Otherness (book)

Otherness

Author	David Brin
Original title	Otherness
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Orbit
Publication date	1994
Media type	Print
ISBN	1-85723-310-7
OCLC	49804636

Otherness (1994) is an anthology of science fiction short stories by American writer David Brin. Interspersed in the book are notes on some stories and other short articles by Brin.

Contents

Stories

• "The Giving Plague" (first published in 1988)
• "Myth Number 21" (excerpted from Earth, first published in 1990)
• "Dr. Pak's Preeschool" (first published in 1990)
• "Detritus Affected" (first published in 1992)
• "Sshhh ..." (first published in 1988)
• "Those Eyes"
• "Bonding to Genji" (first published in 1992)
• "The Warm Space" (first published in 1985)
• "NatuLife " (first published in 1993)
• "Piecework" (first published in 1988)
• "Bubbles" (first published in 1987)
• "Ambiguity" (first published in 1990)
• "What Continues ... and What Fails ..." (first published in 1991)

Articles

• "The Dogma of Otherness"
• "What to Say to a UFO"
• "Whose Millennium?"
• "Science versus Magic"
• "The Commonwealth of Wonder"