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discospider posted an update in the group
Science Fictional 12 years, 4 months agoSince the internet is magical and made of awesome, I think we should all link stories that are available online! There used to be a GREAT short story collection on the SciFi channel’s website, back before they were Syfy, but it’s not up these days. There are still lots of options though! I’ll post some stuff, and you guys should post stuff…[Read more]
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TheVegetarian posted an update in the group
AutoChat!!! 12 years, 4 months ago#live
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This is one of my favorite short stories of all time – and it was written in 1909! http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html (Also, E.M. Forster was a gay man – his novel Maurice, which was about being gay in early 20th century England, wasn’t published until after his death.) It predicts the Internet!
Then there’s Charles Stross’s…[Read more]
I love Charles Stross, and Accelerando! Have you read The Atrocity Archives? Sooo good! I don’t want to give it away if you haven’t read it, but it’s a Lovecraftian horror/sf thing. For some reason the first one you linked won’t work, do you have another source for it?
Hmm, their server must have gone down! Here is another source (you have to download it instead of reading in the browser, but they have .pdfs) http://www.manybooks.net/titles/forstereother07machine_stops.html
I really enjoyed this! It’s pretty amazing how prescient it is.
Oh, and how could I forget Clarkesworld?! http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ New stories monthly! And there’s the Baen free library: http://www.baen.com/library/ (mostly tend towards military SF which isn’t really my bag, but others might be interested!)
Yes! I love Clarkesworld! The newer link to that story works, I’ll check it out today. Here are some other links to sites with a bunch of SF stories:
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/index.htm
http://freesfonline.de/index.html
And this isn’t stuff you can read, but here is an awesome awesome SF radio series from the 1950’s that you can listen to…[Read more]
Also, I want to focus on giving people specific recommendations, so I’ll try to think of some really good ones from those sites, otherwise I feel like they might be a little overwhelming.