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Worst Contact
| Author: | Hank Davis |
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Baen, 2016 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
STORIES OF ALIEN CONTACT GONE WRONG. Will it be, "Greeting, fellow Sentients" or, "Nice Planet--we'll take it"? These stories from SF greats answer the question, "Are we alone in the universe?" with a resounding, "No, but we wish we were!"
Contents:
- 1 - From First to Worst (Introduction) - essay by Hank Davis
- 7 - Puppet Show - short story by Fredric Brown
- 19 - Contact! - short story by David Drake
- 37 - The Flat-Eyed Monster - novelette by William Tenn
- 71 - The Power - short story by Murray Leinster
- 91 - Early Model - short story by Robert Sheckley
- 113 - Her Sister's Keeper - short story by Sarah A. Hoyt
- 127 - Plaything - short story by Larry Niven
- 133 - Random Sample - short story by T. P. Caravan
- 139 - No Love in All of Dwingeloo - short story by Tony Daniel
- 159 - First Contact, Sort Of - short story by Carol Carr and Karen Haber
- 175 - Fortitude - short story by David Brin
- 189 - They're Made Out of Meat - short fiction by Terry Bisson
- 195 - Alien Stones - novelette by Gene Wolfe
- 231 - Pictures Don't Lie - short story by Katherine MacLean
- 251 - Backwardness - short story by Poul Anderson
- 265 - Dodger Fan - short story by Will Stanton
- 271 - No Shoulder to Cry On - short story by Hank Davis
- 281 - Hornets' Nest - short story by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
- 295 - Protected Species - short story by H. B. Fyfe
- 309 - The Cage - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
- 323 - Shadow World - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
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