Reading science fiction is one of those things I’ve always thought I’d enjoy, but have never really had time for or got into. However, as a result of a tip-off at EuroFoo, I did come across Light Of Other Days, an excellent short story by Bob Shaw. Well worth a read, if you have ten minutes.
Does anyone know of other good sci-fi shorts available on-line?
Well you could always try the 6 word stories at http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
Surely you can find time to read those!
Well you could always try the 6 word stories at http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
Surely you can find time to read those!
It’s not garage sale season anymore, but if you haven’t read Cory Doctorow’s Craphound, you ought to. (Escape Pod also did an audio version, which I liked a lot.)
Try http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm
Gerv, not short stories but some very good SF
Anon: I’ve seen those; there’s also Nanofiction, which is a set of 55-word stories.
I thought you were referring to the Arthur C Clarke / Stephen Baxtor book of the same name. I love this book!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0812576403/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-7585173-2474554#reader-link
I also just saw a trailer for this new Denzel Washington movie which looks quite good – the cops can use a machine to see the past.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0453467/
You might find this a bit much if you’re not a habitual SF reader, but I think it chimes enough with the way you think to get over that: Greg Egan’s Orphanogenesis. It is short, available (legitimately) online, and absolutely mind-blowingly cool. It’s the first chapter of a novel which doesn’t quite live up to its coolness, and which is also probably not the place to start if you don’t generally read SF. But it was originally written as a short and works very well alone.
Oh, and I’d forgotten that the whole of Charlie Stross’ Accelerando is online. I haven’t read all of it but the first chapter is another that works as a standalone story. You’ll like it just for the digs at Microsoft:
The kinds of people who are putting their stuff free online are by definition Open Source / Free Software geeks whose view of society and the future will probably appeal to you. I second the recommendation for Doctorow, in similar vein. Also, I’m intrigued to see what a real Evangelical Christian makes of the New Millennialists!