Favourite Sci-Fi Short Stories, Novellas etc

[stonetools]

I'm just going to include a few that haven't been mentioned:

Robert Heinlien, And he built a crooked house
Arthur C. Clarke, The nine billion names of God
Isaac Asimov, Little Lost Robot
Ray Bradbury , Chrysalis
Jerome Bixby, Its a Good Life

[BenG]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Ah-Ha! There's the thread I was thinking about!

Thanks Ben!

Maybe it should be listed in the sticky recommendations thread.

[RareBird]

Originally Posted by darryl

Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is written from the point of view of a Jesuit on a long space journey with secular scientists, and has a wonderful ending

Definitely one of the best sci-fi short stories ever written. It's been years since I've read it.

[taosaur]

A couple of my favorites are also some of the first sci-fi I ever read, in a slim anthology I got through the RIF program in school:

Betelguese Bridge by William Tenn
A Bowl of Biskies Makes a Growing Boy by Raymond F. Jones

Another of which I'm probably overly fond is Harlan Ellison's "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman.

Also, you could class it as sci-fi, fantasy, or general/literary, but I'll give honorable mention to Michael Bishop's The Mark 16 Hands On Assembly of Jesus Risen, Formerly Snake-o-rama.

[stonetools]

Favorite novella, The Man Who Counts, Poul Anderson.

[Dimwit]

How about Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock?

[Todd Young]

I really like The Inverted World by Christopher Priest (author of The Prestige). I suppose favourite books have a lot to do with where and when you read them, and maybe it's partly that, but the premise of this novel entirely spun me out, and I had no idea what was happening.

[Villordsutch]

A excellent thread. I will be looking on Amazon for a few of these.

If anyone knows if any of these a legally in the public domain I can download?

[ratkity]

Ray Bradbury - The Veldt, And There Will Come Soft Rains

There's another R. Bradbury story I love, but can't rem the title. Ugh. Need more caffeine.

Hugs,
Ratkity

[Villordsutch]

I cannot seem to find Vernor Vinge's "Longshot"

Anyone able to provide a link as Amazon don't seem to have it ?

[bill_mchale]

Its been a while since I read many Novellas... I actually am hopeful that the form will become much relevant in an ebook world.

Some favorites include "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold and "The Persistance of Vision" by John Varley.

--
Bill

[flipreads]

Off the top of my head:

"Spar" by Kij Johnson
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang

[ballfresno]

Originally Posted by bill_mchale

Its been a while since I read many Novellas... I actually am hopeful that the form will become much relevant in an ebook world.

The tipping point for me to get an ereader was the availability of Analog SF/SF magazine w/o DRM. I love the novella size story and Analog usually has some really good ones.

It will be interesting to see if the increasing popularity of ereaders will lead to an increase in novellas and novelletes, however. It would definitely be a positive change!

eric

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by ballfresno

The tipping point for me to get an ereader was the availability of Analog SF/SF magazine w/o DRM. I love the novella size story and Analog usually has some really good ones.

It will be interesting to see if the increasing popularity of ereaders will lead to an increase in novellas and novelletes, however. It would definitely be a positive change!

eric

Hope so! As well as short stories themselves -- my favorite length.

[Blue Tyson]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And those are ALL your favorites?

Any chance you might pick 3-5 out of that list?

Maybe, but it might be different each day. Have read tens of thousands of 'em.