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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://astronomy.city/users/hendric/statuses/111845473933861421">Richard Hendricks (hendric@astronomy.city)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 01:24:32 JST</a><a href="https://astronomy.city/@hendric" title="hendric@astronomy.city"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/110637-48-20230807052221.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Richard Hendricks" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Richard Hendricks</a><div><a href="https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/display/735a2029-1765-b905-45e4-622322319760" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/5571" title="hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com">hypolite</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite">@hypolite</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/profile/clacke">@clacke</a> Olde magics. This is one of the first stories written 80 years ago by a Titan of "hard" science fiction, A C Clarke.  He commmented that he refuses to reread it: <br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Party" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Party</a><br>While it may be jarring to read "years" instead of 'centons' or whatever, I think the story doesnt have as much technobabble as the average ST: TNG episode, and leaves the story for the chars to explore. <br>The best Sci-fi holds a mirror up to us, and I think this story does that well.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2653794#notice-5271256">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-02-01T01:24:32+09:00" title="Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 01:24:32 JST">about 10 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://astronomy.city/@hendric/111845473933861421" rel="external" title="Sent from astronomy.city via ActivityPub">astronomy.city</a></span></span><a href="https://astronomy.city/@hendric/111845473933861421">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Party">Rescue Party</a></h5><div></div></header><div>"Rescue Party" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in Astounding Science Fiction in May 1946. It was the first story that he sold, though not the first one published.  It was republished in Clarke's second collection, Reach for Tomorrow (1956), and also appears in The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001).Plot summaryAliens, aware that the Sun will explode very soon, arrive to save as many humans and as much of their culture as possible. Normally the galactic civilizations conduct surveys of planets every million years for new species, but the human race did not exist the last time the Earth was checked – nearly four hundred thousand years before. However, radio signals had been detected at a planet 200 light years away, indicating intelligent life had arisen.
To the aliens' surprise, the planet seems to be empty of intelligent life, except for the remnants of a civilization. While the aliens explore the old cities, it is revealed that it is typical for species to take thousands of years to go from radio transmission to space travel.
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Richard Hendricks (hendric@astronomy.city)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 01:24:32 JSTRichard Hendricks
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@hypolite @clacke Olde magics. This is one of the first stories written 80 years ago by a Titan of "hard" science fiction, A C Clarke. He commmented that he refuses to reread it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Party
While it may be jarring to read "years" instead of 'centons' or whatever, I think the story doesnt have as much technobabble as the average ST: TNG episode, and leaves the story for the chars to explore.
The best Sci-fi holds a mirror up to us, and I think this story does that well.
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  "Rescue Party" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in Astounding Science Fiction in May 1946. It was the first story that he sold, though not the first one published. It was republished in Clarke's second collection, Reach for Tomorrow (1956), and also appears in The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001). Plot summary Aliens, aware that the Sun will explode very soon, arrive to save as many humans and as much of their culture as possible. Normally the galactic civilizations conduct surveys of planets every million years for new species, but the human race did not exist the last time the Earth was checked – nearly four hundred thousand years before. However, radio signals had been detected at a planet 200 light years away, indicating intelligent life had arisen. To the aliens' surprise, the planet seems to be empty of intelligent life, except for the remnants of a civilization. While the aliens explore the old cities, it is revealed that it is typical for species to take thousands of years to go from radio transmission to space travel. ...

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