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Attention, Murderbot stans: I have a short story for you.

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132 by ed. Neil Clarke

December 30, 2022 by narfna 8 Comments

I downloaded this in 2021 for the Read Harder Challenge but never read it, and no longer remember the challenge I downloaded it for, but I managed to make it fit perfectly into this year’s Read Harder. Efficiency! The issue itself after all of that was a bit of disappointment. I’m noting here at the top that the five-star rating is solely for “The Secret Life of Bots” by Suzanne Palmer, a 8,000~ word novelette that won the Hugo in 2018, a win that is […]

Filed Under: Short Stories Tagged With: "The Secret Life of Bots", Clarkesworld Magazine, ed. Neil Clarke, Hugo winners, Issue 132, literary magazine, narfna, read harder challenge 2022, short stories, Suzanne Palmer

narfna's CBR14 Review No:246 · Genres: Short Stories · Tags: "The Secret Life of Bots", Clarkesworld Magazine, ed. Neil Clarke, Hugo winners, Issue 132, literary magazine, narfna, read harder challenge 2022, short stories, Suzanne Palmer ·
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Fifties and Sixties Time Travel

March 4, 2017 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

Time-Jump by John Brunner (1973) I know I’m reliving my youth, but I picked up “Time-Jump” by John Brunner for some classic science fiction.  It was published in 1973 but contains his pulp science fiction stories from the periodicals of the fifties and the sixties.  This is a short collection of ten of his time-related tales.  At first glance, you’d think “these stories have all been done before” until you realize that these classic tales are the originals.  Written before Twilight Zone and Outer Limits, […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Anthology, English authors, Fifties, Hugo winners, John Brunner, science fiction, the sixties, time travel

sabian30's CBR9 Review No:14 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Anthology, English authors, Fifties, Hugo winners, John Brunner, science fiction, the sixties, time travel ·
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