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more about #shortstories more comments → EBone: Nice listen. Think of it as an abbreviated version of "The Road" where we don't go a cannibal on each other. more » LittleDragon: Pretty good little short. more » Greasy Breakfast: I simply don't care. I read what I like, and I write what I like. #books more » Therem: I have a bunch of these stories in other anthologies, but I still might have to buy this book. It looks great! On a nitpicky note, you spelled Le Gui... more » Zyg: "To me these concerns over genre distinctions are silly but will probably never go away." You are so right on! It is ridiculous. I don't get why the... more » dnwilliams: Playing Devil's Advocate: What if all those li-fi writers disassociating themselves from what we've come to recognise as the genre are the true SF au... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Good post Grey Area--I'm heading to Amazon right now to add this to my wish list. You get bonus points for working your own handle into the descripti... more » firstofnormalin: "The Nine Billion Names of God." Did somebody borrow something there? At any rate, by the definition of the Literati, "literature" cannot include SF.... more » Pope John Peeps II: I used to have patience for people who keep bring Atwood into this discussion, but that whole thing is starting to really irritatingly creep up on me.... more » Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: That sounds pretty damn good, actually - pay day may have come at just the right time... Just a thought, apropos of almost nothing - why don't publis... more » jbq: I once again bow in awe for my mentor in all things literary. You will single-handedly destroy me, financially. #books more » zwaloo: "The Ziggurat" by Wolfe is a terrifying story. Not because it's a horror story, though. Because it is an excellent exercise in unreliable narrator th... more » ExtensionOfBob: I am very much looking forward to checking out this book. The debate is headache enducing but I think is still one worth engaging in. I think the firs... more » galatea2.2: This certainly intrigues. Speaking of the borderlines between mainstream and SF, is there anyone else wondering why Richard Powers (author of such no... more » 92BuickLeSabre: Nice work. There can't possibly be another site with a more impressive commenter cadre. I stay in awe of you crazy kids. #books more » -
#afternoonreading
The Last Field On Earth
It's rare to find an eco-catastrophe story that strikes a note of hope (or that doesn't have explosions), but novelist Lydia Millet has done it in her short story "Alpha," which you can listen to free online. More » -
#bookreview
The Secret History of Science Fiction
Tachyon Publications has a new anthology out called The Secret History of Science Fiction. It centers around a subject that has sparked countless debates and rants among Science Fiction fans. And no, it's not River Tam vs. James T. Kirk.
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#bookreview
60 Years Of Strange Parables And Unsettling Discoveries, In One Volume
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction has been at the forefront of genre short fiction for sixty years. And current editor Gordon Van Gelder had the unenviable task of choosing just 23 stories to represent those six decades.
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#lunchtimereading
"The Nostalgist" Is a Posthuman Pinocchio Tragedy
If you need some free, online fiction to distract you on your lunch break, look no farther than Daniel "How to Stop a Robot Uprising" Wilson's first work of science fiction, a short story called "The Nostalgist." More » -
#alternatehistory
What If July 4th Was Just Another Day?
As the United States celebrates its Independence Day, it's worth considering just how easily it could have never happened at all. Here now is a rundown of alternate history stories and essays where the American Revolution turned out very differently.
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#bookreview
Space Opera Has Come Of Age — But Has It Left Humans Behind?
Space opera has come a long, galaxy-spanning way since 1941. With a second book in the New Space Opera series out this summer, we examine the genre's origins, and see how the new book compares.
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