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Nov

From The Lost Diary Of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

“From The Lost Diary Of TreeFrog7″ is a 2009 science fiction short story by Nnedi Okorafor. It is about a team of jungle explorers who are searching for an ancient computerized plant.
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7

Sep

Bottom Feeding by Tim Pratt

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Free, Online, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

“Bottom Feeding” is a 2005 science fiction short story by Tim Pratt. It is about a depressed grad student who tries to catch a huge catfish in the pond behind his house.
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13

May

When the Thorns Are the Tips of Trees by Jason Sanford

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

“When Thorns Are the Tips of Trees” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Jason Sanford. It is about a boy who is trying to deal with the local ramifications of a deadly, world-wide virus.

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6

May

Evil Robot Monkey by Mary Robinette Kowal

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Flash Fiction, Free, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, Very Short

“Evil Robot Monkey” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Mary Robinette Kowal. It is about a clay molding chimp whose implant makes him more than an animal but less than a human.

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11

Jan

The Crystal Spheres by David Brin

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1980's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

“The Crystal Spheres” is a 1984 science fiction short story by David Brin. It is about a man who travels to a distant star system after learning that the inhabitants there have broken out of their crystal shell.

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21

Sep

Artifice and Intelligence by Tim Pratt

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Free, Funny, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, Very Short

“Artifice and Intelligence” is a 2007 science fiction short story by Tim Pratt. It is about an unorthodox artificial intelligence designer, a video game programmer and a recently converted pagan woman who are called into action to help an Indian sentient computer network do battle against the world’s malicious software.

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24

Aug

Burn by James Patrick Kelly

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Nebula Awards, Novella, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, by Famous Authors

“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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30

Jul

After the Coup by John Scalzi

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Free, Funny, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story

“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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31

May

Nightfall by Isaac Asimov

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1940's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Classics, Free, Isaac Asimov, Novella, Online, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, by Famous Authors

“Nightfall” is a 1941 science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. It is about a newspaperman who witnesses the last hours of sunlight from an observatory on the planet Lagash.

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6

Mar

The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Free, Hugo Awards, Nebula Awards, Novelette, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews

The People of Sand and Slag

by Paolo Bacigalupi

• Word count: 7559
• Page count: 20

“The People of Sand and Slag” is a 2004 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about three genetically enhanced guards who find a strange life form roaming on their employer’s property.

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21

Feb

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1950's, Audio / mp3, Classics, Free, Online, Printable, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

“The Veldt” is a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury. It is about a couple of parents who become concerned when their children use a virtual nursery to recreate an all-too-realistic African veldt.

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12

Feb

The 43 Antarean Dynasties by Mike Resnick

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1990's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Mike Resnick, Online, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

The 43 Antarean Dynasties

by Mike Resnick

• Audio Length: 40 minutes

The 43 Antarean Dynasties is a Hugo winning science fiction short story by Mike Resnick. It is about a proud tour guide showing three humans the remains of his planet’s once great culture.

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3

Feb

Travels With My Cats by Mike Resnick

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Mike Resnick, Nebula Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

Travels With My Cats

by Mike Resnick

• Word count: 7353
• Page count: 18

Travels With My Cats, a very soft science fiction short story by Mike Resnick, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2005, and was also nominated for the 2004 Nebula Award. It is about a middle aged man who is given the amazing opportunity to converse with the long dead author of his favorite book.

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25

Jan

Eight Episodes by Robert Reed

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Free, Hard Science Fiction, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

Eight Episodes

by Robert Reed

• Word count: 3870
• Page count: 10

Eight Episodes is a science fiction short story by the prolific Robert Reed. Nominated for the 2007 Hugo award, it is a story about a short lived web series that proves to be much deeper than anyone initially suspects.
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19

Jan

Kin by Bruce McAllister

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Aliens, Audio / mp3, Free, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, by Famous Authors

Kin

by Bruce McAllister

• Word count: 3978
• Page count: 10

Kin is a science fiction short story by Bruce McAllister that explores the ideas of the extremes a person will go to on an over populated and regulated world and the fact that truly learning about another culture – even if it is an alien one – can prove abundantly worthwhile.
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20

Dec

Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt

Posted by Rusty  Published in 2000's, Audio / mp3, Award Winners, Free, Hugo Awards, Online, Printable, Science Fiction Short Story Reviews, Short Story, by Famous Authors

Impossible Dreams

by Tim Pratt

• Word count: 6655
• Page count: 15

Impossible Dreams is the 2007 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Short Story… and it is amazing! It is a science fiction love story – not your regular love story either – this one is about a man’s love of cinema. Yet it evolves into more than that – much more.
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