Yes, actually. They build a starship so they can travel to the center of the galaxy and re-birth God.
Like I said, the end kinda sucks.
Damn, you beat me to it.
It’s particulary interesting when you notice that the Martians are effectively fighting WW2 in 1898…which is why the British Military gets owned.
If the Invasion of WotW had taken place 1998…well, the enviromentalists would have to hurry to get the Martians on the endangered species list before any decent army managed to kill them all(NATO would wipe the floor with them without breaking a sweat, the 3rd world would have a tougher time, but could win).
Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster, first contact from the “aliens” point of view, a very fun and light novel.
Vernor Vinge’s “A Light Upon The Deep” has a major plotline having to do with first contact between two stranded teens and doglike aliens who have a communal “pack” mind. Really interesting aliens, though I found Vinge’s portrayal of a galactic superculture much more interesting.
Vinge also has a novel set in the same universe: A Deepness in the Sky.
Two rival human groups fight over relations with inteligent spiders.
Brian
Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves is a pretty unique First Contact read. The nature of the aliens, and the universe they inhabit, is given in plenty of appropriatrly-expository detail.
It’s hard for me to think of a good non-spoiling teaser. I will say that within my own reading, Asimov’s aliens are easily the most original and non-human of them all – and yet he manages to keep the reader engaged.
100% agree.
Lies, all lies. Now that i think of it I can’t argue with you. The book is long and stuff just constantly gets worse and worse in a rather linnear fashion. I enjoy every word of it though.
A fave.
Let me expand; in moving some stuff the other day, I came across NCT, sat down and promptly reread it. This thread is the result.