
Life Beyond Us
An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
By: Stephen Baxter, Julie Nováková (Editor), Peter Watts
Paperback | 22 April 2023
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How would first contact--on earth, in space, on another planet--transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth?
What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an unfathomable scale in the depths of space? Or . . .
Life--beyond us.
Dive in as the European Astrobiology Institute presents fifty-four original SF Stories and Science Essays on life, from microbial to macro, from automatic to sagacious. Each speculative story is followed by a professional essay illuminating the scientific underpinnings of the story and providing a new window into the cutting-edge knowledge about exploration for life in the universe.
SF 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, Mary Robinette Kowal, Lisa Jenny Krieg (translated by Simone Heller), Geoffrey A. Landis, Rich Larson, Liu Yang (translated by Ladon Gao), Lucie LukaÄoviÄov¡, Premee Mohamed, G. David Nordley, Malka Older, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Tom¡Å¡ Petr¡sek, Brian Rappatta, Arula Ratnakar, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Bogi Tak¡cs, Peter Watts, and B. Zelkovich.
SCIENCE ESSAYS BY: Jacques Arnould, William Bains, Jos© A. Caballero, Dimitra Demertzi, Martina Dimoska, Tessa Fisher, Dennis H¶ning, Valentin D. Ivanov, Fabian Klenner, Nina Kopacz, Geoffrey A. Landis, Natuschka Lee, Ania Losiak, Stephen Francis Mann, Connor Martini, Tony Milligan, Philippe Nauny, Julie Nov¡kov¡, Erik Persson, Tom¡Å¡ Petr¡sek, Joanna Piotrowska, Giovanni Poggiali, Amedeo Romagnolo, Stefano Sandrelli, Floris van der Tak, Jan Toman, Sheri Wells-Jensen, and Raymond M. Wheeler
INTRODUCTION BY: Stephen Baxter
FOREWORD BY: Julie Nov¡kov¡
AFTERWORDS BY: Wolf D. Geppert; Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest
EDITED BY: Julie Nov¡kov¡, Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest
Previous anthologies by Laksa Media (Strangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us, Seasons Between Us) have been recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist (American Library Association), Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, and Quill & Quire.
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Previous anthologies by Laksa Media (Strangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us, Seasons Between Us) have been recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist (American Library Association), Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, and Quill & Quire.
- Foreword by Julie Nov¡kov¡
- Introduction by Stephen Baxter
- Story: Hemlock on Mars by Eric Choi
- Essay: Planetary Protection by Giovanni Poggiali
- Story: The Dog Star Killer by Renan Bernardo
- Essay: That Cold Black Cloud by Stefano Sandrelli
- Story: Titan of Chaos by G. David Nordley
- Essay: Flying Instead of Diving by Fabian Klenner
- Story: Cloudskimmer by Geoffrey A. Landis
- Essay: Earth's Sister Planet by Dennis H¶ning
- Story: The Lament of Kivu Lacus by B. Zelkovich
- Essay: Robots in Space are Great by Ania Losiak
- Story: Heavy Lies by Rich Larson
- Essay: Major Transitions by Stephen Francis Mann
- Story: The World of Silver by Tom¡Å¡ Petr¡sek
- Essay: Wet Wet Wet by William Bains
- Story: Spider Plant by Tessa Fisher
- Essay: Signs of Life (and How to Find Them) by Tessa Fisher
- Story: This is How We Save Them by Deji Bryce Olukotun
- Essay: Valuing Life by Erik Persson
- Story: The Far Side of the Door by Premee Mohamed
- Essay: Space Agriculture by Raymond M. Wheeler
- Story: Ranya's Crash by Lisa Jenny Krieg (translated by Simone Heller)
- Essay: You are not Alone! by Jacques Arnould
- Story: Spiral by Arula Ratnakar
- Essay: Spiraling into the Unknown by Tom¡Å¡ Petr¡sek
- Story: The Last Cathedral of Earth, in Flight by Tobias S. Buckell
- Essay: The Latest Black Hole Planet, in Formation by Amedeo Romagnolo
- Story: The Secret History of the Greatest Discovery by Valentin D. Ivanov
- Essay: Cooperation without Communication by Valentin D. Ivanov
- Story: Human Beans by Eugen Bacon
- Essay: Microbial Life and Belonging by Tony Milligan
- Story: The Mirrored Symphony by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
- Essay: Mirror Images by Dimitra Demertzi
- Story: Lumenfabulator by Liu Yang (translated by Ladon Gao)
- Essay: Crystal Green Persuasion by Nina Kopacz
- Story: Cyclic Amplification, Meaning Family by Bogi Tak¡cs
- Essay: The Science of Xenolinguistics by Sheri Wells-Jensen
- Story: The Diaphanous by Gregory Benford
- Essay: Life 2.0 by Geoffrey A. Landis
- Story: The Sphinx of Adzhimushkaj by Brian Rappatta
- Essay: Finding Common Ground by Philippe Nauny
- Story: Defective by Peter Watts
- Essay: How did They Know it was Agni? by Joanna Piotrowska
- Story: The Dangers We Choose by Malka Older
- Essay: The Habitability of Water Worlds by Floris van der Tak
- Story: Third Life by Julie E. Czerneda
- Essay: The Unveiled Possibilities of Biomaterials in Space by Martina Dimoska
- Story: Forever the Forest by Simone Heller
- Essay: Astra Narrans by Connor Martini
- Story: Still as Bright by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Essay: -And the Moon be Still as Bright by Jos© A. Caballero
- Story: Devil in the Deep by Lucie LukaÄoviÄov¡
- Essay: Some Like It Hot by Natuschka Lee & Julie Nov¡kov¡
- Story: Deep Blue Neon by Jana Bianchi
- Essay: Destined for Symbiosis by Jan Toman
- Afterword I by Wolf D. Geppert
- Afterword II by Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
- Copyright Acknowledgments
- European Astrobiology Institute (EAI)
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Laksa Media Groups Inc. (LMG)
ISBN: 9781988140483
ISBN-10: 198814048X
Series: European Astrobiology Institute Presents
Published: 22nd April 2023
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 584
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Laksa Media Groups Inc.
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24 x 3.3
Weight (kg): 0.84
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