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A review by myriadreads
Alien Contact by
4.0
This collection would probably put some readers off just with its title. Though I am a sci-fi fan, I'm sometimes put off by abduction stories and such, myself. However, the list of authors who contributed to Alien Contact includes Ursula Le Guin, Stephen King, Karen Joy Fowler, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, and Nancy Kress, so I had to check it out. I'm glad that I did.
Though Stephen King's "I Am the Doorway" was a disappointing 'meh,' there were plenty of gems to make up for it. In "Face Value," Karen Joy Fowler managed to write a story about the exploration of an alien culture that also raises questions about isolation, communication, and the expression of art vs. utility in human culture. Neil Gaiman's "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" presented world-hopping creatures of great beauty who were, in their own cultures, poems as well as beings.
I think that most readers are bound to find a story in this anthology that will resonate--even those who don't normally search the universe when looking for a good read.
Though Stephen King's "I Am the Doorway" was a disappointing 'meh,' there were plenty of gems to make up for it. In "Face Value," Karen Joy Fowler managed to write a story about the exploration of an alien culture that also raises questions about isolation, communication, and the expression of art vs. utility in human culture. Neil Gaiman's "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" presented world-hopping creatures of great beauty who were, in their own cultures, poems as well as beings.
I think that most readers are bound to find a story in this anthology that will resonate--even those who don't normally search the universe when looking for a good read.