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The Unwelcome Reply (A Science Fiction Story by a Scientist)

The Unwelcome Reply (A Science Fiction Story by a Scientist)

 “The Unwelcome Reply” was written by an astronomer and college teacher, and published in Dec. 2019 in Sci Phi Journal, an on-line magazine of philosophically oriented science fiction. It’s a short, humorous story about our first message from an extra-terrestrial civilization (a topic that the author has thought about a lot during his 35+ years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the SETI -- or Search for ExtraTerrestrial...

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SETI, astrobiology, aliens, extraterrestrial messages, fiction, speculative fiction, fiction by scientists, astronomy, life on other worlds, science fiction, exobiology, interdisciplinary materials
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Material Type:
Case Study
Date Added to MERLOT:
March 9, 2023
Date Modified in MERLOT:
March 9, 2023
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Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution
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Andrew Fraknoi
Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution
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High School, Professional
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Website
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English
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