"Second Person, Present Tense" is a 2005 science fiction novelette by Daryl Gregory. It is about a young woman who becomes a different person after a rare over-dose on a strange drug.
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"The Bicentennial Man" is a 1976 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a robot who fights for his rights, and gradually becomes more human, over the long course of his life.
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"The Radiant Car Thy Sparrows Drew" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Catherynne M. Valente. It is about a famous Documentarian who goes to Venus to film strange, sea-dwelling life forms.
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"Blood Child" by Octavia E. Butler is a science fiction short story based around an alien world run by a race of insect like creatures called the Tlic who use humans as hosts to lay eggs inside them to reproduce. The story focuses on the relationship a young man named Gan, whose family has been “adopted”, has with T’Gatoi a high ranking female with the Tlic government.
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"The Persistence of Vision" is a 1978 science fiction novella by John Varley. It is about drifter who discovers an amazing commune of blind and deaf people in the New Mexico desert.
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“The Death of Doctor Island” is a 1973 science fiction novella by Gene Wolfe. It is about a mentally disturbed teenage boy who is sent to a very high tech rehabilitation center.
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“Eros, Philia, Agape” is a 2009 science fiction novelette by Rachel Swirsky. It is about a woman who is struggling to cope with a divorce from her robot husband.
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“The Day Before the Revolution” is a 1974 science fiction short story by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is about one day in the life on an old revolutionary woman.
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“Rescue Party” is a 1946 science fiction novelette by Arthur C. Clarke. It is about an alien exploration ship sent to rescue the last of humankind before the sun goes supernova.
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“Sublimation Angels” is a 2009 science fiction novella by Jason Sanford. It is about a set of special twins on a frozen world where manipulated humans, overbearing AIs and mysterious energy aliens live in a tenuous harmony.
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“On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Desmond Warzel. It is about a Cleveland radio show which discusses alien politics after strange jet trails are seen over Lake Erie.
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“Crystal Nights” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Greg Egan. It is about a man of great wealth and ambition who wants to not only be the creator of artificial intelligence, but also its master.
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The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith is a 1993 collection which contains all of Mr. Smith’s science fiction short stories. Most of the stories in this collection, which are arranged in chronological order, take place in
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“The Ugly Little Boy” is a 1958 science fiction novelette by Isaac Asimov. It is about a small Neanderthal boy who is brought into the future for scientific experimentation and the nurse who takes care of him.
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The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book by Ray Bradbury which contains 18 science fiction short stories. The stories are loosely tied together by a tattooed guy called “The Illustrated Man.” Apparently each of his tattoos is animated and tells a different story from the book.
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“Pride and Prometheus” is a 2008 novelette by John Kessel. It is about a woman’s chance meeting with Dr. Frankenstein in 19th century England.
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“Shoggoths in Bloom” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear. It is about a college professor who is researching a dangerous and ancient sea creature off the coast of Maine.
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“The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Jason Sanford. It is about a weather forecaster who discovers an amazing secret about her small, mud-packed world.

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“Orphans of The Helix” is a 1991 science fiction novella by Dan Simmons. It is about a group of deep space settlers who drop out of hyper-space to help some aliens protect their orbital forest ring.

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“Bow Shock” is a 2006 science fiction novelette by Gregory Benford. It is about an astronomer who discovers a very strange object on the other side of the galaxy.

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