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J.K. Lund's avatar

@Alex Turnbull, wonderful piece that had me with the speech….

The more I think about this, the more I believe that humans are early. Our radio telescopes and those of countless thousands of other civilizations in the universe are pointed at the sky, hearing only silence….https://www.lianeon.org/p/deafening-silence

If all life bloomed at more or less the same time, we would also become aware of each other about the same time. What a revelation that will be, when the far reaches of the universe discovers itself after being isolated for countless millennia.

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Alex Turnbull's avatar

Thanks for the kind words. It was great fun to write. This concept is something I have enjoyed exploring when researching "Orphans of Apollo". Hope you enjoy it when it come out in July.

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J.K. Lund's avatar

Orphans of Apollo?

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Alex Turnbull's avatar

The speech is from an alternative history/science fiction novel I have been writing. I plan to start serializing it on Substack in July.

https://amturnbull.substack.com/s/orphans-of-apollo

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