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You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

Update: 2024-06-15
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In this episode, we talk about meeting sentient extraterrestrials: The challenges of communication, what first contact stories say about our own Earthbound society, and why the aliens won't return our texts.















David's recommendations:







    • "Darmok" (Star Trek TNG)












    • "The Inner Light" (Star Trek TNG)












    • The Day the Earth Stood Still












    • Arrival












    • The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell


















Rachel's recommendations







    • "Species 10-C" (Star Trek Discovery)












    • Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky












    • Attack the Block












    • Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood), Octavia E. Butler












    • Blindsight, Peter Watts














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You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact

Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink