You Never Get a Second Chance to Make First Contact
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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.
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David's recommendations:
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- "Darmok" (Star Trek TNG)
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- "The Inner Light" (Star Trek TNG)
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- The Day the Earth Stood Still
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- Arrival
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- The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Rachel's recommendations
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- "Species 10-C" (Star Trek Discovery)
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- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
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- Attack the Block
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- Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood), Octavia E. Butler
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- Blindsight, Peter Watts
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