2020-12-04

Stories have won the Hugo or Nebula Award at various times

Favourites are bolded.

  • macs by Terry Bisson
  • The Cure for Everything by Severna Park
  • What I Didn't See by Karen Joy Fowler
  • The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
  • Immersion by Aliette de Bodard
  • The Very Pulse of the Machine by Michael Swanwick
  • Scherzo with Tyrannosaur by Michael Swanwick
  • Different Kinds of Darkness by David Langford
  • BLIT by David Langford
  • comp.basilisk FAQ by David Langford
  • The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick
  • Falling onto Mars by Geoffrey A. Landis
  • A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
  • Tk'tk'tk by David D. Levine
  • Impossible Dreams by Tim Pratt
  • Tideline by Elizabeth Bear
  • For Want of a Nail by Mary Robinette Kowal
  • Mono no Aware by Ken Liu
  • Cat Pictures Please by Naomi Kritzer
  • Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar
  • Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse
  • A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E. Harrow
  • The Streets of Ashkelon by Harry Harrison

2020-10-25

Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer

The author was only good enough for the first third of the book.

2020-05-30

Short stories by Isaac Asimov

Fill in the gaps in Asimov's bibliography. Favourites are in bold.
  • All The Troubles of the World
  • The Billiard Ball
  • Question
  • Franchise
  • Breeds There a Man ... ?
  • Eyes Do More Than See
  • Marooned off Vesta
  • Mother Earth
  • The Machine that Won the War
  • Robot Visions
  • Key Item
  • Silly Asses
  • Jokester
  • The Last Question
  • The Singing Bell
  • Profession
  • The Martian Way and Other Stories
  • Hostess
  • I, Robot

2020-05-12

Sci-Fi short stories

  • The Necessary Thing by Robert Sheckley
  • Specialist by Robert Sheckley
  • The Dandelion Girl by Robert F. Young
  • Time in Advance by William Tenn

2020-04-12

The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells

  • All Systems Red – ok overall, weak ending.
  • Artificial Condition – the plot is less interesting than in the first story, but more even.
  • The Future of Work: Compulsory