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Hook: Dead to Rights — Melissa Snark
Lest Levitation Come Upon Us — Suzette Haden Elgin
Published in perpetual Light anthology, 1982 (reprinted in The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9 anthology, 1983.
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Only A Housewife — Suzette Haden Elgin
Published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1995.Weather Bulletin — Suzette Haden Elgin
What The EPA Don’t Know Won’t Hurt Them — Suzette Haden Elgin
Published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1990.Lo how an Oak e’er Blooming — Suzette Haden Elgin
Published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1986.Peacetalk 101 — Suzette Haden Elgin
Compulsory — Martha Wells
The prequel to the Murderbot Diaries.
“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”
Yes, it’s only a short story, but it’s a great introduction to the series and our main protagonist, the Murderbot. It’s certainly got me instantly wanting to dive into the rest of the series, so it’s certainly done it’s job as a prequel.
So now there’s nothing left to do but get reading the actual first book in the series, All Systems Red.
Published in Wired, where you can read it for free.
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A Hazardous Engagement — Gaie Sebold
I read Gaie’s first two books, Babylon Steel and Dangerous Gifts, quite a while ago now and thoroughly enjoyed them, so it was good to come back and enjoy some more of Gaie’s writing.
Other than the lack of brothels and sex (can’t have everything we like), this book is certainly just as enjoyable, well written, with great characters, and certainly a must read for anyone who has enjoyed Gaie’s earlier books.