Alien Contact

Product Description Are we alone? From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years, by today''s most exciting genre writers, weaving a tapestry that covers a broad range of scenarios: from the insidious, to the violent, to the transcendent. The thought war / Paul McAuley How to talk to girls at parties / Neil Gaiman Face value / Karen Joy Fowler The road not taken / Harry Turtledove The aliens who knew, I mean, everything / George Alec Effinger I am the doorway / Stephen King Recycling strategies for the inner city / Pat Murphy The 43 Antarean dynasties / Mike Resnick The gold bug / Orson Scott Card Kin / Bruce McAllister Guerrilla mural of a siren's song / Ernest Hogan Angel / Pat Cadigan The first contact with the gorgonids / Ursula K. Le Guin Sunday night yams at Minnie and Earl's / Adam-Troy Castro A midwinter's tale / Michael Swanwick Texture of other ways / Mark W. Tiedemann To go boldly / Cory Doctorow If nudity offends you / Elizabeth Moon Laws of survival / Nancy Kress What you are about to see / Jack Skillingstead Amanda and the alien / Robert Silverberg Exo-skeleton town / Jeffrey Ford Lambing season / Molly Gloss Swarm / Bruce Sterling MAXO signals / Charles Stross Last contact / Stephen Baxter An anthology which . . . serves as an excellent snapshot of modern SF. The Guardian We are not alone! From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years, by today's most exciting genre writers, (FEATURING STORIES STEPHEN BAXTER, ORSON SCOTT CARD, CORY DOCTOROW, KAREN JOY FOWLER, NEIL GAIMAN, STEPHEN KING,URSULA K. LE GUIN, ELIZABETH MOON, PAT MURPHY, CHARLES STROSS, MICHAEL SWANWICK, HARRY TURTLEDOVE, AND MANY OTHERS) weaving a tapestry that covers a broad range of from the insidious, to the violent, to the transcendent. Are we alone? From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years, by today''s most exciting genre writers, weaving a tapestry that covers a broad range of scenarios: from the insidious, to the violent, to the transcendent.
Are we alone? From "War of the Worlds" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "ET" to "Close Encounters", creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. This title gathers together some of the stories over the years, weaving a tapestry that covers a range of scenarios.