Wizards & Spaceships

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.
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


                                          • ...more
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                                          Wizards & SpaceshipsBy Rachel A. Rosen & David L. Clink