Alien Contact
This anthology brings together a diverse collection of science fiction stories centered on human encounters with alien life. Discover tales from celebrated authors such as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Orson Scott Card. Each story offers a distinct look at the mysteries and challenges that arise when different species meet, whether on Earth or across the cosmos.
Adam-Troy Castro is a writer of science fiction and dark fantasy, known for titles like Cosmic Powers and Desperate, Decaying Darkness. He also wrote Did You Say Chicks?! and has been featured in collections such as Some of the Best from Tor.com.
Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre. - [Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling
Charles Stross (born 18 October 1964 in Leeds, England) is a British writer of science fiction and fantasy, now based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He worked as a pharmacist, software developer and technology journalist before becoming a full-time writer in 2000. He is best known for the Laundry Files series of Lovecraftian spy novels and the Merchant Princes series, alongside standalone novels such as Accelerando and Glasshouse. His fiction has won three Hugo Awards, plus Locus Awards for Best Novel...
From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/26...
Elizabeth Moon is the author of the fantasy collection Swords Against Darkness. Her work often explores themes of military science fiction and fantasy.
Ernest Hogan writes science fiction that often explores alternate histories and Mesoamerican cultures. His notable books include Alien Contact, High Aztech, Smoking mirror blues, and Cortez on Jupiter. He's a distinctive voice in speculative fiction.
George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author.
Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction. In 1979, Turtledove published his first two novels, Wereblood and Werenight, under the pseudonym "Eric G. Iverson." Turtledove later explained that his editor at Belmont Tower did not think people would believe the author's real name was "Turtledove" and came up with something more Nordic. He continued to use the "Iverson"...
Jack Skillingstead is a science fiction writer whose short stories are frequently featured in Clarkesworld Magazine. He has also contributed to anthologies like Alien Contact and Mission: Tomorrow. His work focuses on speculative futures and the impact of new technology.
Jeffrey Ford is the author of the gripping Western novel Dead Man's Hand. His work often explores the darker corners of human nature and the American West.
Karen Joy Fowler is the editor behind The New Wave Fabulists and McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. She's a fantastic curator of imaginative fiction.
Marty Halpern writes about the mysteries of alien life and our place in the universe. His books, including Alien Contact and Is anybody out there?, are a great read for anyone curious about what's out there.
Michael Swanwick is the author of The End of the World, a collection of stories exploring apocalyptic themes. He's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling narrative.
Mike Resnick is the author of the Western novel Dead Man's Hand. He's a writer known for his engaging stories.
American science fiction writer
Neil Gaiman (born 10 November 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English writer of novels, short fiction, comics, screenplays and audio drama. He worked as a journalist before moving into comics, where his DC series The Sandman, begun in 1989, recast the title character as Morpheus, lord of dreams, and became one of the most acclaimed comics of its era. His novels include Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, as well as Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline and The Oc...
Orson Scott Card is an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist and columnist. He writes in several genres but is known best for science fiction. His novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986) both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the only author to win both science fiction's top U.S. prizes in consecutive years.
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Pat Murphy writes for young readers, often featuring magic and mystery. If you enjoyed stories about young witches and warlocks, you'll find more of that here.
Paul McAuley is the author of the science fiction novel Other Worlds Than These. He writes speculative fiction that explores big ideas.
Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Silverberg received a Nebula award in 1986 for his novella Sailing to Byzantium, which takes its name from Yeats' poem; a Hugo in 1990 for Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another; and in 2004 he was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg
Stephen Baxter (born 13 November 1957 in Liverpool, England) is an English hard science fiction author. He holds a degree in mathematics from Cambridge and a PhD in engineering from Southampton, and taught mathematics, physics and information technology before becoming a full-time writer in 1995. His work includes the Xeelee Sequence, the Manifold trilogy, The Time Ships (a sequel to H. G. Wells's The Time Machine), the Time Odyssey trilogy co-written with Arthur C. Clarke, and the Long Earth se...
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (née Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Her work was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and more than a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children's books. Frequently...