Shadow world / Clifford D. Simak. Contact! / David Drake -- The flat-eyed monster / William Tenn -- The power / Murray Leinster -- Early model / Robert Sheckley -- Her sister's keeper / Sarah A. Hoyt -- Plaything / Larry Niven -- Random sample / T.P. Caravan -- No love in all of Dwingeloo / Tony Daniel -- First contact, sort of / Karen Haber and Carol Carr -- Fortitude / David Brin -- They're made out of meat / Terry Bisson -- Alien Stones / Gene Wolfe -- Pictures don't lie / Katherine Maclean -- Backwardness / Poul Anderson -- Dt Dodger fan / Will Stanton -- No shoulder to cry on / Hank David -- Hornets' nest / Lloyd Biggle, Jr. -- Protected species / H.B. Fyfe -- The cage / A. Bertram Chandler -- Shadow world / Clifford D. Simak.
Summary:
"When the first contact between humans and aliens from another planet happens, will they say, "Take me to your leader," or is "Surrender, puny primitive bipeds" more likely? Ever since H.G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, science fiction writers have speculated on this. Now find out from such authors as Poul Anderson, David Drake, Sarah Hoyt and more give us their take on first contact"-- Provided by publisher.
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