When Ted Chiang wrote a cute little story about a linguist learning to picture-talk with some seven legged octopus aliens, I wonder if he knew that it would someday be adapted into a big budget Hollywood sci-fi movie with Amy Adams? If he learned heptapod speak, and with it their knowledge of the future, I’m sure he did. While I’ve never personally conversed with the heptapods, and my foresight’s only good for predicting what I’ll have for dinner, I think I’ve got a pretty good idea of what could make another big budget Hollywood venture: these 10 sci-fi books could be the next Arrival.
The Sparrow
(Villard)The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel is basically reverse Arrival, where humans visit an alien planet in an attempt to spread enlightenment. Unlike the heptapods, we screw it up big time. After hearing alien music bumping from a faraway star system, a group of spacefaring Catholic missionaries step out on a lightyears long limb to make first contact – and they step in it in the process. The missionaries connect with the planet’s two intelligent species, one of whom serves as prey for the other. After a series of cultural misunderstandings, the humans make catastrophic social blunders that explode into a supernova of tragedy for all involved.
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