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🕑 Added 2024-01-17 23:56:35 +0000 UTCHey everyone! My next video will be about a book called "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell. I will have a segment at the end where I will be answering your questions! Please comment below any questions you have about first contact in science fiction! Also - let me know if you have any recommendations for first contact stories! Thank you all so much!
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Kiyoshi Kusama
Does the book "The Last Hawk" by Catherine Asaro count as 'first contact'? In general would enjoy hearing your take on this book, and more expansively, the series.
Pookha hare
I love Becky Chambers . Her characters are interesting and writing is illustrative.
Joseph Nizolek
That novel scared me the first time I read it
Joseph Nizolek
Thanks for the video on Sparrow , one of my favorite first contact novels is Sphere by Michael Crichton, one of my questions is there anything humans can do to prepare for first contact
Donovan (DMoN) Carr
Hahahaha...I think we all know the answer to that. And it's Turtles, all the way down. ;-)
Donovan (DMoN) Carr
G'day Quinn, Oh, First Contact has such a deep literary history. Where do I start other than comparing the old school to the new school. So, how do you feel science fiction has evolved in regards to First Contact...Do the old school concepts such as H.G.Wells 'The War of the Worlds' still terrify and hold relevance with its original concepts compared to something like the modern Jeff VanderMeer novel Annihilation? And if I can throw in a cheeky second question, what First Contact subject material terrifies you the most?
Chris B.
How would first contact fundamentally challenges existing religious beliefs?
Reggie Wheeler
For some reason "Childhood's End" by A. C. Clark was the first thing that came to my mind (perhaps dating myself...).
Benjamin Herson
Oh hey, this book is coming up in my reading queue! Um, not to jump the gun on questions, but... I'm guessing spoilers will be in the video and I should read before I watch, yeah?
James Donahoe
My favorite first contact story is “The Andromeda Strain”. Despite our proclivities about viruses, do you think that first contact is a microbial being can potentially be benevolent?
Tuume
Has there been a story written where first contact is smooth enough that war isn't the first result? Unease and wariness, but at least a genuine effort to reach out after the initial meeting. Second, have you read the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers? I've heard it's good but would like a seasoned opinion.
Jublani
Which work of first contact sci-fi do you believe has the most unique handling of the concept of temporal understanding affected or affected by biology the best?
