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Heptapods are an intelligent, space-faring extraterrestrial species in Story of Your Life and the 2016 film Arrival. In both works, their first contact with humans and Dr. Louise Bank's struggle to communicate with them serve as the plot and are used to explore themes about determinism, language and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

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  • Heptapod
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  • Heptapods are an intelligent, space-faring extraterrestrial species in Story of Your Life and the 2016 film Arrival. In both works, their first contact with humans and Dr. Louise Bank's struggle to communicate with them serve as the plot and are used to explore themes about determinism, language and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
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sapience
  • Sapient
Behavior
  • Mild, Mediatory, Interactive
Locomotion
  • Walking, Fluid-Jet Propulsion
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Status
  • Extant
Name
  • Heptapod
Language
  • Heptapod A, Heptapod B
Universe
  • Story of Your Life Arrival
Skin
  • Grey
Creator
  • Ted Chiang
abstract
  • Heptapods are an intelligent, space-faring extraterrestrial species in Story of Your Life and the 2016 film Arrival. In both works, their first contact with humans and Dr. Louise Bank's struggle to communicate with them serve as the plot and are used to explore themes about determinism, language and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.
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