Portland, OR: Tin House Books, (2022) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel (second book), opening in 1960 with 5 grad students on a road trip to Arizona to paint a message in the desert. A book which asks what happens when we discover intelligent life next door, what does it really mean to know we're not alone in the universe? Among the comments "A book for readers of Sagan, lovers of paradoxes, anyone who has ever looked up. (Erika Swyler) "Surprising, captivating, surpassingly intelligent."(Kevin Brockmeier), and "A beautifully written book about extraordinary possiblities (Karen Thompson Walker). SIGNED on the half title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1953534439.