Re: SF and SETI

From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de)
Date: Wed Aug 04 1999 - 15:14:55 MDT


<Alintelbot@aol.com> wrote:

> I liked James Gunn's "The Listeners" quite a bit; I thought Sagan's
"Contact"
> was essentially lifted from it, with a few bolder ideas thrown in. Neither
> novel impressed me that much;

I think the definitive SETI novel--preceding both of the abovementioned
books--is Stanisław Lem's _His Master's Voice_ (_Głos Pana_, 1968).
See also <URL:http://home.pages.de/~naddy/reviews/GlosPana.html>.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de


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