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Alien Sex

Ellen Datlow (1990)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages287 ()
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From Bernie Goutley's review: 1.) Her Furry Face by Leigh Kennedy A primate handler who is in a waning marriage falls for one of his super-intelligent orangutan students. 2.) War Bride by Rick Wilbur The world is going to end tomorrow unless you’ve been taken as a pet by one of the aliens. 3.) How’s the Night Life on Cissalda by Harlan Ellison A man sent to investigate an alien race becomes inextricably sexually entangled with one of the aliens. Eventually, he’s forcibly separated from the alien—of a race that are apparently thin-skinned—and lives to see the descent of mankind. 4.) The Jamesburg Incubus by Scott Baker A teacher in a Catholic school finds that he can make out-of-body nocturnal visits to some of his more attractive female students. 5.) Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex by Larry Niven This reads more like an essay than a short story. The work delves into the physics of why sex with Superman would be fatal for Lois Lane. 6.) The First Time by K.W. Jeter This is a variation on the old coming of age story in which a young man is taken to a brothel for his first sexual encounter. It’s just that this encounter is of the 3rd kind. 7.) The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod by Philip José Farmer The premise behind the story is what if William S. Burroughs (author of Naked Lunch) had written the Tarzan stories instead of Edgar Rice Burroughs. In essence, it’s a risqué take on Tarzan. 8.) Husbands by Lisa Tuttle After the extinction of husbands, a woman develops a new species to serve the companion role. 9.) When the Fathers Go by Bruce McAllister A husband confesses to his wife that while she was in stasis waiting for him to come back from interplanetary travel, he sired a child with an alien. Furthermore, the child is coming to live with them. But wait there’s more… 10.) Dancing Chickens by Edward Bryant This story reads more like an overly elaborate joke than a short story. It begins with the question, “What do aliens want?” an