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Alien Contact

Ursula K. Le Guin

2011 · Night Shade · 400 pages

Human-alien encountersFictionFiction, science fiction, general

About this book

The thought war / Paul McAuley How to talk to girls at parties / Neil Gaiman Face value / Karen Joy Fowler The road not taken / Harry Turtledove The aliens who knew, I mean, everything / George Alec Effinger I am the doorway / Stephen King Recycling strategies for the inner city / Pat Murphy The 43 Antarean dynasties / Mike Resnick The gold bug / Orson Scott Card Kin / Bruce McAllister Guerrilla mural of a siren's song / Ernest Hogan Angel / Pat Cadigan The first contact with the gorgonids / Ursula K. L…

Who this is for

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A relentless, joke-a-page apocalyptic LitRPG that rewards readers who don't mind game mechanics on the page. The humour does the heavy lifting — if Hitchhiker's Guide meets a roguelike sounds appealing, you're the audience. Readers who bounce off it usually cite the stat blocks and the cat. Best read in long sittings; the pace assumes you're not putting it down.

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An ideas-driven with strong plot, awestruck and foreign read.

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