Aliens and Other Stories

Aliens and Other Stories
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0931846714
ISBN-13 : 9780931846717
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Aliens and Other Stories by : Kathleen Wheaton

The characters in Kathleen Wheaton's linked stories are exiles-from their native countries, their families, their objects of desire. Political refugees from Argentina's "dirty war," survivors of a Cuban shipwreck and of Franco's Spain all navigate life as foreigners, whether in Madrid, Buenos Aires or suburban Washington, D.C. With wry, nuanced compassion, Wheaton follows these resilient people as they reconcile the absurdities of contemporary life with a legacy of dislocation, loss and longing.

Alien Stories

Alien Stories
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Publisher : BOA Editions
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 1950774325
ISBN-13 : 9781950774326
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Alien Stories by : E.C. Osondu

Short Fiction Prize-winning collection of short stories that use science fiction to explore immigration, diaspora, and the concept of otherness.

Alien Encounters

Alien Encounters
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Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Total Pages : 390
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ISBN-10 : 9781848584433
ISBN-13 : 1848584431
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Alien Encounters by : Rupert Matthews

In this compelling and revealing examination, author Rupert Matthews looks afresh at key episodes of alien activity on earth, and sheds light on the many mysterious phenomena associated with it. From Roswell to Taizé, the book dissects fascinating eyewitness accounts of communication and contact with alien beings, as well as chilling cases of a...

Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories

Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories
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Publisher : Brain Lag
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781928011682
ISBN-13 : 1928011683
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Live Nude Aliens and Other Stories by : JD DeLuzio

From a technological dystopia to small town Canada, this collection of short fiction explores themes of change, memory, and things hiding in the shadows. These tales, previously-published and new, take classic space opera, pest problems, and the recent past in new and fresh directions. Will electric light cast a world into darkness? Do you remember 1971, when Kennedy was in the White House, Hendrix sang about space, and the extraterrestrials returned? Has the invasion of the live nude aliens already begun? When you look at the world and see things slightly askew--our reality tilted just a few degrees--then you get stories like these.

Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens

Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 0006750737
ISBN-13 : 9780006750734
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens by : Bruce Coville

Thirteen tales of the unexpected that will make you rethink everything you ever knew about life out there. For 8-12 yrs.

Homicidal Aliens and Other Disappointments

Homicidal Aliens and Other Disappointments
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780763667115
ISBN-13 : 0763667110
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Homicidal Aliens and Other Disappointments by : Brian Yansky

The reluctant hero from Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences is back in all his droll glory — and this time the fate of humankind is on the line. Jesse has had the worst year of his life. First a race of homicidal (but very polite) aliens invaded Earth, killing pretty much everyone and enslaving the few people left behind, including Jesse; his best friend, Michael; his sort-of girlfriend, Lauren; and the girl of his dreams, Catlin. Now Jesse is revered as some sort of Chosen One all because he managed to kill one of the alien lords and escape — even though he’s not really sure how he did it. But it’s hard to argue with the multitude of new talents he is developing, including (somehow) killing aliens with his mind and grasping glimpses of alternate futures. With thousands of aliens already on Earth and thirty million more about to arrive, Jesse has to decide whether to embrace his maybe-destiny before the world is completely destroyed. No pressure.

Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories

Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780393078152
ISBN-13 : 0393078159
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives: Stories by : Brad Watson

Finalist for the 2011 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction: "Watson's talent is singular, truly awesome; [his stories] are infused with an uncanny beauty."—A. M. Homes In this, his first collection of stories since his celebrated, award-winning Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson takes us even deeper into the riotous, appalling, and mournful oddity of human beings. In prose so perfectly pitched as to suggest some celestial harmony, he writes about every kind of domestic discord: unruly or distant children, alienated spouses, domestic abuse, loneliness, death, divorce. In his masterful title novella, a freshly married teenaged couple are visited by an unusual pair of inmates from a nearby insane asylum—and find out exactly how mismatched they really are. With exquisite tenderness, Watson relates the brutality of both nature and human nature. There’s no question about it. Brad Watson writes so well—with such an all-seeing, six-dimensional view of human hopes, inadequacies, and rare grace—that he must be an extraterrestrial.

Aliens in Underpants Save the World

Aliens in Underpants Save the World
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 33
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ISBN-10 : 9781442440975
ISBN-13 : 144244097X
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Aliens in Underpants Save the World by : Claire Freedman

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower
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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9781538765494
ISBN-13 : 1538765497
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Parable of the Sower by : Octavia E. Butler

This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.

Aliens and Other Visitors

Aliens and Other Visitors
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Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 9781684029860
ISBN-13 : 1684029864
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Aliens and Other Visitors by : Ruth Owen

Could life-forms from other parts of the universe really travel all the way to Earth? If alien sightings are just fictional stories, why have so many people provided such similar accounts of encounters with extraterrestrials and their spacecraft? What would it be like to witness an alien or UFO from another world, and how can you tell if the object speeding across the sky has been sent by an advanced civilization to study—or even invade—our planet? In Aliens and Other Visitors, children will read historical stories and modern-day accounts of alien encounters. Kids will get all the information they need to help them spot possible UFOs. Children will also investigate the truth behind alien stories, exploring the fears and superstitions of different cultures and looking at the scientific facts that might explain the seemingly unexplainable. If you love a scary story that sounds like it’s straight out of science fiction but also want to investigate the truth behind these myths, this is the book for you!