Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Short Fiction http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Missing Link by Frank Herbert http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:28:22 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1743 Title: Missing Link

Author: Frank Herbert

Length: short story

First Publication: Astounding Science Fiction (Analogue), 1959

What the Story is About: Primate-like aliens captures an exploratory ship and the Rediscovery & Re-education agent sent to solve the problem uses the aliens’ biology to help solve the problem.

The Romantics used to say that the eyes were the windows of the Soul. A good Alien Xenologist might not put it quite so poetically … but he can, if he’s sharp, read a lot in the look of an eye!

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• Listen to the Audio version from Libravox.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/feed/ 0 One Million Years BFE by Merrie Haskell http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/one-million-years-bfe-by-merrie-haskell/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/one-million-years-bfe-by-merrie-haskell/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:25:10 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1740 Title: One Million Years B.F.E.: Diary of an Anthropologist in Exile

Author: Merrie Haskell

Length: short story

First Publication: Town Drunk, 2006

What the Story is About: Amusing story of an anthropologist exiled to live with early hominids.

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Author: Dru Pagliassotti

Length: short story

First Publication: Ideomancer, 2004

What the Story is About: Clones don’t always live up to their originals:
The “Boys from Brazil” project was an abject failure, which sorely disappointed the white supremacists, occultists, neo-Nazis and other sinners who’d hoped that unleashing a set of Hitler clones would counter the Second Coming.

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Author: Dru Pagliassotti

Length: short story

First Publication: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 2009

What the Story is About: A horrific tale of a Victorian “resurrection man”.

Listen to the Audio version at Beyond Ceaseless Skies

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Author: K Tempest Bradford

Length: short story

First Publication: Sybil’s Garage, 2009

What the Story is About: A woman gives her all to help her ailing mother…

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Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Length: short story

First Publication: Clarkesworld Magazine, 2010

What the Story is About: What do you do when you find a brand new planet with a patentable ecosystem and possibly intelligent life?

Listen to the Audio version at Clarkesworld Magazine.

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Author: John Aegard

Length: Short Story

First Publication: Strange Horizons, 2004

What the Story is About: A member of the Van Pelt family stalks the Great Pumpkin, along with his companion – a pilot in the Great War. (Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is.)

You can listen to the audio version of this story at Escape Pod.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-great-old-pumpkin-by-john-aegard/feed/ 0 The Waters of Meribah by Tony Ballantyne http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-waters-of-meribah-by-tony-ballantyne/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-waters-of-meribah-by-tony-ballantyne/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:36:19 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1697 Title: The Waters of Meribah

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Interzone, 2003

What the Story is About: Buddy Joe pays for his crime by being fitted for an alien suit. From the introduction to the story in Year’s Best SF 9:

It is about the nature of the universe and the human desire to understand it and manipulate it, and the utter disaster that results. It it also about the old SF idea of scientists making monsters.

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Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature Futures, 2009

What the Story is About: What does it mean when the ants ordered Chinese take out?

Note: story is a pdf file

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/takeaway-by-tony-ballantyne/feed/ 0 A New Beginning by Tony Ballantyne http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-new-beginning-by-tony-ballantyne/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-new-beginning-by-tony-ballantyne/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:30:22 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1694 Title: A New Beginning

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Interzone, 2001

What the Story is About: Aliens arrive on Earth bringing a host of new diseases.

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Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Infinity Plus, 2001

What the Story is About: “Beta” Aliens who live among humans each have an experimental project that affects the local population.

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Author: H. G. Winter (Harry Bates)

Length: novelette

First Publication: Analog (Astounding), 1933

What the Story is About: In this sequel to “Seed of the Arctic Ice”, Torrance battles sealmen under the arctic ice. Teaser:

“Ken Torrance races Poleward to the aid of the submarine Peary, trapped in an icy limbo of avenging sealmen.”

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