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First contact is a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between humans and aliens.
There have been entire series devoted to this theme. One classic series is the "interstellar trader" series by Andre Norton. A more modern treatment, using radio rather than spaceships, is Contact by Carl Sagan. As another example, in the fictional Star Trek universe, official first contact for humans occurs on April 5 2063 (see ). The novel 'The Gods Themselves' by Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 April 6, 1992) was a Russian-born American author and biochemist, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his science books for the lay person. He also wrot and films ' AlienAlien ( 1979), directed by Ridley Scott, is an extremely popular and influential science fiction/ horror film that spawned several sequels and imitators. Although the title characters are the highly aggressive extraterrestrial creatures, the real connecti' (+++) and ' ETthe Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science fiction film that tells the story of the young boy Elliott who befriends an alien being trapped on Earth and trying to find his way home. It stars Henry Thomas (Elliott), Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton, Dee Wall' are good examples of First Contact stories.
Since the best evidence suggests that there has never been contact between humans and extraterrestrialExtraterrestrial as an adjective, refers to something that originates, occurs, or is located outside Earth or its atmosphere. As a noun, the term is used to refer to any life form which comes from outside Earth and its atmosphere. The term has been widely species, the degree of culture shockCulture shock is a term used to describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc. felt by an individual caused by coming into contact with an entirely different environment, such as a different country. It often relates to th which might occur is highly speculative. Often in science fiction, the clash between intelligent species has resulted in warfare, but some science fiction writers, such as Arthur C. Clarkegrand master of science fiction. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is an author and inventor, probably most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey''. It is loosely inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel , but it, have suggested that the technological gulf that would exist between two intelligent species would be so vast that Star WarsAlternate meaning: Strategic Defense Initiative Star Wars is the name of a series of science fantasy movies, a literary franchise, and a series of video games based on the ideas of filmmaker and writer George Lucas, which consist of numerous prequels, seq style scenarios are highly unlikely. Consider for example, how soldiers from the 16th century would fare against 21st century weaponry. Magnify the technological gap by thousands or even millions of years of additional development which may have occurred in an extraterrestrial species, and it becomes clear that the differences could potentially be so large as to make warfare absurd, and even understanding impossible. Pure statistical chance suggests that it is unlikely that two civilizations would be at the same state of technological development.