Re: Joe Haldeman's The Coming

On 3/29/2025 12:02 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:

In article <vs81gk$jaci$1@dont-email.me>,
  Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 3/29/2025 12:38 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 3/23/2025 7:19 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

This takes place in a corrupt near-future Florida after astronomers
have received a message from space.  Saying anything else is going
to spoil some part of the plot.  After all these years I suspect this
is probably my favorite alien first contact novel of all time.
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This came out in 2000 and have just not got around to it.  No wonder
I never get to nominate anything for Hugos.
--scott

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My favorite first contact novel is "Footfall" by Niven and Pournelle.
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My second favorite first contact novel is "Live Free or Die" by John Ringo.
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My third favorite first contact novel is "Enterprise Stardust" by K. H.
Scheer and Walter Ernsting.
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I've got several more.
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Lynn

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You know, "Mutineer's Moon" by David Weber could be viewed as a first
contact novel.  So, my favorite first contact novel is "Mutineer's Moon"
by David Weber.
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The real question is, who is the first contact with in "Mutineer's Moon"
by David Weber ?

 Who other than Dahak?

But, the Homo Sapiens on Earth are space aliens themselves, descendants of Dahak's crew.  The Neanderthals on Earth did not survive the first contact with Dahak's crew, other than some assimilation.
Lynn