Science fiction stories accompanied by science essays.
Contents:
Foreword, Julie Nováková -- Introduction, Stephen Baxter -- Hemlock on Mars, Eric Choi -- Essay: Planetary protection, Giovanni Poggiali -- The dog star killer, Renan Bernardo -- Essay: That cold black cloud, Stefano Sandrelli -- Titan of chaos, G. David Nordley -- Esay: Earth's sister planet, Dennis Honing -- The lament of Kivu Lacus, B. Zalkovich -- Essay: Robots in space are great, Ania Losiak -- Heavy lies, Rich Larson -- Essay: Major transitions, Stephan Franics Mann -- The world of silver, Tomas Petrasek -- Essay: Wet wet wet, Williams Bains -- Spider planet, Tessa Fisher -- Essay: Signs of life (and how to find them), Tessa Fisher -- This is how we save them, Deji Bryce Olukotun -- Essay: Valuing Life, Erik Persson -- The far side of the door, Premee Mohamed -- Essay: Space agriculture, Raymond M. Wheeler -- Ranya's crash, Lisa Jenny Krieg (translated by Simone Heller) -- Essay: You are not Alone!, Jacques Arnould -- Spiral, Arula Ratnakar -- Essay: Spiraling into the unknown, Tomas Petrasek -- The last catherdral of Early, in flight, Tobias S. Buckell -- Essay: The latest black hole planet, in formation, Amedeo Romagnolo -- The secret history of the greatest discovery, Valentin D. Ivanov -- Essay: Cooperation without communication, Valentin D. Ivanov -- Human beans, Eugen Bacon -- Essay: Mirror images, Dimitra Demertzi -- Lumenfabulator, Liu Yang (translated by ladon Gao) -- Essay: Crystal green persuasion, Nina Kopacz -- Cyclic amplification, meaning family, Bogi Takacs -- Essay: The science of xenolinguistics, Sheri Wells-Jensen -- The diaphanous, Gregory Benford -- Essay: Life 2.0, Geoffrey A. Landis -- The sphinx of Adzhimushkaj, Brian Rappatta -- Essay: Finding common ground, Philippe Nauny -- Defective, Peter Watts -- Essay: How did they know it was Agni?, Joanna Piotrowska -- The dangers we choose, Malka Older -- Essay: The habitability of water wolrds, Floris van der Tak -- Third life, Julie E. Czerneda -- Essay: The unveiled possibilities of biomaterials in space, Martina Dimoska -- Forever the forest, Simone Heller -- Essay: Astra narrans, Connor Martini -- Still as bright, Mary Robinette Kowal -- Essay: And the moon be still as bright, Jose A. Caballero -- Devil in the deep, Lucie Lukacovicova -- Essay: Some like it hot, Natuschka Lee & Julie Novakova -- Deep Blue Neon, Jana Bianchi -- Essay: Destined for symbiosis, Jan Toman -- Afterword I, Wolf D. Geppert -- Afertword IIm Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest -- Acknowledgments -- About the contributors -- About the editors -- Copyright acknowledgments -- European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) -- Euopean Science Foundation (ESF) -- laksa Media Groups Inc. (LMG).
Summary:
"European Astrobiology Institutes presents fifty-four original SF Stories and Science Essays on "alien" life on Earth and beyond. Science Fiction stories by award-winning speculative fiction authors and accompanying essays by scientists working on the origins of life, habitability, and life detection. What would life be like if it evolved in a cold ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscured any view of the universe beyond? Is there a common template for life, or can we expect to find preciously fragile silicon creatures drifting in seas of liquid nitrogen? How would finding alien life change our society? And many more. Take a journey to the strangest places on our own planet and far beyond it in the galaxy and worlds that are filled with speculative stories and also reflect our understanding and speculation of such places. Each story is followed by a science essay to support understanding of science, interest in the workings of nature and technology, and critical thinking behind such journey and topic introduced in the story. Science Fiction Stories by Eugen Bacon, Gregory Benford, Renan Bernardo, Jana Bianchi, Tobias S. Buckell, Eric Choi, Julie E. Czerneda, Tessa Fisher, Simone Heller, Valentin D. Ivanov, Lisa Jenny Krieg (translated by Simone Heller), Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A. Landis, Rich Larson, Lucie Lukaoviová, Premee Mohamed, G. David Nordley, Malka Older, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Tomáa Petrásek, Arula Ratnakar, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Bogi Takács, Peter Watts, and Liu Yang (translated by Ladon Gao). Science Essays by Jacques Arnould, William Bains, José A. Caballero, Dimitra Demertzi, Martina Dimoska, Tessa Fisher, Dennis Höning, Valentin D. Ivanov, Fabian Klenner, Nina Kopacz, Geoffrey A. Landis, Natuschka Lee, Ania Losiak, Stephen Francis Mann, Connor Joseph Martini, Tony Milligan, Philippe Nauny, Julie Nováková, Erik Persson, Tomáa Petrásek, Joanna Piotrowska, Giovanni Poggiali, Amedeo Romagnolo, Stefano Sandrelli, Floris van der Tak, Jan Toman, Sheri Wells-Jensen, and Raymond Wheeler; Introduction by Stephen Baxter"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.