since relocated to Band. Space dwellers, lay eggs (in orbit) every ten years.
• Jokers - Natives of Jokers World. Elder race.

The rest:

• Spooners - small, icy worlds.
• Tarquins - protostar dwellers.
• The Pod - Space roaming hydrogen eaters.
• Sidewinders
• The Two Evolutions of Seard
• The First Sirian Bank - intelligent world, legally Human.
• Chatogaster - living water