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Short science fiction review

Author and journalist Jon Cronshaw reviews short science fiction stories.

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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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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

3mins

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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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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

3mins

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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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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

3mins

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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

2mins

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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

3mins

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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

2mins

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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

2mins

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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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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

2mins

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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

2mins

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

2mins

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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

2mins

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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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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

4mins

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

2mins

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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

4mins

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