| 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 |
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)
|
| 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)
|
| 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)
|
| 1960-06-00 |
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)
|
| 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)
|
| 1957-04-00 |
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)
|
| 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), noir sf (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 (1), teleportation (1), vengeance (1), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), The 5-Parsec Shelf (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), space opera (1), only humans (1), prison (1), interplanetary war (1), bodily augmentation (1), telepathy (1), corporate fiefdoms (1), tattoos (1), love (1), torture (1), caves (1), shipwreck (1), synesthesia (1), Aldebaran (1)
|
| 1954-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The End of Summer |
Algis Budrys |
|
|
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)
|
| 1953-00-00 |
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. |
|
|
Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (1), dystopia (1), near future (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)
|
| 1952-06-00 |
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), galactic empire (1), only humans (1), cloak and dagger (1), interstellar travel (1), rebellion (1), feudal society (1), hyperspace travel (1), Horsehead Nebula (1), Earth (1), ansible (1), hyperspace (1), cloak & dagger (1), politics (1), far future (1), galactic empires (1), pulp SF (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)
|
| 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 |
"—And He Built a Crooked House" |
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)
|
| 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)
|
| 1934-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Twilight |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
|
|
longevity (1), automated civilization (1), decline of humanity (1), mysterious hitchhiker (1), far future (1), only humans (1), contemporary (1), time travel (1), first person point of view (1), artificial intelligence (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), Nevada (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), set in 1930s (1), Neptune (1), robots (1), dogs (1), loneliness (1), curiosity (1), music (1), interplanetary travel (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)
|
| 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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