"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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"…For a Single Yesterday" is a 1975 science fiction novelette by George R. R. Martin. It is about a musician in a post-apocalyptic commune who uses a powerful drug to re-live the past.
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"The Reluctant Weapon" is a 1952 science fiction short story by Howard L. Myers. It is about an ancient weapon of mass destruction that just wants to live in peace!
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Ok, so this story is a little bit longer than most flash fiction stories I review – but who cares? Let’s just say that it is really short, and it has a very cool SF idea in it. How does that grab ya?
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“Goblin Night” is a 1965 science fiction novelette by James H. Schmitz. It is about a teen aged girl whose psionic abilities cause trouble while camping in a dangerous national park.
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“Thy Name Is Woman” is a 1953 science fiction novelette by Bryce Walton. It is about a man who travels to Mars to find out why all of Earth’s women moved there.
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“Duel on Syrtis” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Poul William Anderson. It is about a renowned hunter who goes to Mars to try and bag a trophy Martian.
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“Turjan of Miir” is a 1950 science fantasy short story by Jack Vance. It is about a far future wizard who travels to another world to learn about his craft from a true master.
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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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“Black Destroyer” is a 1939 science fiction novelette by A.E. van Vogt. It is about a vicious alien who attacks the crew of an exploration space ship.
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“Hunting Problem” is a 1955 science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It is about an alien scout who must hunt a fearsome adult Mirash in order to salvage his troop’s honor.
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“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a 1922 speculative fiction short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is about a strange child who is born as an old man and then ages backwards throughout his life.
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“What’s He Doing in There” is a 1957 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about an American anthropologist who hosts Earth’s first visitor from another planet.
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Today’s flash fiction stories are a real treat! And special thanks goes out to one of my readers, Heather, for pointing me towards these classic stories from 1954. Enjoy!
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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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“A Gun for Dinosaur” is a 1956 science fiction novelette by L. Sprague de Camp. It is about a guide company that takes their clients millions of years into the past on dinosaur hunting expeditions.
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“Micromegas” is a 1752 philosophical short story – in a science fictional setting – by Voltaire. It is about an incredibly large being from Sirius that travels to our solar system and is intrigued by what he finds here.
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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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“A Pail of Air” is a 1951 science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber. It is about a family living on an Earth so cold that the atmosphere has been frozen.
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The Encyclopedists is part 2 of the first Foundation novel. It is here that we get our first glimpse of life on Terminus, the planet on the edge of the galaxy chosen to be the home of the Foundation.
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