>And I just spotted the George Alec Effinger reference: "Sarmaks" as
>the Burroughsian name for the Wells Martians! Do their cousins the
>Kaldanes exist as well? :)

Not any more, but it's believed that there were several other Martian species that are now extinct. Hell, the Sarmak themselves almost were.

--G.
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