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Hwarhath stories : transgressive tales by aliens / by Eleanor Arnason.

by Arnason, Eleanor.

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Aqueduct Press, 2016.

Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction

Human-alien encounters -- Fiction

Manners and customs -- Fiction

9781619760950 (trade pbk.)

1619760959 (trade pbk.)

383 p. ; 23 cm.

Historical romances -- The hound of Merin -- The lovers -- The actors -- Dapple -- Fantastic and religious romances -- The small black box of morality -- Origin story -- The gauze banner -- The semen thief -- The woman who fooled death five times -- Scientific romances -- The potter of bones -- The garden -- A romance of investigation -- Holmes Sherlock.

"Humanity has encountered only one other species able to travel among the stars. This species, who call themselves the hwarhath, or "people", are also the only intelligent species so far encountered. Of course, we interest and puzzle and disturb each other... As far as can be determined, the stories in this collection were all written after the hwarhath learned enough about humanity to realize how similar (and different) we are. Our existence has called into question many ideas about life and morality that most hwarhath would have called certain a century ago... The collection is deliberately popular and accessible, intended for as wide a range of readers as possible. Because of this, some of the ordinary rules of scholarly translation have been ignored or modified. If we are to share the universe with other beings, we should make an effort-all of us-to understand them" --From publisher.

Science fiction.

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