Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Di Filippo – Paul http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 06 May 2012 00:13:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Perfect Lover by Paul Di Filippo http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-perfect-lover-by-paul-di-filippo/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-perfect-lover-by-paul-di-filippo/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:47:55 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=936 Title: The Perfect Lover

Author: Paul Di Filippo

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature, 2006

What the Story is About: “Love is the driver for the mission. Love will supplement the drone’s heuristics in instances where lesser imperatives would collapse. Without that emotion, the failure rate goes up an order of magnitude. And we can’t simulate love yet in the purely moletronic minds.”

Published in the “Futures” series of short fiction in the scientific journal Nature

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-perfect-lover-by-paul-di-filippo/feed/ 0 The Furthest Schorr by Paul Di Filippo http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-furthest-schorr-32-fugues-on-the-paintings-of-todd-schorr-by-paul-di-filippo/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-furthest-schorr-32-fugues-on-the-paintings-of-todd-schorr-by-paul-di-filippo/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:42:44 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=930 Title: The Furthest Schorr: 32 Fugues on the Paintings of Todd Schorr

Author: Paul Di Filippo

Length: short stories

First Publication: Interzone, 2006 and Shuteye For the Timebroker, 2006

What the Story is About: Short short stories based on surreal paintings by Todd Schorr. A few with a bioscience bent:
• The Deviled Egg
•  The Venus of Augmentation
• The Hunter-Gatherer

(Link button goes to Paul Di Filippo’s main fiction page, which lists all of his free stories)

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Author:  Paul Di Filippo

Length: short story

First Publication:  The Inferior 4+1 , 2008

What the Story is About: Hollywood takes an interest in Burying beetles.

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