I, Alien

by Susan R. Matthews, Janis Ian, Tom Gerencer, et al.

Book Overview

An all-original collection of twenty-seven stories by some of today's most inventive authors about alien encounters with humans-from the aliens' perspective. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756402352
• ISBN13: 9780756402358
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Human nature from an alien point of view...

I, Alien collects 27 original stories all drafted from the point of view of aliens, dealing with the odd and occasionally ogresome creature known as man. What could have been just another sci-fi anthology is entertaining and highly original. Some of the stories are pure magic. Diary of a Galactic `Émigré by Laura Resnick kicks the volume off and is laugh out loud funny. Me by Mike Resnik points out that god may not be exactly what man thinks. You be Stephen Leigh is haunting, especially for those of us who read anthologies all the time. Anakoinosis by Tobias Bucknell makes us wonder what man's nature really is, and how we would fit into the nature of other planets. I am NOT a fan of sci-fi, normally, but I am the fan of a well written short story and this anthology is full of them. This is yet another delightful anthology by DAW, and well worth a read.