The Listeners

James E. Gunn

Original title: The listeners

first published 1972 BenBella Books, 2004 195 pages

After fifty-one long years of patient waiting, the message has finally arrived. They have dedicated their lives to trying to decipher the eerie silence that resounds from space and now there is finally a sound after decades of quiet. In the beginning there is a hail of celebration, the Project has finally produced results, but then the questions begin. What does the message mean? Could it be 'we come in peace' or 'ge...

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The Listeners paperback · 2021 · Reputation Books · 314 pages · 9781944387426
Listeners edition · 2021 · Amphorae Publishing Group · 9781944387433
The Listeners edition · 2017 · Reputation Books · 316 pages · 9781944387150
Listeners edition · 2014 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781306590525
Listeners edition · 2014 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 216 pages · 9781497629325
Listeners edition · 2014 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 216 pages · 9781497629332
Listeners edition · 2014 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 216 pages · 9781497629318
Listeners edition · 2012 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780575125124
The listeners edition · 2004 · BenBella Books · 195 pages
The Listeners ebook · 2002 · ereads.com
Listeners edition · 2001 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781585868032
Listeners edition · 2001 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9780759279698

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