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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Sidney Austen's "The Frightened Planet" (short story, free): Stone-age earthman helps aliens regain their lost empire

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Jung Heeja's "To the Children of Earth" (novelette, colonialism, free)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Kim Stanley Robinson's "Venice Drowned" (short story, climate change, free)

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Some short fiction

Hugo Awards 2011: Winners announced

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fred Hoyle & John Elliot's "A For Andromeda" (novel, alien invasion)

Thursday, August 11, 2011

John Varley's "Just Another Perfect Day" (short story, amnesia, free): Living many 1-day-long lives

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Reginald Bretnor's "Sugar Plum" (short story, satire, free): A planet that "uninhibits" you!

Friday, August 5, 2011

A H Phelps' "The Merchants of Venus" (short story, free): Recruitment & attrition problems of a startup

Free fiction: Two Robert Reed stories from F&SF, May-June 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Everett B Cole's "Millennium" (novella, free): Serf to feudal lord to dead!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Charles V De Vet's "Delayed Action" (short story, mystery, free): Why would a man consciously lose own his memory?

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