Groff Conklin (ed)'s "Six Great Short Science Fiction Novels" (anthology): Annotated table of contents & review
Going by what I've read so far, there is less emphasis on entertainment value here & more on stories with cool ideas.
List below is in order of my preference - best first, unread last. Links on author, publisher, or year fetch more matching fiction.
Related: Anthologies, collections, magazines.
List below is in order of my preference - best first, unread last. Links on author, publisher, or year fetch more matching fiction.
- [novelette] Isaac Asimov's "Galley Slave" (A); Galaxy, December 1957: How to make a 3-laws obeying robot harm a human...
- [novella] Damon Knight's "Rule Golden" (A); Science Fiction Adventures, May 1954: What if we had an additional empathy sense?
- [novelette] Algis Budrys' "Chain Reaction" (as by John A Sentry) (B): You're free, but live my way!
- [novella] Judith Merril's "Project Nursemaid" (B); F&SF, October 1955: Government's difficulties recruiting unwanted babies...
- [novelette] Clifford D Simak's "Final Gentleman" (B); F&SF, January 1960: Which of the 2 realities he experienced is real?
- [novelette] Katherine MacLean's "Incommunicado" (B); Astounding, June 1950: Creating Homo Superior by rewiring part of human brain that processes auditory inputs...
Related: Anthologies, collections, magazines.
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