CONFESSIONS OF AN ALIEN HUNTER（ISBN=） 英文原版

Aliens are big in America. Whether they’ve arrived via rocket,
flying saucer, or plain old teleportation, they’ve been invading,
infiltrating, or inspiring us for decades, and they’ve fascinated
moviegoers and television watchers for more than fifty years. About
half of us believe that aliens really exist, and millions are
convinced they’ve visited Earth.
    For twenty-five years, SETI has been looking for
the proof, and as the program’s senior astronomer, Seth Shostak
explains in this engrossing book, it’s entirely possible that
before long conclusive evidence will be found.
    His informative, entertaining report offers an
insider’s view of what we might realistically expect to discover
light-years away among the stars. Neither humanoids nor monsters,
says Shostak; in fact, biological intelligence is probably just a
precursor to machine beings, enormously advanced artificial
sentients whose capabilities and accomplishments may have developed
over billions of years and far exceed our own.
    As he explores what, if anything, they would
tell us and what their existence would portend for humankind and
the cosmos, he introduces a colorful cast of characters and
provides a vivid, state-of-the-art account of the past, present,
and future of our search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Seth Shostak is a scientist, author, and frequent commentator on
TV and radio. He writes a monthly column on SPACE.com, and often
lectures on his work at SETI. He lives in Palo Alto,
California.

FOREWORD
BY FRANK DRAKE
CHAPTER 0NE
“NEWS THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD
CHAPTER TWO
INKLINGS OF ET
CHAPTER THREE
WHY WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE THEY’RE OUT THERE?
CHAPTER FOUR
COULD THEY BE HERE?
CHAPTER FIVE
TURNING EARS TO THE SKIES
CHAPTER SIX
EUREKA
CHAPTER SEVEN
BEYOND GRAY AND HAIRLESS
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX