Bizarrely Connected Stories: In which I find a strange theme connecting several previously reviewed short stories. Today’s feature: Five Science Fiction Christmas Stories!
Ho ho ho – Merry Christmas! Feel like doing some Christmas reading? If so then here are several Christmas themed science fiction short stories to warm your heart. Well, maybe “warm your heart” isn’t the right choice of words… how about “to please the geek in you” or “to satisfy your Christmas urges!” Whoa! Anyway, here you go – my list of 5 Science Fiction Christmas Stories:
- The Best Christmas Ever by James Patrick Kelly – Robotic servants throw a Christmas party for the last man on Earth.
- All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis – glaring aliens have landed in Denver during the Holiday season.
- Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson – the President’s nephew and his friend celebrate a far-future Christmas.
- A Woman’s Best Friend by Robert Reed – an alternate reality George Bailey shows up on a strange world.
- ‘Tis the Season by China Miéville – a man takes his teenage daughter to the one official Christmas party in London’s highly privatized holiday season.
If you know of any other science fiction short stories that would make for good Christmas reading then please share with us!
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Angry Robot are running a 12 Days of Christmas feature, with something festive each day from now to the big day, including SF/F short stories on a Christmas theme.
We started with Colin Harvey’s short story Alternativity.
@Marco: very cool – thanks for sharing that link with us! I’m looking forward to seeing the posts for all 12 days.
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