Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Jack Vance's "Brain of the Galaxy" aka "The New Prime" (novelette, leadership, free): There are many value-systems to judge a leader on

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Irving W Lande's "Slingshot" (short story, cold war, free): Description of fighter-plane combat equivalent in near-earth space

Cutting down posting frequency

Saturday, November 27, 2010

"Worlds Beyond", Vol 1 No 3 (February 1951) (ed Damon Knight) (magazine, free): Annotated table of contents

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Lou Tabakow's "Faithfully Yours" (short story, space opera, free): An impossible-to-escape-from prison

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

No post tonight

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Ray C Noll's "A Fine Fix" (short story, debugging, free): Reproducing a complex engineering bug

Cataaaa

A E Van Vogt's "Cataaaa" (short story, philosophy, free): Showing-off is intrinsic to human nature

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Fox B Holden's "A Gift For Terra" (short story, first contact, free): There's no such thing as a free lunch

Some recommended works of Jack Vance

"Best" short story collections

Saturday, November 20, 2010

"Cavalcade", Vol 14 No 3 (August 1951) (ed Jack Pearson) (magazine, free): Annotated table of contents

Friday, November 19, 2010

Philip K Dick's "Beyond the Door" (short story + short movie, fantasy, free)

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Richard Olin's "All Day Wednesday" (short story, hallucinations, free): What if the world stopped changing?

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

John Varley's "The Persistence of Vision" (novella, utopia, free): Physical misfits create a society where they're the norm

Monday, November 15, 2010

Ramnath R Iyer's "The Forgotten Future" (short story, virtual reality, free)

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Ramon Rozas III - "Micro-Transactions" (flash fiction, war, free): A piece of "Ender's Game" fanfic

Saturday, November 13, 2010

"Marvel Science Stories", Vol 3 No 1 (November 1950) (ed R O Erisman) (magazine, free): Annotated table of contents

May not post tomorrow

Friday, November 12, 2010

No post tonight

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Some short fiction from 1940

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A E van Vogt's "The Purpose" (novelette, zombie, free): An attempt to spread love ends up spreading terror

Monday, November 8, 2010

Algis Budrys' "The Stoker and the Stars" (as by John A Sentry) (short story, post-war, free): Familiarity breeds trust

Understanding pulps

William Tenn's "The Flat-Eyed Monster" (novelette, parody): An inversion of bug-eyed monster idea

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Richard F Thieme's "Pleasant Journey" (short story, virtual reality, free)

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Hal Clement's "Half Life" (novel, hard sf): Looking for prelife on Titan

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Will post tomorrow morning rather than tonight; then no post for 2 nights

Eric Frank Russell's "The Star Watchers" aka "Sentinels from Space" aka "Sentinels of Space" (novel, free): Humanity's guardian angels get involved in its petty troubles

Monday, November 1, 2010

C L Moore's "The Tree of Life" (novelette, monster, free): Northwest Smith, always in the service of girls in trouble!

TonyCarol Trimble's "The Reason Why" (short story, humor, free): "WHO cares"!

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