In view of recent offerings in this genre, surprisingly good. Intelligent, subtle. Bradshaw got it right for once:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/01/arrival-review-amy-adams-denis-villeneuve-alien-contact
Very little is heard about Emerson in this country, so I'm pleased to have read him (and Thoreau) as part of an American Literature course I took in my youth. Fascinating ideas and, in the case of Thoreau, beautiful prose writing.
I have it and it's a good 'un. On Thursday he was selling that and Kindred Spirits with Phil Woods which is an exceptionally good album. He told us it was a fine experience to be associated with Phil in his final years.
MF&OA was a set text for elementary level students when I was teaching literature. Perhaps that's why I never liked it. Have much better memories of Justine and the rest of the Alexandria Quartet.