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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I, Alien |
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 Quote: 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 </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I, Alien |
Today one of the authors of one of the stories in this anthology contacted me to say that I had mispelled his name in my blog. I fugured I had better correct it here, too. How embarressing. Now even a professional writer knows what a poor speller I am. ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
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