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Something Happened Here, But We're Not Quite Sure What It Was

ShortStory 6,013 words Recommended by 3 award/anthology sources

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On the planet First Foot, the small town of Joe's Corner faces conflict over building a radio telescope close to local alien artifacts.

First ContactArtificial IntelligenceRestrained

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MetafictionalAmbiguous EndingPhilosophicalColonialismPolitical ResistanceSecondary WorldWryMemoryNear FutureSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeClose Third PersonScience Fiction

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