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 -- Tendeleo'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. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction.
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FICTION / Science Fiction / Military.
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Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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Science fiction.
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Added Author |
Clarke, Neil, 1966- editor.
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ISBN |
9781597809573 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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1597809578 (paperback ; alk. paper) |
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