“I hope the first set we meet are kind and smart and savvy, and also mammals who breathe oxygen and have hierarchical structure, because otherwise we’re going to not be able to figure out how to say anything useful and understandable, and if they’re not kind, they may decide they’re better off without us…”

— Arkady Martine

On her hope if humans should ever encounter extraterrestrials in “Interviews: Arkady Martine” https://bookpage.com/interviews/23863-arkady-martine-science-fiction-fantasy#.XfvZnK5Kjcs in BookPage (2019 Mar 26)

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