false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899692m/76791.jpg 76791 3 From multiple award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens 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 upon to work while still in the womb.  In "NatuLife" a married couple finds their relationship threatened by the wonders of sex by simulation.  In "Sshhh . . . " the arrival of benevolent aliens on Earth leads to frenzy, madness . . . and unimaginable joy.  In "Bubbles" a sentient starcraft reaches the limits of the universe--and dares to go beyond.  These are but a few of the challenging speculations in <i>Otherness</i>, from the pen of an author whose urgent and compelling imaginative fiction challenges us to wonder at the shape and the nature of the universe--as well as at its future. 74277 1 8 1994 Otherness total:174|5:26|4:57|3:73|2:18|1:0| 174 613 242 6 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 01:46:29 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:16:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:02:17 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 02:11:55 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 06:34:57 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 20:59:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Mar 11 14:22:11 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 14:22:43 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jun 11 13:57:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 13:58:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 29 00:29:34 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 16 10:04:23 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Dec 02 07:15:28 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 07:15:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 27 09:48:17 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 09:48:17 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 26 09:49:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 09:49:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 23:53:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 23:53:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 23:22:16 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 23:22:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 20:01:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:01:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 10:26:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:09:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 17:26:17 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:26:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 15:55:52 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 15:55:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 10:19:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 10:19:52 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Sep 22 10:17:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 10:17:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 13:53:52 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:53:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 10 11:01:04 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 11:01:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 10:25:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:25:03 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=76791