Otherness - Softcover

Brin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502540428 ISBN 13: 9781502540423

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

From Hugo and Nebula winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays about the near and distant future, as humans and other intelligences encounter the secrets of the cosmos – and of their own existence. In The Giving Plague, a virus, transmitted by blood donation, begins to change humanity. In Dr. Pak’s Preschool, a woman discovers that her baby has been called to work while still in the womb. In Natulife, a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of virtual reality. In Sshhh... the arrival of benevolent aliens on Earth leads to frenzied madness as humans rush to conceal their secret ‘talent.’ In Bubbles, a sentient starcraft reaches the limits of the universe – and dares to go beyond. What happens when an urban archaeologist discovers a terrible secret under the landfills of Los Angeles? Will there still be a purpose for "biologicals" when cybernetic humans become mighty and smart? Come explore these and another dozen startling and provocative tomorrows with a modern master of science fiction. Table of Contents The Giving Plague Myth Number 21 Dr. Pak’s Preschool Detritus Affected The Dogma of Otherness Piecework Natulife Science vs. Magic Sshhh... Those Eyes What to Say to a UFO Bonding to Genji The Warm Space Whose Millennium? Bubbles Ambiguity What Continues...And What Fails... The New Meme

About this title

Review:

Brin is a fervently iconoclastic writer who loves to pick up a really neat new ideal and take it all the way to the logical limit. (INTERZONE)

OTHERNESS is a multi-faceted book with a surplus of ideas. Intelligent and impassioned SF constructed with a quality control to rival that of NASA. (STARBURST)

Brin is a fervently iconoclastic writer who loves to pick up a really neat new ideal and take it all the way to the logical limit (STARBURST)

Book Description:

A spellbinding collection of short stories from the award-winning author of EARTH, GLORY SEASON and the UPLIFT trilogies

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1502540428
• ISBN 13: 9781502540423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306