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Pisthetairos
Since: Apr, 2018
2019-07-02 10:30:08
Is it a prose novel? Because the graphic novel "Life on Another Planet" also has that plot:
JamesJames
Since: Dec, 2012

Does anybody know a book about humanity getting proof that there's intelligent life on some other planet, but there's no way whatsoever of contacting the aliens? Basically, all we have is the knowledge that we're not alone, but we don't have any aliens or alien tech here on Earth.