Episode Connections
Authors, stories.
Buck Rogers stories. Terry Bisson, “They’re Made Out of Meat.” Douglas Adams,
Hitchhiker’s Guide series.
Films.
Star Wars films.
Stargate.
Contact.
Star Trek: First Contact.
TV episodes, series.
Star Trek.
Star Trek: Enterprise. George Carlin, “Seven Dirty Words.”
Ideas. First contact with an alien race. Protocols for diplomacy & war. Male bonding & inappropriate humor. The idea of a universal translator. Humor and culture.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says FC evokes mostly a hmmm from him. Straight up hmmm, agrees Bill.
Previous episode: John W. Campbell, “Who Goes There?”
Next episode: J.G. Ballard, “The Voices of Time”
Music Credit: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (
Incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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