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Second Contacts by Michael Rimaz and Hayden Trenholm (editors) |
Second Contacts presents eighteen stories from writers in six countries (Canada, United States, England, Mexico, Israel, and the Netherlands) that answer the question: What happens after first contact? Set fifty years in the future, they explore the aftermath of alien contact, for us and for the aliens. |
Generally diverse casts, especially in terms of East Asian and Hispanic characters. Genderqueer characters (spontaneous sex-switching with or without gender-switching) featured in As Above, So Below. Pronouns zhe/zhir/zhirm featured in Grief. Autistic protagonist in Translator. |
genderqueer, race, disability, pronouns, class, Autism, Hispanic, Latino, East Asian | 2015 | Adult |