Native American legends are woven into a UFO tale

About this episode

Daniel H. Wilson discusses his new novel that intertwines Native American legends with modern UFO speculation.

Cherokee science-fiction author Daniel H. Wilson blends ancient tales about extraterrestrials with up-to-date speculation about alien visitations in a new novel called "Hole in the Sky."

People in this episode

Host: Alan Boyle

Guest: Daniel H. Wilson

Topics covered

• Native American legends
• UFOs
• extraterrestrials
• science fiction
• alien visitations

Keywords

• UFO
• extraterrestrial
• science fiction
• Native American
• alien visitations
• Cherokee
• novel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cherokee

Books & works: Hole in the Sky

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