Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction » Zoology http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Carnivore by G.A. Morris http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-carnivore-by-g-a-morris/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-carnivore-by-g-a-morris/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:25:45 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1666 Title: The Carnivore

Author: G. A. Morris (Katherine MacLean)

Length: short story

First Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction, 1953

What the Story is About: Is man the last carnivore in the galaxy?

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-carnivore-by-g-a-morris/feed/ 0 The Wealth of Echindul by Noel Miller Loomis http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-wealth-of-echindul-by-noel-miller-loomis/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-wealth-of-echindul-by-noel-miller-loomis/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:23:21 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1493 Title: The Wealth of Echindul

Author: Noel Miller Loomis

Length: short story

First Publication: Planet Stories, 1952

What the Story is About: A treasure hunter learns to use the wild resources in the swamps of Venus to keep himself alive. It’s a not scientifically accurate in any way, but it’s not a bad adventure tale.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-wealth-of-echindul-by-noel-miller-loomis/feed/ 0 Blood Dauber by Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/blood-dauber-by-ted-kosmatka-michael-poore/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/blood-dauber-by-ted-kosmatka-michael-poore/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:59 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1490 Title: Blood Dauber

Author: Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore

Length: short story

First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 2009

Awards: Selected for the 2009 Locus Recommended Reading List

What the Story is About: “The animals hate you. You get used to that, working at a zoo. Over time, it becomes a thing you can respect. ”

Note: this is only the first part of the story. You’ll have to purchase a copy of the magazine to read the rest.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/blood-dauber-by-ted-kosmatka-michael-poore/feed/ 1 Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper with intro by John D. Clark http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/uller-uprising-by-h-beam-piper-with-intro-by-john-d-clark/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/uller-uprising-by-h-beam-piper-with-intro-by-john-d-clark/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:07:35 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1439 Title: Uller Uprising

Author: H. Beam Piper with introduction by John D. Clark

Length: novel

First Publication: 1952

What the Story is About: What is particularly interesting about this novel isn’t so much the story, but the introduction by chemist Dr. John D. Clark. In it Clark describes in detail the novel’s “Silicone World” and “Fluorine Planet”, including plant and animal life.

Uller Uprising based on the Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.

Alernate story link at ManyBooks, which includes Audiobook format.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/uller-uprising-by-h-beam-piper-with-intro-by-john-d-clark/feed/ 0 The Planet with No Nightmare by Jim Harmon http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/planet-no-nightmare-jim-harmon/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/planet-no-nightmare-jim-harmon/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:03:35 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1348 Title: The Planet with No Nightmare

Author: Jim Harmon

Length: short story

First Publication: If: Worlds of Science Fiction, 1961

What the Story is About: “The creatures on the little planet were real bafflers. The first puzzler about them was that they died so easily. The second was that they didn’t die at all.”

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Author: Simon Ings

Length: short story

First Publication: When It Changed anthology, 2009

What the Story is About: The story “gets inside the restless, curious (some might say troubled) mind of a scientist.”

Be sure to read the afterword by Matthew Cobb, Programme Director Biology, the University of Manchester, which describes the work in his lab that inspired the story.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/zoology-by-simon-ings/feed/ 0 The Last Wave by Kay Kenyon http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-last-wave-by-kay-kenyon/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-last-wave-by-kay-kenyon/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:53:29 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1017 Title: The Last Wave

Author: Kay Kenyon

Length: short story

First Publication: I, Alien Anthology, 2005

What the Story is About: “They think I’m some kind of fish. But if they ever caught me, the DNA analysis would give them a bit of a jolt.”

(Audio version only)

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-last-wave-by-kay-kenyon/feed/ 0 All of Creation by Steven Utley http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/all-of-creation-by-steven-utley/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/all-of-creation-by-steven-utley/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:26:39 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=993 Title: All of Creation

Author: Steven Utley

Length: short story

First Publication: Cosmos Magazine, 2007

What the Story is About: “Trilobites died out 250 million years ago. Or so we thought. But now they’ve washed up on a Texas beach. Has a relic population clung on somewhere, away from human attention? Or is there a far stranger explanation…”

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Silurian Tales

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/all-of-creation-by-steven-utley/feed/ 0 From The Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/from-the-lost-diary-of-treefrog7-by-nnedi-okorafor/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/from-the-lost-diary-of-treefrog7-by-nnedi-okorafor/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:05:52 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=950 Title: From The Lost Diary of TreeFrog7

Author: Nnedi Okorafor

Length: short story

Awards: storySouth Million Writers Award Notable Story

First Publication: Clarkesworld Magazine, 2009

What the Story is About: Explore the surreal far-future Forbidden Greeny Jungle in the form of a field journal. I especially like how the story has been enhanced with audio entries and links to the jungle’s Field Guide.

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Author: John Scalzi

Length: short story

First Publication: Strange Horizons, 2001

What the Story is About: Person-on-the-street interviews with people recounting their favorite alien animal encounter.

Listen to the audio version at Escape Pod

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/alien-animal-encounters-by-john-scalzi/feed/ 0 Notes on the Dissection of an Imaginary Beetle by Jonathan Wood http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/notes-on-the-dissection-of-an-imaginary-beetle-by-jonathan-wood/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/notes-on-the-dissection-of-an-imaginary-beetle-by-jonathan-wood/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:19:00 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=911 Title: Notes on the Dissection of an Imaginary Beetle

Author: Jonathan Wood

Length: short story

First Publication: Electric Velocipede, 2008

What the Story is About: A very difficult practical examination …

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/notes-on-the-dissection-of-an-imaginary-beetle-by-jonathan-wood/feed/ 0 Cat and Mouse by Ralph Williams http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/cat-and-mouse-by-ralph-williams/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/cat-and-mouse-by-ralph-williams/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:51:42 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=835 Title: Cat and Mouse

Author: Ralph Williams

Length: short story

First Publication: Astounding Science Fiction (Analog), 1959

Awards: Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1960.

What the Story is About: “The Warden needed to have a certain very obnoxious pest eliminated … and he knew just the pest-eradicator he needed….”

Listen to the audio version at Librivox.

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