Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Mice & Rats & Other Rodents http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 06 May 2012 00:13:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Eternal Wall by Raymond Z. Gallun http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-eternal-wall-by-raymond-z-gallun/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-eternal-wall-by-raymond-z-gallun/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:53:27 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1674 Title: The Eternal Wall

Author: Raymond Z. Gallun

Length: short story

First Publication: Amazing Stories, 1942

What the Story is About: A million years in the future, man has long been gone from Earth – but that does not mean there is no longer intelligence on the planet. The teaser:

A scream of brakes, the splash into icy waters, a long descent into alkaline depths … it was death. But Ned Vince lived again—a million years later!

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Author: Winston K. Marks

Length: short story

First Publication: Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, 1955

What the Story is About: A miserly man lives alone with his money and pet rat. The blurb:

Erd Neff wanted as little to do with his fellow men as possible. So he lived alone in his big cash-vault. Alone, except for John….

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Author: F.L. Wallace

Length: novelette

First Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction, 1953; audio is from the X Minus One radio program, first broadcast in 1956

What the Story is About: An unusual type of animal is discovered on another planet.

Read the script

If the audio doesn’t work for you, try the alternate audio link at Archive.org

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Author: David H. Keller, M.D.

Length: short story

First Publication: Amazing Stories, 1931

What the Story is About: It takes biology to fight a new sort of protection racket – a story with bonus anti-immigrant sentiments.

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Author: Elisabeth Malartre

Length: short story

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 1999

What the Story is About: Chipmunk behavior takes a new and disturbing turn.

Related post at the Biology in Science Fiction blog: Evolution Never Sleeps

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Author: Mike Resnick

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature Futures, 2007 doi:10.1038/450456a

What the Story is About: Building a better moustrap is harder than it looks.

Alternate story link (pdf).

Note: Published as a single page story as part of the “Futures” series in the scientific journal Nature.

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