See astronomer Fred Hoyle’s A For Andromeda for a fictional exploration of the idea (and a pretty good novel).
I was thinking more of Vernon Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep, but yeah, this is not a new idea.
See astronomer Fred Hoyle’s A For Andromeda for a fictional exploration of the idea (and a pretty good novel).
I was thinking more of Vernon Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep, but yeah, this is not a new idea.