Wouldn’t it be cool if Mars once held a civilization similar to our own? That is the premise of H. Beam Piper’s 1957 science fiction novelette “Omnilingual” where a group of specially trained scientists travel to the Red Planet to uncover an ancient Martian city. The scientists find themselves stumped by the aliens’ […]

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I have recently come across some links to stories that I previously reviewed. I have gone back through the posts and added the new links to my old reviews.
If you have been wanting to read any of these stories but couldn’t find them online then here is your chance. And if you haven’t […]

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“Burn” is a 2005 science fiction novella by James Patrick Kelly. It is about a farmer-turned-firefighter who accidentally summons the ruler of a distant world to help fight forest fires.

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“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” is a 1994 science fiction novella by Mike Resnick. It is set in the far future when a group of anthropological aliens are studying the long and brutal empire of mankind.

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Well, it has been a fun week reading about the favorite science fiction stories of other bloggers and authors. I have discovered many new stories and web sites to try out. Hopefully you found something interesting too.

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Today’s post is a guest review by Blue Tyson. Who is the enigmatic Blue Tyson you may ask? Well, he is that Australian guy who runs the fantastic web site Free SF Reader. He has several other web sites too, but Free SF Reader is my favorite - crammed with loads of […]

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Today’s post is a guest review by Greg Wickenhofer. Greg is the author of “Orbiter’s Reward” - one of the flash fiction stories I reviewed several months ago. After my post about his story he was kind enough to contact me and discuss his story and science fiction in general. I recently […]

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Today’s post is a guest review by Tinkoo. Variety SF, one of Tinkoo’s web sites, is my all-time favorite science fiction blog, and has inspired many of my own reviews and posts. Over the past year he and I have shared stories, links, comments and reviews. Although we live on completely opposite […]

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Today’s post is a guest review by Dave Tackett. Dave runs QuasarDragon, a great blog that points readers to loads of really good free science fiction and fantasy stories. I recently asked Dave “What is your favorite science fiction short story and why?” Here is what the “Dragon” had to say:

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Today’s post is a guest review by James Wallace Harris. James Harris is a preeminent science fiction blogger who is famous for his extremely well thought out and in-depth blog postings and web sites. I recently asked James “What is your favorite science fiction short story and why?” The excellent analysis that follows […]

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Today’s post is a guest review by Jason Sanford. Jason is a successful author, blogger and short-story-awards organizer. I recently asked Jason “What is your favorite science fiction short story and why?” Here is his reply:

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Today’s post is a guest review by John DeNardo - you know, that guy who puts in so much work and time over at the excellent all-around science fiction blog SF Signal. I recently asked John “What is your favorite science fiction short story and why?” Here is what he had to say:

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I know that you all love and adore my short story reviews, but as a special treat for the readers who follow my blog on a regular basis I’ll be doing something special and a little bit different this week. I’ve asked several other bloggers and authors to share with us their favorite science […]

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I have added a new section to BestScienceFictionStories.com: a free, online short story library.  My hope is that by adding high quality HTML versions of stories more people will read them.  It only has a couple of stories to begin with, but I plan on adding several more science fiction short stories as time goes […]

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“A Martian Odyssey” is a 1934 science fiction novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It is about an astronaut who walks several hundred miles across the Martian landscape, and the amazing life forms he encounters.

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“The Faery Handbag” is a 2004 science fiction novelette by Kelly Link. It is about a girl whose grandmother has a handbag with a whole village of fairies in it.

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I’m constantly looking into ways of getting new science fiction short stories to read, so it was a nice surprise to come across several short story collections at the Science Fiction Book Club.

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“After the Coup” is a 2008 science fiction short story by John Scalzi. It is about a space technician coerced into fighting a goodwill exhibition match against a little known alien race.

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BestScienceFictionStories.com seems to get a lot of people searching for very specific types of stories, so I have decided to update the categories list. I have added several new categories - including: which decade the story was published in, famous authors, story length, audio stories and more. I have also gone back through […]

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“The Sentinel” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about an ancient monument discovered on the moon.

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