Different Worlds, Different Skins: Humanity's Encounters with Other Races

by Will A. Sanborn (Editor), Sara Palmer (Illustrator), Chris Goodwin (Contributor)

What if humanity shared Earth with other sentient species? What would first contact with an alien race be like? What wonders or horrors could be wrought by our experiments to create new life-forms, both biologic and mechanical? This anthology examines these ideas, showing humanity's interaction with the Other, in the form of anthropomorphic animals. The stories cover diverse genres, from science fiction and fantasy, to historical fiction and contemporary fables, exploring themes of race and culture and the endless possibilities of the human condition. Stories by: Michael Bard, Austen Crowder, Bernard Doove, Seth Drake, William Eakins, Lanny Fields, Phil Geusz, Jason Gillespie, Chris Goodwin, Searska Grey Raven, Renee Carter Hall, Stefan Kaiser, James R. Lane, Alan Loewen, Paul Lucas, Eric Luhman, Brian Miller, Ken Pick, J. Scott Rogers, Will A. Sanborn, Kris Schnee, Sean Silva, Tim Susman and Wookie. Cover artwork by: Sara "Caribou" Palmer

352 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all anthologies there are some great stories and some bad ones and most of the bad ones are the space exploration ones as it seems we are not given enough information to truly understand what is going on and the names are just through at us without to much thought. The good ones include Moonfur, Beast in the Rain, Susan's Ark, Reluctant Reindeer, the Gazing Ball because these stories are more personal as there a few characters and just forcus on how these characters deal with the idea of being about anthropomorphic creatures. When it is this close and personal the book shines but when it tries to give a giant, epic space adventure they fall flat.