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The Rule of Three and Other Stories
How can one person (and his newborn clone) convince an alien not to end the world?
How far will a Lit Professor go in a game of alien chess in pursuit of a lost Shakespearean play?
Does the planet Mars really need baby seals?
Across 30 tales of Science Fiction spanning more than 20 years, former professor of psychology Lawrence M. Schoen explores ideas and metaphors of alien encounters, artificial intelligence, and human psychology, blending wit and charm and old-fashioned story telling (and even the occasional atrocious pun).
If science fiction is the mirror we use to look at ourselves, if aliens and AIs are the allegories that let us challenge who we are, then this collection by a multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Astounding Award nominee will open your eyes to the wonder that is the human race even as it amuses and entertains.
From extinct languages to projecting human consciousness into the bodies of polar bears, from bridging alien communication through art and literature to flim-flamming the creators of time machines, from the joke that created the universe to a pen that writes new worlds, Schoen spins tales that amaze and delight even as they tell us about who we are at the end of the day.
How far will a Lit Professor go in a game of alien chess in pursuit of a lost Shakespearean play?
Does the planet Mars really need baby seals?
Across 30 tales of Science Fiction spanning more than 20 years, former professor of psychology Lawrence M. Schoen explores ideas and metaphors of alien encounters, artificial intelligence, and human psychology, blending wit and charm and old-fashioned story telling (and even the occasional atrocious pun).
If science fiction is the mirror we use to look at ourselves, if aliens and AIs are the allegories that let us challenge who we are, then this collection by a multiple Hugo, Nebula, and Astounding Award nominee will open your eyes to the wonder that is the human race even as it amuses and entertains.
From extinct languages to projecting human consciousness into the bodies of polar bears, from bridging alien communication through art and literature to flim-flamming the creators of time machines, from the joke that created the universe to a pen that writes new worlds, Schoen spins tales that amaze and delight even as they tell us about who we are at the end of the day.
360 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 2, 2020
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About the author
Lawrence M. Schoen
128 books233 followersLawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, is a past Astounding, Hugo, and Nebula, nominee, twice won the Cóyotl award for best novel, founded the Klingon Language Institute, and occasionally does work as a hypnotherapist specializing in authors’ issues. He is a chimeric cancer survivor.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife and their dog.
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April 9, 2022
Really enjoyed these stories
This was a fun set of stories. Some could have been interesting to see expanded into a longer version, some were perfect as the short version. I recommend this book s if you like a variety of sci fi type stories.
This was a fun set of stories. Some could have been interesting to see expanded into a longer version, some were perfect as the short version. I recommend this book s if you like a variety of sci fi type stories.
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