Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Locus Award http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 None So Blind by Joe Haldeman http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/none-so-blind-by-joe-haldeman/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/none-so-blind-by-joe-haldeman/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:23:06 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/wordpress/?p=202 Title: None So Blind

Author: Joe Haldeman

Length: short story

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 1994

Awards: Hugo for Best Short Story 1995, Locus Award 1995, Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1994

What the Story is About: A simple operation allows the blind to use the visual cortex of their brains for other mental processing, turning them into geniuses.

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Author: Terry Bisson

Length: short story

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 1990

Awards: 1991 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, 1990 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, 1991 Asimov’s Reader’s Award, 1991 Locus Magazine Award, 1991 The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 1991

What the Story is About: This is not hard science fiction in the least, but it’s an excellent story in which bears have indeed discovered fire and are camping on highway medians. That’s not really what the story is about – family relationships and growing old – but it provides the framework.

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Author: Vonda N. McIntyire

Length: Novel

First Publication: 1978

Awards: 1978 Hugo for Best Novel, 1979 Nebula for Best Novel, 1979 Locus Award for Best Novel

What the Story is About: “The novel follows a healer on a journey while she seeks to replace one of her healer snakes. Nuclear war, biotechnology alternate sex patterns, and other-worldly tribalism put in appearances.” (Wikipedia)

Note: Dreamsnake is being posted in serialized form at Bookview Cafe, one chapter a week.

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Author: Pat Murphy

Length: novelette

First Publication: Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 1987

Awards: Nebula for Best Novelette 1987, Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 1988, Locus Award for Best Novelette 1988

What the Story is About: A scientists transfers the mind of his dying daughter into the body of a chimpanzee. The teenage girl must come to terms with living in her new body.

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