Ranked #1
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045 - Robert A. Heinlein - All You Zombies (1959)
045 - Robert A. Heinlein - All You Zombies (1959)
Robert Heinlein's short story All You Zombies was first published in the March 1959 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction... Read more
31 Aug 2016
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Ranked #2
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041 - M. John Harrison - Tourism (2004)
041 - M. John Harrison - Tourism (2004)
M. John Harrison's short story Tourism was first published in 2004. I read this in the Mammoth Book of New SF, Eighteent... Read more
13 Jul 2016
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Ranked #3
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050 - Mary Anne Mohanraj - Communion (2014)
050 - Mary Anne Mohanraj - Communion (2014)
Mary Anne Mohanraj's short story Communion was first published by Clarkesworld Magazine in 2014. It is the story of a h... Read more
10 Oct 2016
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Ranked #4
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037 - Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report (1956)
037 - Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report (1956)
Philip K. Dick's short story The Minority Report was first published by Fantasic Fiction in 1956. I read it as part of D... Read more
20 Jun 2016
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Ranked #5
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040 - Molly Gloss - Lambing Season (2002)
040 - Molly Gloss - Lambing Season (2002)
Molly Gloss's short story Lambing Season was first published by Asimov's Magazine in July 2002. I read it in The Year's ... Read more
6 Jul 2016
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Ranked #6
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043 - Charles Yu - Standard Loneliness Package (2010)
043 - Charles Yu - Standard Loneliness Package (2010)
After an issue with a broken laptop, I'm finally back with a new episode! Charles Yu's short story Standard Loneliness ... Read more
24 Aug 2016
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Ranked #7
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047 - J. G. Ballard - Billenium (1962)
047 - J. G. Ballard - Billenium (1962)
J. G. Ballard's short story Billenium was first published in Amazing Stories in 1962. I read it in the Oxford Book of SF... Read more
19 Sep 2016
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Ranked #8
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036 - Carrie Vaughn - Bannerless (2015)
036 - Carrie Vaughn - Bannerless (2015)
Carrie Vaughn's short story Bannerless was first published in the 2015 anthology The End has Come, part of the Apocalyps... Read more
14 Jun 2016
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Ranked #9
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035 - Greg Egan - Steve Fever (2007)
035 - Greg Egan - Steve Fever (2007)
Greg Egan's short story Steve Fever was first published in the November/December 2007 edition of Technology Review. I re... Read more
10 Jun 2016
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Ranked #10
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033 - Arthur C. Clarke - The Star (1955)
033 - Arthur C. Clarke - The Star (1955)
Arthur C. Clarke's Hugo Award-winning short story The Star was first published by Infinity magazine in 1955. I read it i... Read more
2 Jun 2016
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Ranked #11
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031 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr - 2BR02B (1962)
031 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr - 2BR02B (1962)
Kurt Vonnegut's short story 2BR02B was first published in If Science Fiction in January 1952. I listened to this as a fr... Read more
26 May 2016
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Ranked #12
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030 - Naomi Kritzer - Cat Pictures Please (2015)
030 - Naomi Kritzer - Cat Pictures Please (2015)
Naomi Kritzer's short story Cat Pictures Please was published by Clarkesworld magazine in January 2015. Cat Pictures Pl... Read more
22 May 2016
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Ranked #13
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029 - Andy Weir - The Egg (2009)
029 - Andy Weir - The Egg (2009)
Andy Weir's short story The Egg was first published on his website Galactanet.com in 2009. The Egg is a story about th... Read more
18 May 2016
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Ranked #14
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028 - Octavia E. Butler - Speech Sounds (1983)
028 - Octavia E. Butler - Speech Sounds (1983)
Octavia Butler's short story Speech Sounds was first published by the December 1983 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction ma... Read more
15 May 2016
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Ranked #15
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023 - Alastair Reynolds - Slow Bullets (2015)
023 - Alastair Reynolds - Slow Bullets (2015)
Alastair Reynolds's novella Slow Bullets was published in 2015 by Tachyon Press. Slow Bullets is a space opera based ar... Read more
2 May 2016
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Ranked #16
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022 - C. J. Cherryh - Cassandra (1978)
022 - C. J. Cherryh - Cassandra (1978)
C. J. Cherryh's Hugo Award-winning short story Cassandra was first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in October 1... Read more
29 Apr 2016
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Ranked #17
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019 - Rich Larson - Blindr (Beta 3.1) (2015)
019 - Rich Larson - Blindr (Beta 3.1) (2015)
Rich Larson's piece of flash fiction Blindr (Beta 3.1) was first published in issue two of Singularity magazine in 2015.... Read more
24 Apr 2016
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Ranked #18
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018 - Charlie Jane Anders - The Day it all Ended (2014)
018 - Charlie Jane Anders - The Day it all Ended (2014)
Charlie Jane Anders's short story The Day it all Ended Was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph: Stories &a... Read more
22 Apr 2016
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Ranked #19
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012 - Judith Merril - That Only a Mother (1948)
012 - Judith Merril - That Only a Mother (1948)
Judith Merril's short story That Only a Mother was first published in the June 1948 issue of Astounding magazine. The ve... Read more
10 Apr 2016
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Ranked #20
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011 - Cory Doctorow - The Man Who Sold the Moon (2014)
011 - Cory Doctorow - The Man Who Sold the Moon (2014)
Cory Doctorow's novella The Man Who Sold the Moon was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph, edited by Ed Fin... Read more
9 Apr 2016
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