Carl Sagan's Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. GockelMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a neat short story that is, I believe, a prequel to a science fiction series. The story shows two intelligent species living near each other, largely without much knowledge that the other is intelligent (and/or questioning that they might be).
The story opens with a character named something like Hsissh sliding down a hill. Injured. Dying. Then aliens appear and start poking at Hsissh with sticks and the like. Another alien appears and protects and saves Hissah. The reader already knows, of course, that Hsissh is not human, and the 'aliens' poking at him (or saving him) are human (the story description lets readers in on what's going on, and the story itself - if that description had been skipped, pick up on things quite rapidly). This story, you see, is from the viewpoint of a several thousand year old alien. On a planet that is not earth.
Quite neat and at times touching to watch the interaction between Hsissh and one of the humans - the one who protected him, Noa.
A very well done showing of two completely different cultures/species interacting.
Rating: 3.88
August 31 2017
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