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Learning the world : a novel of first contact / Ken Macleod

As a human generation ship nears its destination, the crew discovers electronic signals from a planet home to a pre-spaceflight civilisation. On the world below, local scientists monitor the approaching vessel, which they initially mistake for an anomalous comet.
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