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first contact
12016-02-18T15:16:20-08:00Anna Culbertson5630315b9c94b4f9f8a3c8495e79c8f8bc1cac17828210vistag2016-04-29T09:37:37-07:00Anna Culbertson5630315b9c94b4f9f8a3c8495e79c8f8bc1cac17'First contact' is a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient race's first encounter with another one.