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“Flowers for Algernon”, a 1959 short story by Daniel Keyes, is about a human test subject whose intelligence significantly increases after undergoing a special surgery.
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This is a guest post by Martin Dugas.

"Air Raid", a 1977 short story by John Varley, is about time travelers rescuing people from airplanes that are about to crash with no survivors.
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"The Things" is a 2010 science fiction short story by Peter Watts. It is about an ancient shape-shifting alien who crash lands on Earth, then tries to figure out the strange and unique human race.
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“Code Three” is a 1963 science fiction novella by Rick Raphael. It is about 3 officers (and their huge patrol vehicle) who work dangerous jobs as patrolmen on the North American Continental Thruway Patrol.
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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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“Bridesicle” is a 2009 science fiction short story by Will McIntosh. It is about a dead woman who is “awakened” to a very strange proposal.
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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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“Article of Faith” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Mike Resnick. It is the tale of a robot who learns about God and wants to join the local parish – much to the chagrin of the human members of the congregation.
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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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“From Babel’s Fallen Glory We Fled” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Michael Swanwick. It is about a human and a millipede-like alien who flee the destruction of a magnificent city.

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“The Gambler” is a 2008 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about a man who flees unrest in his native Laos to become an internet reporter in Los Angeles.

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“Scanners Live in Vain” is a 1950 science fiction novelette by Cordwainer Smith. It is about a sensory deprived man who tries to stop his Scanner brothers from killing a human who has just made a great scientific breakthrough.

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“Exhalation” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Ted Chiang. It is about a civilization of mechanical beings who make a startling discovery about the nature of their universe.

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“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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“Yellow Card Man” is a 2006 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about a formerly wealthy Chinese refugee living a very hard life in a future Bangkok.

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“Julian: A Christmas Story” is a 2006 science fiction novella by Robert Charles Wilson. It is about a 17 year old boy who gets caught up in the deadly political games of his uncle – the president of the United States.

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“Fountain of Age” is a 2007 science fiction novella by Nancy Kress. It is about a wealthy, reformed criminal who tries to track down his famous long lost lover.

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