Aliens: Recent Encounters

by Alex Dally Macfarlane (Editor)

Other authors: Eleanor Arnason (Contributor), Jamie Barras (Contributor), Elizabeth Bear (Contributor), Brooke Bolander (Contributor), Desirina Boskovich (Contributor) — 27 more, Zen Cho (Contributor), Gitte Christensen (Contributor), Indrapramit Das (Contributor), Jeffrey Ford (Contributor), Molly Gloss (Contributor), Samantha Henderson (Contributor), Caitlin R Kiernan (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), Ursula K, Le Guin (Contributor), Yoon Ha Lee (Contributor), Ken Liu (Contributor), Karin Lowachee (Contributor), Paul McAuley (Contributor), An Owomoyela (Contributor), Robert Reed (Contributor), Alastair Reynolds (Contributor), Pervin Saket (Contributor), Sofia Samatar (Contributor), Nisi Shawl (Contributor), Vandana Singh (Contributor), Sonya Taaffe (Contributor), Karin Tidbeck (Contributor), Lavie Tidhar (Contributor), Jeremiah Tolbert (Contributor), Catherynne M. Valente (Contributor), Genevieve Valentine (Contributor), Greg van Eekhout (Contributor)

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Under the countless billions of stars in the universe, what forms will alienlife take? How will they live? And what will happen when we meet them?Aliens: Recent Encounters collects answers to these questions from some oftoday's best science fiction writers. From first encounters to lifealongside aliens -- and stories of the aliens' own lives -- hereare many futures: violent and peaceful, star-spanning and personal. Only onething is certain: alien life will defy our expectations.… (more)

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Fairly diverse mix a short stories, some interesting, some I just skipped over. Nothing really memorable. (

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Contains some good short stories if you're looking for new sf authors. However, I thought only about 1/3 of the stories were worth reading. Some were just too abstract for my taste. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Macfarlane, Alex Dally	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Arnason, Eleanor	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barras, Jamie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bear, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bolander, Brooke	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boskovich, Desirina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cho, Zen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Christensen, Gitte	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Das, Indrapramit	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ford, Jeffrey	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gloss, Molly	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Henderson, Samantha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kiernan, Caitlin R	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kress, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K,	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Yoon Ha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Liu, Ken	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lowachee, Karin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McAuley, Paul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Owomoyela, An	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Reed, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Reynolds, Alastair	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Saket, Pervin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Samatar, Sofia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shawl, Nisi	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Singh, Vandana	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Taaffe, Sonya	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tidbeck, Karin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tidhar, Lavie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tolbert, Jeremiah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valente, Catherynne M.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Valentine, Genevieve	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Under the countless billions of stars in the universe, what forms will alienlife take? How will they live? And what will happen when we meet them?Aliens: Recent Encounters collects answers to these questions from some oftoday's best science fiction writers. From first encounters to lifealongside aliens -- and stories of the aliens' own lives -- hereare many futures: violent and peaceful, star-spanning and personal. Only onething is certain: alien life will defy our expectations.

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