Author

Jetse de Vries

Jetse de Vries is a technical specialist for a propulsion company by day, and a science fiction reader, writer, and editor at night. He's also an avid bicyclist, total solar eclipse chaser, beer/wine/single malt aficionado, heavy metal maniac, and an intelligent optimist. Recent fiction can be found in Michael Moorcock's New Worlds, Escape Pod, the anthologies Dreaming of Djinn (Ticonderoga Press) and Looking Landwards (Newcon Press).

Guidelines for First Contact in Simplified Technical English

WARNING: trying First Contact can cause genocide, xenocide, death, injury, and/or mysterious disappearances. CAUTION: trying First Contact can cause enslavement, colonialism, frustration, bafflement, extreme cultural diffusion, and/or enlightenment. I): Preparations. Make sure…