Not one of us : stories of aliens on Earth

Book 2018

Science fiction writers have been using aliens as a metaphor for the Other for over one hundred years. There are stories of assimilation, or the failure to assimilate. Stories of resistance. Stories told from the alien viewpoint. In Not one of us, over twenty bestselling and award-winning authors grapple with both the best and worst aspects of human nature in a collection of thorugh provoking and thrilling science fiction.

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Extraterrestrial beings Fiction

Human-alien encounters Fiction

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Science fiction Short stories

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ISBN:

9781597809573
1597809578

Description:

xi, 592 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Touring with the alien / by Carolyn Ives Gilman
Laws of survival / by Nancy Kress
At play in the fields / by Steve Rasnic Tem
The ants of Flanders / by Robert Reed
Taking care of God / by Liu Cixin
Water scorpions / by Rich Larson
The three resurrections of Jessica Churchill / by Kelly Robson
Men are trouble / by James Patrick Kelly
They shall salt the Earth with seeds of glass / by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Bits / by Naomi Kritzer
And never mind the watching ones / by Keffy R. M. Kehrli
Dark heaven / by Gregory Benford
Nine-tenths of the law / by Molly Tanzer
Five stages of grief after the alien invasion / by Caroline M. Yoachim
Time of the snake / by A.M. Dellamonica
The fear gun / by Judith Berman
Tendeléo's story / by Ian McDonald
The choice / by Paul McAuley
Passage of Earth / by Michael Swanwick
Reborn / by Ken Liu
Story of your life / by Ted Chiang

LCCN:

2018030547

Control Number:

2693398

Other Authors:

Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor

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