"Scales" is a 2009 science fiction short story by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a human who is recruited to fight aliens, and the drastic changes he must go through.
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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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"Ej-Es" is a 2003 science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It is about a MedCorps member who desperately wants to help the survivors of a destructive plague on a planet at the edge of the galaxy.
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Adjustment Team is a 1954 short story by Philip K. Dick about a man that stumbles upon a reality altering process that he is not supposed to see.
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"The Cassandra Project" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Jack McDevitt. It is about an ancient dome discovered on the far side of the Moon.
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The Minority Report is a 1956 short story written by Philip K. Dick, about a man that learns he is predicted to commit murder within the week. That doesn’t seem likely, as he heads up the police division that has stopped murder altogether.
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“Mouse” is a 1949 science fiction short story by Fredric Brown. It is about a small vessel that lands on Earth carrying a tiny but dangerous occupant.
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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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Paycheck, a 1953 novelette written by Philip K. Dick, is the story of a man that has his memory erased after working for a company for two years.  When he arrives to pick up his Paycheck, he is in for a big surprise.
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"Turquoise Days" is a 2002 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a woman whose swim with ocean dwelling aliens causes dramatic changes in her life.
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"Diamond Dogs" is a 2001 science fiction novella by Alastair Reynolds. It is about a group of highly specialized people who travel to a deadly alien tower on a remote planet.
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"The Exterminator’s Want-Ad" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Bruce Sterling. It is the story of a conservative outcast in a liberal ruled future.
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"Housing Problem" is a 1944 speculative fiction short story by Henry Kuttner. It is about a couple who rent a room to a man with a very strange bird cage.
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a novella by Stephenie Meyer about a newborn vampire that discovers she is being manipulated by her maker.  But for what purpose?
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“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury is the story of an automated house. Or
is it the story of the humans who used to live in that automated house? There have been
many discussions circling that question: “Who is the main character of this story?”
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The Veldt is a 1950 short story written by Ray Bradbury. It is about a family that lives in an automated house with a virtual nursery. When the children start using the nursery to conjure up images of Africa and lions, the parents decide it’s time for a break. But will their ruling stand?
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"The Lifecycle of Software Objects" is a 2010 science fiction novella by Ted Chiang. It is about the hard, and sometimes sad, lives of Artificial Intelligence software objects known as Digients.
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“The Gun” is a 1952 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It is about the crew of a spaceship who discover a deadly automatic weapon.
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"The Tunnel Under The World" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by Frederik Pohl. It is about a man who keeps living the same advertising-laden day over and over again.
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"Going Deep" is a 2009 science fiction short story by James Patrick Kelly. It is about a cloned teenage girl who lives on the moon and is about to be offered a life changing opportunity.
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