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    Otherness
    Otherness
    Otherness
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    Otherness

    By David Brin

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    From Hugo and Nebula winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays about the near and distant future, as humans and other intelligences 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 to work while still in the womb. In Natulife, a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of virtual reality. In Sshhh... the arrival of benevolent aliens on Earth leads to frenzied madness as humans rush to conceal their secret ‘talent.’ In Bubbles, a sentient starcraft reaches the limits of the universe – and dares to go beyond. What happens when an urban archaeologist discovers a terrible secret under the landfills of Los Angeles? Will there still be a purpose for "biologicals" when cybernetic humans become mighty and smart? Come explore these and another dozen startling and provocative tomorrows with a modern master of science fiction.

    Table of Contents

    The Giving Plague
    Myth Number 21
    Dr. Pak’s Preschool
    Detritus Affected
    The Dogma of Otherness
    Piecework
    Natulife
    Science vs. Magic
    Sshhh...
    Those Eyes
    What to Say to a UFO
    Bonding to Genji
    The Warm Space
    Whose Millennium?
    Bubbles
    Ambiguity
    What Continues...And What Fails...
    The New Meme

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Brin
    Release dateOct 26, 2012
    ISBN9781301733040
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    David Brin

    David Brin is an astrophysicist whose international-bestselling novels include Earth, Existence, Startide Rising, and The Postman, which was adapted into a film in 1998. Brin serves on several advisory boards, including NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, and speaks or consults on topics ranging from AI, SETI, privacy, and invention to national security. His nonfiction book about the information age, The Transparent Society, won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. Brin’s latest nonfiction work is Polemical Judo. Visit him at www.davidbrin.com.

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