| 2019-04-14 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Presidential |
Paul Rudnick |
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screenplay (1), presidential politics (1), satire (1), Jared and Ivanka (1), 2024 (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1)
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| 2018-04-10 |
NOVEL |
English |
Space Opera |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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proving humanity shouldn’t be destroyed (1), into-movie (1), minorities (1), immigrants (1), Eurovision Contest (1), Glam Rock (1), satire (1), irony (1), tongue in cheek (1), Multiple Alien Species (1), winning admission to the galactic species club (1), first contact (1), lost love (1), second chances (1), england (1), cats (1), devious plots (1), interspecies mating (1), near future (1), sentience (1), science fiction (1), aliens (1)
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| 2017-11-09 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Martians Claim Canada |
Margaret Atwood |
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|
Amanita muscaria (1), Martians (1), Canada (1), New York (1), musicals (1), countries (1), history (1), satire (1), no humans (1), alien visitation (1)
|
| 2008-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wonjjang and the Madman of Pyongyang |
Gord Sellar |
|
|
fantasy (1), superheroes (1), alternate history (1), satire (1), superhero (1), North Korea (1), Pyongyang (1)
|
| 2008-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Wylde's Kingdom |
David Nickle |
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|
near future (1), satire (1), ecological catastrophe (1), reality adventure show (1)
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| 2004-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Sweet Dreams |
Charles Johnson |
|
|
near future (1), dreams (1), satire (1)
|
| 2003-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Jennifer Government |
Max Barry |
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|
only Earth (1), kidnapping (1), assassination (1), london (1), near future (1), satire (1), corporate dystopia (1), murder (1), consumer loyalty programs (1), strong female characters (1), government (1), only humans (1), NRA (1), Nike (1), ExxonMobil (1), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), USA (1), police (1)
|
| 1998-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Experiment |
Sharon N. Farber |
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psychiatry (1), PTSD (1), lsd (1), American GIs (1), satire (1), only humans (1), Vietnam War (1), Native American gods (1)
|
| 1996-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Domestic Slash and Thrust |
Jan Lars Jensen |
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|
satire (1), AI (1), merchandising (1), only humans (1), only Earth (1), female protagonist (1)
|
| 1996-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays |
George Alec Effinger |
|
|
bodyguards (1), Jabba the Hutt (1), star wars (1), Barada (1), Weequays (1), religion (1), divination (1), satire (1), Ak-Buz (1), plots (1)
|
| 1994-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Beyond the Barriers |
Charles Montpetit |
|
|
Canada (1), bilingualism (1), contemporary (1), genetic syndrome (1), satire (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1992-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Even the Queen |
Connie Willis |
|
|
near future (1), science fiction (1), social criticism (1), satire (1), menstruation (1)
|
| 1992-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Small Gods |
Terry Pratchett |
|
|
tortoise (1), psychopath (1), zealotry (1), turtle (1), monks (1), gods (1), theocracy (1), satire (1), Theology (1), discworld (1), humorous fantasy (1), war machines (1), philosophy (1), invention (1), desert (1), eidetic memory (1), Warfare (1), morality (1), eagles (1), pantheon (1)
|
| 1991-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
SEAQ and Destroy |
Charles Stross |
|
|
epistolary (1), news bulletins (1), finance (1), satire (1), near future (1), only Earth (1), only humans (1)
|
| 1991-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Peacemakers |
Timothy Zahn |
|
|
global peace (1), first person point of view (1), finance (1), near future (1), satire (1)
|
| 1991-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
There Will Be No War After This One |
Robert Sheckley |
|
|
first contact (1), aliens (1), global government (1), satire (1), military junta (1), galactic government (1), interstellar warfare (1)
|
| 1989-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Rocky Python Christmas Video Show |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
epistolary (1), tv show transcript (1), quiz show (1), satire (1), post-apocalyptic (1), Warfare (1), surrealism (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Our Resident Djinn |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
|
|
satire (1), God is dead (1), tongue in cheek (1), fantasy (1), heaven (1), Satan (1), Saint Peter (1), Hell (1), Nature (1), Chance (1), Entropy (1), real estate (1)
|
| 1986-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Saucery |
Frederik Pohl |
|
|
humor (1), Ufology (1), contemporary (1), Martians (1), satire (1), Manhattan (1), public sentiment (1)
|
| 1984-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Steam Bird |
Hilbert Schenck |
|
|
model trains (1), steam power (1), contemporary (1), international relations (1), nuclear power (1), Maine (1), US politics (1), satire (1), airplane (1)
|
| 1973-05-28 |
NOVEL |
English |
Breakfast of Champions |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
free will (1), racism (1), insanity (1), into-movie (1), metafiction (1), poioumenon (1), social criticism (1), environmentalism (1), satire (1), mental illness (1), contemporary (1), science fiction (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1969-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Boy and His Dog |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
underground cities (1), genetic engineering (1), twist ending (1), Kansas (1), rape (1), satire (1), barbarism (1), love (1), uplift (1), alternate history (1), telepathy (1), dogs (1), mutants (1), postapocalyptic (1), sterility (1), sex (1), hunger (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 1969-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Along the Scenic Route |
Harlan Ellison |
|
|
SF (1), near future (1), automobiles (1), road rage (1), satire (1), science fiction (1), car combat (1)
|
| 1966-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Heresies of the Huge God |
Brian W. Aldiss |
|
|
first person point of view (1), alien organism (1), religion (1), satire (1), giant alien (1), 30th century (1), science fiction (1), heresy (1), Earth (1)
|
| 1966-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Crying of Lot 49 |
Thomas Pynchon |
|
|
novel within novella range (1), Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), stamps (1), contemporary (1), wife (1), conspiracies (1), postal delivery (1), Southern California (1), executing wills (1), satire (1), politics (1), history (1), female protagonist (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1)
|
| 1965-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Computers Don't Argue |
Gordon R. Dickson |
|
|
errors (1), inexorable system (1), epistolary (1), book club (1), satire (1), computers (1), humor (1), jurisdiction (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)
|
| 1961-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Harrison Bergeron |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
|
|
Merril07 (1), near future (1), earth only (1), humans only (1), dystopia (1), satire (1), social commentary (1), egalitarianism (1), into-tv (1), into-movie (1)
|
| 1961-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Machine That Won the War |
Isaac Asimov |
|
|
near future (1), computers (1), war with aliens (1), humor (1), satire (1), science fiction (1), interstellar war (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)
|
| 1959-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Pride of Carrots |
Robert Nathan |
|
|
fantasy (1), satire (1), interplanetary travel (1), two act play (1), intelligent vegetables (1), venus (1), first contact (1), romance (1), humor (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)
|
| 1958-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Iron Chancellor |
Robert Silverberg |
|
|
robots (1), satire (1), near future (1), science fiction (1), food (1)
|
| 1954-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse |
Ray Bradbury |
|
|
grotesque (1), realism (1), satire (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)
|
| 1953-05-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Liberation of Earth |
William Tenn |
|
|
machine intelligence (1), first person point of view (1), only Earth (1), interstellar war (1), first contact (1), alien war (1), satire (1), looking backward (1), aliens (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)
|
| 1952-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Mrs. Poppledore's Id |
Reginald Bretnor |
|
|
contemporary (1), satire (1), poltergeist (1), psychoanalysis (1), parapsychology (1), exorcism (1), Id (1), publishing (1), religion (1), self help books (1), social commentary (1)
|
| 1949-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Other Santa |
Thorp McClusky |
|
|
contemporary (1), Christmas Eve (1), social commentary (1), satire (1), fantasy (1), shared belief (1), manifestation (1), child who needs operation (1), Santa Claus (1), marketing (1), public relations stunt (1), broadcasting (1), first person point of view (1), Christmas (1)
|
| 1942-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
QRM - Interplanetary |
George O. Smith |
|
|
management (1), engineers (1), interplanetary travel (1), communications satellites (1), interplanetary communications (1), satire (1), science fiction (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1)
|
| 1921-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Psychical Mallards |
E. F. Benson |
|
|
satire (1), levitation (1), marriage (1), telekinesis (1), england (1), Clairvoyance (1), precognition (1), humor (1)
|
| 1835-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Young Goodman Brown |
Nathaniel Hawthorne |
|
|
fantasy (1), satire (1), witchcraft (1), Satan (1), new england (1), social criticism (1), Puritan (1), 17th century (1)
|
| 1828-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Witches of Traquair |
James Hogg |
|
|
scotland (1), tongue in cheek (1), satire (1), witches (1), witch trials (1), anti-Catholicism (1)
|
| date unknown |
SHORTFICTION |
Yiddish |
Di garderob |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
|
|
fantasy (1), religion (1), satire (1)
|
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