| 1967-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
This Mortal Mountain |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
cryosleep (1), visions (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), mountain climbing (1), first person point of view (1), faster than light travel (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
See No Evil |
John R. Pierce |
|
|
first person point of view (1), science fiction (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), big data (1), censorship (1), hollywood (1)
|
| 1965-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Test in Orbit |
Ben Bova |
|
|
American protagonist (1), near future (1), war (1), military satellites (1), hand to hand combat (1), guilt (1), only humans (1), astronaut (1)
|
| 1964-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Out of This World |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
Merril10 (1), only Earth (1), parallel worlds (1), infatuation (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), telephones (1), New York City (1), first person point of view (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1964-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Flowered Thundermug |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
satire (1), only humans (1), 25th century (1), antiquities (1), burglary (1), forward time travel (1), romance (1), only Earth (1), hollywood (1)
|
| 1964-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Graveyard Heart |
Roger Zelazny |
|
|
only humans (1), only Earth (1), cryogenics (1), sociology (1), psychology (1), Time (1), New York City (1)
|
| 1964-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Terminal Beach |
J. G. Ballard |
|
|
science fiction (1), symbolism (1), only Earth (1), hallucinogenic (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), decay (1), nuclear test (1), fantasy (1), Eniwetok (1), Pacific Ocean (1)
|
| 1964-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Wind from the Sun |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
science fiction (1), solar sails (1), solar flare (1), race (1), orbital mechanics (1), space yacht (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1963-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Interview |
Frank A. Javor |
|
|
television (1), media satire (1), only humans (1), television news reporter (1), bereaved mother (1), cold-blooded calculation (1), emotional manipulation (1), TV ratings (1)
|
| 1963-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Great Time Machine Hoax |
Keith Laumer |
|
|
time travel (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), virtual reality (1), social commentary (1), super computer (1), science fiction (1), education (1), Utopia (1)
|
| 1962-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
first person point of view (1), jazz trumpet (1), love (1), resurrection (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), ghosts (1), jazz (1)
|
| 1961-12-16 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
My Name Is Everyone |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
first person point of view (1), romance (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), community theater (1), actors (1), autism (1), introspection (1)
|
| 1961-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Teeth of Despair |
Avram Davidson and Sidney Klein |
|
|
contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), satire (1), college professors (1), quiz shows (1), hubris (1)
|
| 1960-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mariana |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
wife (1), house (1), science fiction (1), synthetic reality (1), female protagonist (1), only humans (1), virtual reality psychiatric therapy (1)
|
| 1960-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Step IV |
Rosel George Brown |
|
|
war between the sexes (1), ethics (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), parthenogenesis (1), love (1), trust (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1959-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Pi Man |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
Merril05 (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), OCD (1), romance (1), cosmic balance (1), first person point of view (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1)
|
| 1959-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Will You Wait? |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
only Earth (1), only humans (1), satire (1), bureaucracy (1), selling your soul (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1958-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Little Old Miss Macbeth |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), female protagonist (1), elderly protagonist (1), post-apocalyptic (1), Pittsburgh (1)
|
| 1958-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
People Soup |
Alan Arkin |
|
|
Merril04 (1), shapeshifters (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), fantasy (1), children (1), whimsical (1), shapechangers (1)
|
| 1958-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee |
Fritz Leiber |
|
|
Merril04 (1), arts (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), magic (1), fads (1), advertising (1), sociology (1), obsessive-compulsive (1), witch doctor (1), spirit (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1958-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
only Earth (1), absent minded scientist (1), time travel (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), humor (1), infidelity (1), science fiction (1), paradox (1)
|
| 1958-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Track 12 |
J. G. Ballard |
|
|
infidelity (1), revenge (1), sound recording (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1957-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
sexism (1), humor (1), detective story (1), only humans (1), interstellar travel (1), first person point of view (1), twist ending (1), tryst (1), drugs (1), science fiction (1), mystery (1), mars (1), artificial gravity (1)
|
| 1957-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Strikebreaker |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
caste system (1), strikes (1), sewage treatment (1), science fiction (1), robots (1), asteroid (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1957-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Coffin Cure |
Alan E. Nourse |
|
|
Librivox (1), X Minus 1 (1), side effects (1), unintended consequences (1), antibodies (1), Earth (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), vaccine (1), common cold (1), smell (1), disease (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1956-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Country of the Kind |
Damon Knight |
|
|
dystopia (1), first person (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), near future (1), social commentary (1), Utopia (1), ahimsa anthology (1), smell (1), epilepsy (1), creativity (1)
|
| 1956-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Dead Past |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Merril02 (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), academia (1), research (1), time viewing (1), government regulation (1), into-tv (1), espionage (1), Carthage (1), grief (1), science fiction (1), past time viewer (1)
|
| 1956-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Racer |
Ib Melchior |
|
|
Merril02 (1), into-movie (1), social commentary (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), auto racing (1), blood sport (1)
|
| 1956-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stars My Destination |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
science fiction (2), bodily augmentation (1), Aldebaran (1), synesthesia (1), shipwreck (1), caves (1), torture (1), love (1), tattoos (1), corporate fiefdoms (1), telepathy (1), interplanetary war (1), prison (1), only humans (1), space opera (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), vengeance (1), teleportation (1)
|
| 1954-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The End of Summer |
Algis Budrys |
|
|
memory (1), stasis (1), immortality (1), memories (1), dogs (1), only humans (1), dilettantes (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Disappearing Act |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
time travel (1), near future (1), social commentary (1), satire (1), war (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), fantasy (1), alternate universes (1)
|
| 1953-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
It's a Good Life |
Jerome Bixby |
|
|
mutant (1), music (1), into-tv (1), into-movie (1), horror (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), paranormal powers (1), childishness (1), Ohio (1), Twilight Zone (1)
|
| 1953-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Star Light, Star Bright |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
paranormal powers (1), mutants (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), contemporary (1), wishes (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1953-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Nine Billion Names of God |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
|
contemporary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), fantasy (1), computers (1), Buddhism (1), end of the world (1), tibet (1), religion (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 1953-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Time Is the Traitor |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
divergence (1), business (1), satire (1), love (1), cloning (1), near future (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), into-radio (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1952-08-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Player Piano |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
near future (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), dystopia (1), social satire (1), cybernetics (1), only humans (1), revolution (1), automation (1), science fiction (1), New York State (1)
|
| 1952-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Telek |
Jack Vance |
|
|
floating city (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), telekinesis (1), revolution (1)
|
| 1952-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Martian Way |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
Phobos (1), mars (1), saturn (1), mining (1), science fiction (1), antigravity (1), only humans (1), ecology (1), hard sf (1), Mars colonization (1)
|
| 1952-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Smile |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
resentment (1), near future (1), Mona Lisa (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), postapocalyptic dystopia (1), catharsis (1), art (1)
|
| 1952-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Snowball Effect |
Katherine MacLean |
|
|
X Minus 1 (1), first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), sociology (1), research (1), university administration (1), organizations (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1951-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Little Journey |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
space vehicle malfunction (1), journey of spiritual discovery (1), only humans (1), fraud (1), elderly protagonist (1), interplanetary travel (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1951-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beyond Bedlam |
Wyman Guin |
|
|
split personality (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), sociology (1), psychology (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mars and Miss Pickerell (excerpt) |
Ellen MacGregor |
|
|
only humans (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), juvenile (1), humorous (1), Rocket to Mars (1), Mars exploration (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1951-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Biography Project |
H. L. Gold |
|
|
twist ending (1), viewing of past (1), Sir Isaac Newton (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), paranoid psychosis (1)
|
| 1951-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Stars, Like Dust |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
science fiction (3), romance (2), space opera (2), Horsehead Nebula (1), pulp SF (1), galactic empires (1), far future (1), politics (1), cloak & dagger (1), hyperspace (1), ansible (1), Earth (1), hyperspace travel (1), feudal society (1), rebellion (1), interstellar travel (1), cloak and dagger (1), only humans (1), galactic empire (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Fury |
Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore |
|
|
science fiction (1), after the destruction of Earth (1), venus (1), far future (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1950-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lancelot Biggs on the Saturn |
Nelson S. Bond |
|
|
Prolactin (1), transmutation (1), space pirates (1), humorous (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), only humans (1), first person (1)
|
| 1950-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Oddy and Id |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
only humans (1), interplanetary travel (1), global war (1), luck (1), subconscious (1), despotism (1)
|
| 1949-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kaleidoscope |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
Dimension X (1), Suspense (1), near future (1), space travel (1), only humans (1), death (1), camaraderie (1), regret (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1948-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
He Walked Around the Horses |
H. Beam Piper |
|
|
Librivox (1), time travel (1), epistolary (1), alternate history (1), parallel universe (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), into-tv (1), Benjamin Bathurst (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1946-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Chromium Helmet |
Theodore Sturgeon |
|
|
first person point of view (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), electronic engineering (1), psychology (1), dreams (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), science fiction (1), mind control (1)
|
| 1946-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Vintage Season |
Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore |
|
|
contemporary (1), time travel (1), romance (1), only humans (1), USA (1), meteor strike (1), disaster tourism (1), art (1), epidemic (1), fashion (1), meteor impact (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1942-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Impossible Invention |
Robert Moore Williams |
|
|
contemporary (1), only humans (1), fourth dimension (1), wireless transmission of power (1), spies (1), scientist (1), journalist (1), World is Not Ready (1), scientists (1)
|
| 1941-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
|
Robert A. Heinlein |
|
|
tesseract (2), science fiction (1), architecture (1), humor (1), california (1), Laurel Canyon (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), fourth dimension (1), topology (1), earthquake (1), escape (1), mathematics (1), Los Angeles (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1941-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Adam and No Eve |
Alfred Bester |
|
|
last man on Earth (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), post-apocalyptic (1), circle of life (1), science fiction (1), invention (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), post apocalypse (1), mad scientist (1)
|
| 1941-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Cosmic Parallel |
Arthur Louis Joquel, II |
|
|
only humans (1), parallel history (1), mystery (1), space travel (1), derelict (1)
|
| 1941-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Golden Nemesis |
David A. Kyle |
|
|
brain function (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), epistolary (1), first person point of view (1), medical self-experimentation (1), contemporary (1)
|
| 1939-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Secret of the Sun |
Ray Cummings |
|
|
contemporary (1), laboratory research (1), murder (1), greed (1), poetic justice (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1)
|
| 1937-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Seeker of To-morrow |
Leslie J. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell |
|
|
space travel (1), science fiction (1), venus (1), time travel (1), resurrection (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1934-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Twilight |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
|
|
loss (1), interplanetary travel (1), music (1), curiosity (1), loneliness (1), dogs (1), robots (1), Neptune (1), set in 1930s (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Nevada (1), longevity (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), first person point of view (1), time travel (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), far future (1), mysterious hitchhiker (1), decline of humanity (1), automated civilization (1)
|
| 1932-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Scientist Rises |
Harry Bates and D. W. Hall |
|
|
Librivox (1), World is Not Ready (1), Growth (1), contemporary (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), scientist (1), New York City (1), spies (1), scientists (1)
|
| 1931-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
German |
Der Schlag ans Hoftor |
Franz Kafka |
|
|
arbitrary (1), first person point of view (1), siblings (1), arrest (1), only Earth (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), trial (1), crime (1)
|
| 1904-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar |
Francis Stevens |
|
|
science fiction (1), rescue (1), new element (1), first person point of view (1), superstrength (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), contemporary (1), research laboratory (1)
|
| 1903-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Truth About Pyecraft |
H. G. Wells |
|
|
humor (1), fantasy (1), first person (1), contemporary (1), Men's club (1), Potions (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1845-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar |
Edgar Allan Poe |
|
|
Librivox (1), zombies (1), into-movie (1), first person point of view (1), mesmerism (1), 19th century (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1), moment of death (1), experiment (1), horror (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), grotesque, shocker (1)
|
| 1837-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
|
|
contemporary (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), fountain of youth (1), human experimentation (1), folly of youth (1), perspective of age (1), into-movie (1)
|
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