Series
The Listeners
James E. Gunn · 6 novelettes · 1 collection · 1968–1972
The Listeners is James E. Gunn's 1972 science fiction novel about a decades-spanning project searching for a signal from another civilization, and the toll that long, uncertain listening takes on the scientists and their families across generations. Structured as a linked sequence of episodes and documents rather than one continuous plot, it follows the project's staff more than any single hero. It stands as a single novel rather than a multi-book series.
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By decade
- 1960s1
- 1970s6
Shape
6 novelettes · 1 collection
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionaliensour worldnear futurereflectiveadult
Mood
Grim and calm: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 5%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 7 works carry a tone
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- The Listenersdarkest · brightest · calmest · most intense