[Just another Joe]

I once thought about writing a short story on a subject similar to this.
It started out seeming as if it were our race discovering another inhabited planet, commenting on different phenomena they were observing.

It ended with, "The inhabitants call it, "Earth".

[Tanniker Smith]

Some advice from an editor from years ago: “Never do that.”

[Nowhere Man]

I once thought about writing a short story on a subject similar to this.
It started out seeming as if it were our race discovering another inhabited planet, commenting on different phenomena they were observing.

It ended with, "The inhabitants call it, "Earth".

It sort of reminds me of Rod Serling's story from a 1959 "Twilight Zone" where an astronaut crashes on a plant 4.3 light years from home. There is a war threatening on his planet and it went hot. He was in contact with them by subspace radio, hoping for them to send another rocket to rescue him. His contact said that due to the war raging, it might not be possible and when the nukes fly, he lost all contact. He then finds a woman, IIRC, I think her rocket crashed too, they get to know each other. His name was Adam, hers was Eve. BTW, 4.3 light years, I assume Adam was from Alpha Centauri. Would be interesting to see a followup to see if there is a destroyed civilization there.

I also like another "Twilight Zone" story where a family of a scientist and a friend get together to hatch a plan to steal a prototype FTL (faster than light) spaceship to escape the coming war between their superpower and the other one. They manage to steal the spaceship, although they almost failed against the "powers that be." They escape and set course for a new planet in a solar system, the "Third Planet" (title IIRC) from the sun. The planet was Earth and although we were behind them in technology by about 50 years, we were in the same boat with the Cold War.

[SunkenCiv]

FReeper lawdave recommended this one:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/653287/posts?page=88#88

Early in the year I got it from the library and read it, not bad. I’m not a big fan of reading fiction.