Is there any /lit/ approved fiction that realistically depicts discovery of alien life?
>>9889448
If you've seen the movie arrival, stories of your life is the short story it was based on.
>>9889713
Story of Your Life is probably my favorite sci-fi short. Highly recommended for a literate guess at an alien consciousness.
>>9889713
My problem with the book and the movie is that the author implies the universe is deterministic in his depiction of the alien's experience of non-linear time.
Three Body Problem. It is the most hard science science, science fiction I have ever read. The synopsis on the book give away the major plot twist which happens more than half-way through the book. So I highly recommend you go in blind.
Mark Zuckerburg recommends it, and I think it is the most famous science fiction to come out of China ever.
Also it is a bit neat to see a story where everything happens to revolve around China, in the same way american movies always end up revolving around americans.