Sci Fi Short Stories for your reading pleasure.

[Paratus]

Here's a couple if science fiction short stories I've read recently. Enjoy!



The Road Not Taken. Harry Turtledove
What if hyperdrive was easy and we missed it?
Alien invasion fleet finds Earth and gets more than they bargained for.

Last Contact. Stephen Baxter

End of the universe.
Found the link after reading this article over at Ars.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/finding-the-higgs-good-news-finding-its-mass-not-so-good/

 

[Aharami]

Marked

 

[PottedMeat]

The Road Not Taken. Harry Turtledove
What if hyperdrive was easy and we missed it?
Alien invasion fleet finds Earth and gets more than they bargained for.

i love that one. fuck those aliens :awe:

 

[Paratus]

i love that one. fuck those aliens :awe:

It's a fun read.

Would have made a good outer limits/ twilight zone type show if they still did TV like that.

 

[brianmanahan]

"the last question" by asimov:

http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm

 

[Paratus]

"the last question" by asimov:

http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm

:thumbsup:

I forgot about that one. Another good one.

 

[brianmanahan]

Here's a couple if science fiction short stories I've read recently. Enjoy!



The Road Not Taken. Harry Turtledove
What if hyperdrive was easy and we missed it?
Alien invasion fleet finds Earth and gets more than they bargained for.

Last Contact. Stephen Baxter

End of the universe.
Found the link after reading this article over at Ars.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/finding-the-higgs-good-news-finding-its-mass-not-so-good/

never read those before!

i love the first one

meh on the second one

 

[AstroManLuca]

Came across this one a couple years ago.

http://www.creepypasta.com/the-gift-of-mercy/

 

[BladeVenom]

Here's a few I really like. I read them long ago, so I don't know if they are on line.
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
Appointment in Tomorrow (aka Poor Superman) by Fritz Leiber
Superiority by Arthur C. Clake

 

[brianmanahan]

i was bored so i had to go and read most of these again!

anyone got any other ones i can devour? otherwise my labor day might end up being a pretty boring one

 

[Pheran]

The Road Not Taken. Harry Turtledove
What if hyperdrive was easy and we missed it?
Alien invasion fleet finds Earth and gets more than they bargained for.

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