Which authors have avoided the absurd assumptions that would allow for the possibility of communication with aliens of a different evolution.
Learning that perceptions would most likely be very different.

For example when a dolphin is in the air it is half blind because in the water it uses sonar that sees inside our bodies like our micro sound machines that we use on pregnant women. Or dwarf stars that last longer than the sun allowing for longer evolution would create eyes more in the infrared that is their predominant wavelength. Sound is the most unlikely thing we could have in common perception wise imo.