First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens Indigenous Studies Acorn is a little wild

Acorn is a little wild

Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award

Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit

and armchair chefs alike

and to Rin herself

First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens Indigenous Studies Acorn is a little wildA narrative and visual exploration of humanity's age old search for and fixation with extraterrestrials. First Contact explores the ancient idea and epic quest to prove that we are not alone in the universe. Presented in a heavily illustrated cabinet of curiosities format, the book explores our fascination with aliens from early history to present day, including chapters on alien conspiracy theories, aliens in science fiction, the actual science