Category: Sci-fi
Chasing Shadows — Anthology
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AD JUSTITIAM PER LUCEM
Mine, Yours, Ours — Jack Skillingstead
Insistence of Vision – 2013 — David Brin
Planetbound — Nancy Fulda
The Right’s Tough – 2004 — Robert J. Sawyer
The Circuit Riders – 1962 — R. C. Fitzpatrick
The Werewolves of Maplewood — James Morrow
The Road to Oceania – 2003 — William Gibson
SURVEILLANCE—SOUSVEILLANCE
I See You – 1976 — Damon Knight
Eyejacked — David Walton
FeastWar — Vylar Kaftan
Your Lying Eyes — Jack McDevitt
The Disaster Stack — Vernor Vinge
LIES AND PRIVATE LIVES
First Presentation — Aliette de Bodard
AfterShift Memories — David Ramirez
Spew – 1994 — Neal Stephenson
Private Life in Cyberspace — John Perry Barlow
BIG BROTHER, LITTLE BROTHER, VILLAGE
Elderjoy — Gregory Benford
Street Life in the Emerald City — Brenda Cooper
The Eyes Have It — Stephen W. Potts
NO PLACE TO HIDE
Preferences — Cat Rambo
Vectors — Stephen Gaskell
Public Domain — Scott Sigler
To See the Invisible Man – 1963 — Robert Silverberg
The Disconnected — Ramez Naam
LOOKING BACK … AND LOOKING UP
Eminence — Karl Schroeder
Sport – 2014 — Kathleen Ann Goonan
Elephant on Table — Bruce Sterling
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Extrasolar — Anthology
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Standalones
Holdfast — Alastair Reynolds
Shadows of Eternity — Gregory Benford
A Game of Three Generals — Aliette de Bodard
The Bartered Planet — Paul Di Filippo
Come Home — Terry Dowling
The Residue of Fire — Robert Reed
Thunderstone — Matthew Hughes
Journey to the Anomaly — Ian Watson
Canoe — Nancy Kress
The Planet Woman By M.V. Crawford — Lavie Tidhar
Arcturean Nocturne — Jack McDevitt
Life Signs — Paul McAuley
The Fall of the House of Kepler — Ian R. MacLeod
The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse — Kathleen Ann Goonan
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First Law — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A really brief little story concerning a robot that failed to comply with the first law.
Next up is going to be, To Protect.
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The Tercentenary Incident — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
Now what if we could replace the president of the USA with a completely identical, fully functioning, robot, one that is governed by the three laws?
Now that would be a huge improvement.
Next up is going to be, First Law.
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Let’s Get Together — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A fairly “meh” story. If you can’t guess what’s going on long before you’re told in the story then you’re a bit lacking in something.
But, one has to read the whole of the robot stories so one just has to accept that there’s going to be the odd one that just lacks somewhat and just get on and read it.
Next up is going to be, The Tercentenary Incident.
Isaac’s Page
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Robbie — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, I, Robot, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
Another super good little story wherein we look at the future of childcare in our AI future, a future coming to a town near you.
Also the first story in which Susan Calvin appears, albeit briefly, as a young student.
Next up is going to be, Let’s Get Together.
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Segregationist — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
The future is cyberpunk . . .
. . . unless you’re a
Next up is going to be, Robbie.
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Light Verse — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
Sometimes a broken thing can be far better than a perfect thing: wabi-sabi robots.
I totally remembered this story from when i read it decades ago, but it was just as enjoyable yesterday as it was all those years ago.
Next up is going to be, Segregationist.
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Stranger in Paradise — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot, and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
A strange case of trying to make a robot brain to work, act and think, like a human brain.
Quite a good little story.
Next up is going to be, Light Verse.