favorite science fiction short stories

Explore the best favorite science fiction short stories with our curated list of must-read books. Discover top picks from classic to modern sci-fi tales that will captivate any fan.

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Sex and Violence in Zero-G

by Allen M. Steele

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A Woman's Liberation

by Connie Willis

These ten classic stories, each featuring well-developed, strong female characters, have garnered numerous literary awards and span every style and theme in speculative fiction.
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Past Lives, Present Tense

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Download the dead in this provocative new collection of original stories by the finest names in sci-fi, including Carole Nelson Douglas, Tom Knowles, Elizabeth Moon, …
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Axiomatic

by Greg Egan

A dazzling collection of short fiction, filled with invention and hard-science speculation, by the popular author of QUARANTINE, PERMUTATION CITY, and DISTRESS. Growing in reputation …
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Beaker's Dozen

by Nancy Kress

Kress's best short stories of the decade are collected for the first time in this substantial anthology that includes many Nebula Award nominees.
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Year's Best SF 6

by David G. Hartwell

Get Ready To Expand Your Mind... Acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell is back with the sixth annual collection of the year's most impressive, …
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Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories

by James Patrick Kelly

Stories in futuristic settings. In Pogrom, social tensions between the old and the young who are obliged to support them leads to armed conflict, while …
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Isaac Asimov's Christmas

by Isaac Asimov

We know Christmas present. We know Christmas past. Now, in extraordinary stories culled from the pages of "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", today's favorite writers …