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Flowers for Algernon
short story by Daniel Keyes, later expanded into a novel
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
1966 short story by Harlan Ellison
Nightfall
1941 short story by Isaac Asimov
The Last Question
short story by Isaac Asimov first published in 1956
A Sound of Thunder
short story by Ray Bradbury
In the Year 2889
short story by Jules Verne
The Nine Billion Names of God
1953 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
Who Goes There?
1938 novella by John W. Campbell
The Sentinel
short story written by Arthur C. Clarke
The Machine Stops
1909 E.M. Forster science fiction short story
Reason
short story by Isaac Asimov
The Eternal Adam
short story by Jules Verne, Michel Verne
Harrison Bergeron
short story by Kurt Vonnegut
The Disintegration Machine
short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
I Am the Doorway
short story by Stephen King
The Star
1955 short story by Arthur C. Clarke
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmi
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Good News from the Vatican
short story by Robert Silverberg
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
short story by Harlan Ellison
The Ugly Little Boy
short story by Isaac Asimov
Someday
short story by Isaac Asimov
The Way of Cross and Dragon
1979 novelette by George R. R. Martin
True Love
short story by Isaac Asimov
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
1976 novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
Jokester
"Jokester" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It first appeared in the December 1956 issue of Infinity Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough (1957) and Robot Dreams (1986). It is one of a loosely connected series of stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac.
The Day Before the Revolution
science fiction 1974 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lawnmower Man
short story by Stephen King
The Fun They Had
1951 short story by Isaac Asimov
When the World Screamed
1928 science fiction short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Heart of the Serpent
story by the Russian author Ivan Yefremov
Point of View
short story by Isaac Asimov
All Summer in a Day
short story by Ray Bradbury
Burning Chrome
1982 novelette by William Gibson
The Last Castle
1966 novella by Jack Vance
The Machine that Won the War
1961 short story by Isaac Asimov
The Jaunt
1981 short story by Stephen King
Enemy Mine
1979 novella by Barry B. Longyear
Segregationist
short story by Isaac Asimov
Franchise
science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
The Last Answer
1980 short story by Isaac Asimov
There Will Come Soft Rains
1950 short story by Ray Bradbury
Tower of Babylon
1990 novelette by Ted Chiang
"If This Goes On—"
short story by Robert A. Heinlein
Misfit
short story by Robert A. Heinlein
Eifelheim
Eifelheim is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Flynn, published in 2006. The story first appeared as a novella in the November 1986 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, which was a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1987. The full novel was similarly nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2007.
The Prize of Peril
1958 short story by Robert Sheckley
Shambleau
"Shambleau" is a short story by American science fiction and fantasy writer C. L. Moore. Though it was her first professional sale, it is her most famous story. It first appeared in the November 1933 issue of Weird Tales and has been reprinted numerous times. It features one of Moore's best-known heroes, Northwest Smith, a gun-toting spacefarer, and is a retelling of the Medusa myth; it looks at themes of sexuality and addiction.
Anniversary
science fiction short story
To Serve Man
short story by Damon Knight
The Dragon Masters
1962 novella by Jack Vance
2 B R 0 2 B
Kurt Vonnegut short story first published in 1962
Allamagoosa
"Allamagoosa" is a Hugo-winning humorous science fiction short story by the English author Eric Frank Russell, originally published in the May 1955 issue of Astounding.
Spell My Name with an S
short story by Isaac Asimov
The Long Watch
short story by Robert Heinlein
The Life and Times of Multivac
short story by Isaac Asimov
Winter's King
1969 novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda
Short story by Isaac Asimov
A Dream of Armageddon
short story by H. G. Wells
The Last Trump
short story by Isaac Asimov
Living Space
short story by Isaac Asimov