NOT ONE OF US : stories of first contact and aliens on earth

Mankind comes face to face with extraterrestrial life in this short fiction reprint anthology from Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke. They Are Strangers from Far Lands . . . Science fiction writers have been using aliens as a metaphor for the other for over one hundred years. Superman has otherworldly origins, and his struggles to blend in on our planet are a clear metaphor for immigration. Earth’s adopted son is just one example of this “Alien Among Us” narrative. There are stories of assimilation, or the failure to do so. Stories of resistance to the forces of naturalization. Stories told from the alien viewpoint. Stories that use aliens as a manifestation of the fears and worries of specific places and eras. Stories that transcend location and time, speaking to universal issues of group identity and its relationship to the Other Contents: Introduction Touring with the Alien / by Carolyn Ives Gilman Laws of Survival / by Nancy Kress At Play in the Fields / by Steve Rasnic Tem 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 Permissions About the Editor . Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth by Neil Clarke Mankind comes face to face with extraterrestrial life in this short fiction reprint anthology from Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke. They Are Strangers from Far Lands . . . Science fiction writers have been using aliens as a metaphor for the other for over one hundred years. Superman has otherworldly origins, and his struggles to blend in on our planet are a clear metaphor for immigration. Earths adopted son is just one example of this Alien Among Us narrative. There are stories of assimilation, or the failure to do so. Stories of resistance to the forces of naturalization. Stories told from the alien viewpoint. Stories that use aliens as a manifestation of the fears and worries of specific places and eras. Stories that transcend location and time, speaking to universal issues of group identity and its relationship to the Other. Nearly thirty authors in this reprint anthology grapple both the best and worst aspects of human nature, and they do so in utterly compelling and entertaining ways. Not One of Us is a collection of stories that arent afraid to tackle thorny and often controversial issues of race, nationalism, religion, political ideology, and other ways in which humanity divides itself. 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. 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.