SF short stories - recommendations - Page 2

Moejoe · 09-06-2009, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Hey thanks everyone for those links. Any more? The Short Story is my favorite form of literature and it seems that ebooks (I'm relatively new to this) are focused (as is the world) more on novels than short story collections which I love such as the annual Years Best Science Fiction from Gardner Dozois -- which seems to be available for Kindle but not in epub wtf??

I also buy the annual general fiction - Best American Short Stories, O Henry Prize stories, Pushcart Prize Stories...but don't seem to find them available either. Guess it's just a market/marketing thing. I was thinking, and think I will start a separate thread on short fiction in general and see about what others have found.

Not Sci-Fi particularly (although I find that term restrictive and old-fashioned anyway)

Eating Grass by Small Stories at Feedbooks (the first Twitter novel "Twovel")

Password Incorrect by Nick Name at Feedbooks (Tech Absurd stories)

and my own work (shameless plug time)

Suggested Oddities and Small Victories at Feedbooks (approaching magical realism, but not quite)

I'm predominantly a short-story writer and short novella/novelist...I find most novels to be ridiculous in length.

Pablo · 09-06-2009, 07:30 AM

Two short stories I enjoyed very much are "Dumb Martian" and "Pillar to Post" by John Wyndham. I beleive they are included in the book "The seeds of time".

wayspooled · 09-06-2009, 12:03 PM

Hugo nominees and awards for best short story. Pretty much can't go wrong with these and again, with sci/fi very little is ever outdated.

BearMountainBooks · 09-07-2009, 03:51 PM

The Town Drunk has new stories out for the month and one of them is a sci/fi (the other is fantasy.) Both are good and they are free reads.

Maria

Treven · 09-12-2009, 08:18 PM

"The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is a collection of short stories by Anne McCaffrey.

BearMountainBooks · 09-13-2009, 09:29 AM

I can't remember if I posted this link on this thread. I don't think so...

Check out www.AnthologyBuilder.com -- you can build your own set of short stories and have the book shipped to you. Sorry, DTB only. BUT many of the stories on the site were first published online; you may be able to tell where and access them that way. A bunch of the stories are from out-of-print magazines.

I know Eric Flint has at least one story out there. You can preview a certain amount too.

I highly recommend the work by Nancy Fulda. She does tend towards space opera, but her stuff is just excellent (she runs the site and also is a slush reader for Baen).

Full disclosure: A few of my stories are out there.

Maria

BenG · 09-17-2009, 12:20 AM

Fritz Leiber's short stories are good, Smoke Ghost,The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, The Dreams of Albert Moreland, and (esp. if you're a cat person) Space Time for Springers.

Blue Tyson · 09-17-2009, 02:40 AM

Long list of stuff you can get for free :-

http://freesflist.blogspot.com

My particular favorites :- http://www.scribd.com/doc/17478634/B...ar-and-45-star

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19605359/-...d-Books-4-star

Blue Tyson · 09-17-2009, 02:41 AM

Oh, and award winners/nominations along those lines I've separated out here :-

Which also indicates Year's Best anthologies, etc.

http://freesfbest.blogspot.com

rasbadar · 09-17-2009, 04:58 AM

Try Stanislaw Lem's stories (though I dont know, if they're out as ebooks yet.)

WillAdams · 09-17-2009, 07:14 AM

Hal Clement.

_Small Changes_ &c.

Classic hard SF.

William

BearMountainBooks · 09-17-2009, 08:50 PM

Smashwords has a bunch of free short stories. I've been working my way through some of them and posting reviews (I don't generally do the star rating though, so you can't see the reviews from the list page.) There's some pretty good ones out there (and some very weird ones).

Baen's Universe has the most sci-fi short stories that I know of (they are not free). Very high quality artwork and stories.

igorsk · 09-18-2009, 05:31 AM

The Best of Jim Baen's Universe and four first volumes of the magazine. Free and legal.
http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/1...ensUniverseCD/

BearMountainBooks · 09-18-2009, 08:27 AM

Thanks Igorsk! I'm really going to miss that magazine when it goes away next year.

kennyc · 09-18-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Thanks Igorsk! I'm really going to miss that magazine when it goes away next year.

Yes, thanks. I just snagged a couple of them to add to my 2BRead list.

09-17-2009, 02:41 AM	#24
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Oh, and award winners/nominations along those lines I've separated out here :- Which also indicates Year's Best anthologies, etc. http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Last edited by Blue Tyson; 09-17-2009 at 02:43 AM.

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BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	The Town Drunk has new stories out for the month and one of them is a sci/fi (the other is fantasy.) Both are good and they are free reads. Maria

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Treven Addict Posts: 222 Karma: 680 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: the Left Coast Device: iPad	"The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is a collection of short stories by Anne McCaffrey.

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BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I can't remember if I posted this link on this thread. I don't think so... Check out www.AnthologyBuilder.com -- you can build your own set of short stories and have the book shipped to you. Sorry, DTB only. BUT many of the stories on the site were first published online; you may be able to tell where and access them that way. A bunch of the stories are from out-of-print magazines. I know Eric Flint has at least one story out there. You can preview a certain amount too. I highly recommend the work by Nancy Fulda. She does tend towards space opera, but her stuff is just excellent (she runs the site and also is a slush reader for Baen). Full disclosure: A few of my stories are out there. Maria

09-17-2009, 12:20 AM	#22
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Fritz Leiber's short stories are good, Smoke Ghost,The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, The Dreams of Albert Moreland, and (esp. if you're a cat person) Space Time for Springers.

09-17-2009, 02:40 AM	#23
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Long list of stuff you can get for free :- http://freesflist.blogspot.com My particular favorites :- http://www.scribd.com/doc/17478634/B...ar-and-45-star http://www.scribd.com/doc/19605359/-...d-Books-4-star

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rasbadar Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: PRS-650, PRS-505	Try Stanislaw Lem's stories (though I dont know, if they're out as ebooks yet.)

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WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,234 Karma: 3350652 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	Hal Clement. _Small Changes_ &c. Classic hard SF. William

09-17-2009, 08:50 PM	#27
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Smashwords has a bunch of free short stories. I've been working my way through some of them and posting reviews (I don't generally do the star rating though, so you can't see the reviews from the list page.) There's some pretty good ones out there (and some very weird ones). Baen's Universe has the most sci-fi short stories that I know of (they are not free). Very high quality artwork and stories.

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igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	The Best of Jim Baen's Universe and four first volumes of the magazine. Free and legal. http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/1...ensUniverseCD/

09-18-2009, 08:27 AM	#29
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	Thanks Igorsk! I'm really going to miss that magazine when it goes away next year.