Jack McDevitt’s first novel, published in 1986, The Hercules Text, tells the story of the discovery of the first confirmed extraterrestrial signals. Told from the point of view of Harry Carmichael, the bureaucrat administrator of the Goddard Space Center, the novel focuses in on the reactions a variety of scientists have to the message and their conflict with the United States government over the disposition of the information. McDevitt’s novel is set apart, however, by a strong message concerning the place this new knowledge has in the world.
Thursday, 16 April 2009
The Hercules Text
Jack McDevitt’s first novel, published in 1986, The Hercules Text, tells the story of the discovery of the first confirmed extraterrestrial signals. Told from the point of view of Harry Carmichael, the bureaucrat administrator of the Goddard Space Center, the novel focuses in on the reactions a variety of scientists have to the message and their conflict with the United States government over the disposition of the information. McDevitt’s novel is set apart, however, by a strong message concerning the place this new knowledge has in the world.
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I do not think he received signals
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