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Message From Space (science Fiction)
"Message from space" is a type of "first contact (science fiction), first contact" science fiction themes, theme in science fiction . Stories of this type involve receiving an interstellar message which reveals the existence of other intelligent life in the universe. History An early short story, ''A Message from Space'' (Joseph Schlossel, ''Weird Tales'', March 1926) tells of an amateur who builds a ham radio, ham TV set and suddenly sees an alien on the screen. The alien realises it is being watched and tells its soap opera story. The verdict of Everett Franklin Bleiler: "original ideas, but clumsy handling"."Science-fiction, the early years'' by Everett Franklin Bleiler, section "Schlosser, J."/ref> While the use of this trope does predateDavid Langford and Brian M Stableford"Themes: SETI" in John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight (eds.). ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction,'' Third edition (accessed 24 November 2016) the scientific Search for extraterres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Contact (science Fiction)
First contact is a common science fiction Science fiction themes, theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any Sentience, sentient species' first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites. The theme allows writers to explore such topics such as xenophobia, transcendentalism, and basic natural language, linguistics by adapting the anthropology, anthropological topic of first contact (anthropology), first contact to extraterrestrial cultures. Overview Murray Leinster's 1945 Novella, novelette "First Contact (novelette), First Contact" established the term "first contact" in science fiction, although the theme had appeared earlier. Its roots lie in colonial narratives from the Age of Discovery onward. Of many variations of the trope, one may recognize the subclasses of the actual interstellar meeting of two civilizations and the "message from space (science fiction), message from space" one.Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
