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Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by uncletaco on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:47PM (#28429465)
This was not a problem in Solaris, Annihilation, or Story of Your Life.

Some stories very much are about aliens who use tech or have civilizations that are very very alien to us.

Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by filoeleven on Monday September 06, 2021 @07:43AM (#28432730)
Children of Ruin does this quite well also.