![]() ![]() And this knowledge doesn't come from logic but from an individual's own intuition. ![]() Transcendentalism means that people have knowledge that goes beyond what their senses can feel. This is a big scary word with a very simple explanation. But not all first contact stories end with an invasion such as Contact by Carl Sagan. Many times in this genre the initial reaction of the general populous to first contact is fear. And that's what the "alien" life is in first contact books. Xenophobia is defined as the fear and mistrust of that which is strange and foreign. The concept may seem far-fetched, but here are two real everyday struggles that First Contact books address. ![]() First contact focuses on one of the most fundamental questions posed by science fiction - how would humankind cope with encountering alien life? This question has inspired science fiction’s greatest minds for decades. ![]()
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