>Sells itself as hard science fiction >Entirely relies

>>79607274
>lowercase U
>all other letters uppercase
why didn't the aliens just kill her right there?

>>79608403
and she calls herself a linguist

>>79607274
I don't think anyone who even remotely knows what hard scifi stands for ever pretended this was.

>>79607274
oh you mean like 2001 a space odyssey the quintessential science fiction film; do you not understand that science fiction, especially aliens is about how humans wouldn't even be able to comprehend an advanced species? hence. the most hardest sci fiction depiction

>>79607274
So she can travel in time now, wtf?

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>>79607274
>hard scifi
What? The novella/movie is barely about the aliums.

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you're a big heptapod

>>79607274
A tired trope.
Aliens hyper advanced.
Humans must figure out how to communicate with them rather than the other way around.

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this is still the best example of an alien attempting communication with a human

>>79609084
>>>/a/

>>79608403
It's lowercase to distinguish it from V, dumbass.

>>79609110

not an argument

>>79608403
>being this autistic