The Ultimate Alien

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In this strange and exciting collection, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic explore the intricacies and speculations of human encounters with the other...with aliens. From Robert Silverberg's examination of interspecies marriage to Arthur C. Clarke's classic tale of the exploration of Venus, from Mike Resnick and Nicholas A. DiChario's hilarious look at an alien radio broadcast to Nina Kiriki Hoffman's intense study of a woman taken over by a plant-like creature -- here are spectacular stories transcending time and space.