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Cordwainer Smith was my first thought on seeing the topic title...for some other really outre stuff, I'd recommend the works of James Tiptree, Jr., if you can lay your hands on any of it.
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James Tiptree, Jr. (August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death. She also occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon (1974–77). Tiptree/Sheldon was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently "male" or "female" — it was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman.
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I remember Brian W. Aldiss wrote a novel about these aliens (at least I think they were aliens), who, essentially, live in, er, a certain word beginning with "S" that we agreed not to use here. I read it...but I can't remember the title...
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