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Revision as of 21:36, 26 January 2019
The Firstborn are the monolith aliens who have left these 1:4:9 black crystalline slabs throughout many star systems. They are described in Arthur C. Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey.
3001: The Final Odyssey
The Firstborn possess the power of deep space travel. Millions of years ago, they too felt the awe, and the wonder, and the loneliness of outerspace. Though not remotely human, they are flesh and blood, and they sought for fellowship among the stars.[1]
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In their explorations, they encountered life in many forms, and watched the workings of evolution on a thousand worlds. They saw how often the first faint sparks of intelligence flickered and died in the cosmic night. And because, in all the Galaxy, they had found nothing more precious than Mind, they encouraged its dawning everywhere. They became farmers in the fields of stars; they sowed, and sometimes they reaped. And sometimes, dispassionately, they had to weed. |
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- ↑ Arthur C. Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey, Prologue (Read it!)