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Blurb: “"THE MOST POPULAR AUTHOR OF HARD SF TO APPEAR IN THE 1980S... DAVID BRIN GIVES JOY AND IMPARTS A SENSE OF WONDER; BUT HE ALSO THINKS ABOUT THE NEAR WORLD."
—The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
From multiple-award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens encounter the secrets of the cosmos-and of their own existence. In
"Dr. Pak's Preschool" a woman discovers that her baby has been called upon to work while still in the
womb. In "NatuLife" a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of sex by simulation. In
"Sshhh..." the arrival of benevolent aliens on Earth leads to frenzy, madness... and unimaginable joy. In "Bubbles" a sentient starcraft reaches the limits of the universe-and dares to go beyond.
These are but a few of the challenging speculations in Otherness, from the pen of an author whose urgent and compelling imaginative fiction challenges us to wonder at the shape and the nature of the universe
—as well as at its future.”