Thursday, July 31, 2008

Murray Leinster's "The Strange Case of John Kingman" (short story, first contact)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Murray Leinster's "A Logic Named Joe" (collection, free): Annotated table of contents & review

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Murray Leinster: some informal notes on his stories

Finally back

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Problem posting

Friday, July 25, 2008

No post today

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Robert Heinlein's "Blowups Happen" (novelette, about nuclear power plants, free)

New single issue of The Infinite Matrix is online

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Christopher Anvil's "The Gentle Earth" (novella, alien invasion, free): Alien attackers are bothered by terran weather

Tor giveaways

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Robert Heinlein's "All You Zombies" (short story, grandfather paradox, humor, free)

Monday, July 21, 2008

Theodore Sturgeon's "Thunder and Roses" (novelette, nuclear apocalypse, free): Finding hope for humanity in an angry world

67 online stories: Tor, Keith Laumer collection, & 2 Indian ezines (Indian Science Fiction & Fantasy, & The Scientific Indian)

Poul Anderson's "Turning Point" (short story, first contact, free): Human space farers scared by aliens with primitive technology

Arthur Clarke's "The Sentinel" text version is online

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Fritz Leiber's "A Pail of Air" (short story, post apocalypse, free): "survival in the face of desperate circumstances"

Eoghann Irving recommends some online classics

Charles Stross on authors' curse

Bruce Sterling clarifies steampunk

No post today

Friday, July 18, 2008

Robert Sheckley's "Hunting Problem" (short story, science fiction, humor, free): Alien can be totally incomprehensible!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Murray Leinster's "Long Ago, Far Away" (novella, time travel, free): A couple faces extreme dilemma

For Indian readers: Hindi audio & review of Asimov's "Nightfall"!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Ross Rocklynne's "Quietus" (short story, first contact, free): "who we are creates a bias in how we view the world"

Dozois' Best of Year #25 (2008) is out

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

L Sprague de Camp's "A Gun for Dinosaur" (novelette, time travel, free): Description of flora & fauna of Cretaceous period

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Michael Shaara's "All the Way Back" (short story, first contact, free): An answer to Fermi's Paradox

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Lots of online fiction by famous authors

Specialized feeds

Friday, July 11, 2008

Keith Laumer's "The Last Command" (short story, science fiction, thriller, free): A monster of a war machine is on the loose

Some online stories of Murray Leinster & Keith Laumer

Some possibly good online fiction

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Murray Leinster's "The Aliens" (novelette, first contact, free): Description of a space battle

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Concept Sci-fi, July 2008: New online genre magazine

David Drake, Jim Baen, & Eric Flint (Ed)'s "The World Turned Upside Down" (anthology, science fiction, classics, free)

Cold Equations print version is online

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Birthday special: An online science fiction anthology for genre novices, 2008 Edition