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On my recent camping trip I read a great little anthology called I, Alien, edited by Mike Resnick.
All of the stories are alien/human encounters told from the alien viewpoint. Some of the stories are hilarious, particularly one by Mike Resnick where the alien is God, a story called Me
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For example, when I manifested my presence on Gybyon II, every last inhabitant keeled over and died from the sheer thrill of meeting their maker. Yet the last time I set foot on earth, I was immediately panhandled by three grifters along Fifth Avenue, mugged in a back alley off 49th Street, and given free tickets to Letterman. When I explained I was a fourth-level Star Maker, the few people who were paying attention immediately wanted to know what the job paid and if medical benefits were included. Finally I decided to lower myself to their comprehension level and announced in front of nine Men that I was God. Five of them called me a liar, two more said they were atheists and therefore I couldn't exist and I was probably just a manifestation of Buddha, the eighth claimed it was a Republican trick, and the ninth wanted to know what I had against the Chicago White Sox.
Contents:
Diary of a Galactic Emigree by Laura Resnick
The Injustice Collector by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Creature for Hire by Paul E. Martens
Pedagogy by Michael A. Burstein
The Last Wave by Kay Kenyon
The Eagle has Landed by Robert J. Sawyer
Correspondence with a Breeder by Janis Ian
Resident Alien by barbara Delaplace
Xenoforming Earth by Tom gerencer
The Skeptic by Jennifer roberson
Natural Selection by Laura Frankos
Aortic Insubordination by Batya Swift Yasgur and Barry N. Malzberg
Harvesting by Nina Kirkiri Hoffman
What Must Be by Josepha Sherman
And I Will Sing a Lullaby by Paul Crilley
Aquarius by Susan R. Matthews
First Contact by Linda J. Dunn
Anakoinosis by Tobias S. Buckell
Threshold by Terry McGarry
Nobodies by Adrienne Gormley
The Loaves and the Fishes by John DeChance
Alien Ground by Anthony R. Lewis
Hi, Colonic by Harry Turtledove
Acts by William Sanders
Life Happens by Ralph Roberts
You by Anonymous (aka Stephen Leigh)
Me by Mike Resnick ******************************************************
Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
<i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 1/22/06 10:57 am
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