Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"What are the worst or most disappointing endings in science fiction/fantasy novels? Why?"

"Favorite Sea Stories from F&SF"

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Taking a break

Free fiction: Scans of 3 issues of "Wonder Stories" magazine (edited by Hugo Gernsback) + a Wonder Story anthology

"Wonder Stories", Vol 2 No 4 (September 1930) (magazine, free): Annotated table of contents

Monday, November 16, 2009

Erika Cule's "Birthday Surprises" (flash fiction, genetics, free)

For authors: Submissions open for 2011 edition of Jonathan Strahan's "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy" (vol 5)

Nebula Awards 2009 nominations: Running tally

A "best of 2009" fiction list by Jason Sanford

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Paul Carlson's "Mirror Girl" (short story, computer consciousness, free): A young girl grows up in a hurry

Real science: NASA finds water ice on moon's south pole

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Might skip posting tonight

Friday, November 13, 2009

Richard A Lovett's "Carpe Mañana" (collection, stasis fields, free)

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Richard Foss' "Incarnation in the Delta" (short story, racism, free)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Free fiction: Rich Horton's selections of "best of 2009" from Abyss & Apex magazine

Anil Menon on sf, India, & their interplay

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A E van Vogt's "Empire of the Atom" (collection, free): Annotated table of contents & review

"Apocalyptic Fiction"

Oops - missed yesterday night's post

Monday, November 9, 2009

Algis Budrys' "Silent Brother" (as by Paul Janvier) (short story, symbiosis)

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Isaac Asimov & Martin H Greenberg (Eds)' "Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 24 (1962)" (anthology): Annotated table of contents & review

Friday, November 6, 2009

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr's "The Big Trip Up Yonder" (short story, overpopulation, free): When getting a long jail term was such a desirable luxury!!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Free fiction: Couple of recent stories of Stephen King

Greg Egan on AI

Free fiction: Audio: "Old Time Radio Downloads"

SF stories that feature court trials & justice

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Harry Harrison's "The Streets of Ashkalon" aka "An Alien Agony" aka "The Streets of Askelon" (short story, religion, free): Religion creates sinners!

"The Best Harry Harrison Story Ever?"

Free fiction: For Robert E Howard fans

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

"What are the best endings in science fiction/fantasy novels?"

Monday, November 2, 2009

Tom Godwin's "Mother of Invention" (novella, problem solving, free)

A trilogy of sequels to Asimov's "I,Robot" in the works

Real science: Earth is uninhabitable!

No post tonight

Sunday, November 1, 2009

A Bertram Chandler's "The Rim Gods" (novelette, religion, free)