Engdahl, Sylvia Louise

Contains twenty-two essays in which various authors debat the question of whether there is life beyond Earth, discuss the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, share reports of close encounters, and consider the issue of UFOs and culture.

Examines the issue of genetic engineering, including such topics as its impact on society and the need for regulation.

Contains twenty-five articles that provide various perspectives on the issue of cloning, discussing public attitudes toward cloning, the cloning of animals, therapeutic cloning of human embryos for medical research, and the prospect of human reproductive cloning.

Three civilizations from different planets in widely varying stages of development clash in what could be either a mutually disastrous or beneficial encounter.