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Science Fiction

friendly_iconoclast

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2. Gunn wrote one of the best science fiction novels ever, IMO: "The Listeners"

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Original post)

Fri Dec 25, 2020, 11:33 PM

Dec 2020

One of the first novels to deal with SETI, the search for extraterrestial intelligence.
Well worth a look if you haven't read it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Listeners_(novel)

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Sad news to report. [View all] PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 OP

He WILL be missed, and AmyStrange Dec 2020 #1

Gunn wrote one of the best science fiction novels ever, IMO: "The Listeners" friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 #2

That sounds fascinating! ShazzieB Dec 2020 #6

I remember reading *The Immortals* as a kid... First Speaker Dec 2020 #3

Society in "The Immortals" breaks down into technologically advanced serfdom friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 #7

That is sad news indeed! lastlib Dec 2020 #4

Very sad. murielm99 Dec 2020 #5