Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1597809578 ISBN 13 : 9781597809573

Editeur : Night Shade, 2018

Synopsis

Mankind comes face to face with extraterrestrial life in this anthology from Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke. Here are stories that aren’t afraid to tackle thorny issues like race, immigration, nationalism, religion, and politics.

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. The table of contents includes:

• 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 Cixin Liu
• 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

These writers grapple both the best and worst aspects of human nature, and they do so in utterly compelling and entertaining ways.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neil Clarke is the award-winning publisher and editor in chief of Clarkesworld magazine, winner of three Hugo Awards for Best Semiprozine. Night Shade Books publishes his annual The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, as well as a number of standalone themed anthologies including Galactic Empires, More Human than Human, and the Final Frontier.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Night Shade
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1597809578
• ISBN 13: 9781597809573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
• Éditeur: Clarke Neil
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walk; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italie