A list I'm on took some time recently to organize a list of great science fiction and fantasy stories throughout the medium. Here are the ones they came up with, with links to free versions online if they were available, and amazon if they were not. You can thank me later.
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson
The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Story of your Life by Ted Chiang
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
All You Zombies by Robert Heinlein
A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson
The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Story of your Life by Ted Chiang
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury
Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke
All You Zombies by Robert Heinlein
A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
Let be be finale of seem / the only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.
ReplyDeleteOK, that's the poem, not the story... That's the synaesthesia story, right? Or am I thinking of a different story from that collection? Good list, at least those that I've read. Le Guin's is easily a favorite of mine, and the Ted Chiang and Kij Johnson stories are very good too. Some of these others I'll have to check out. Thanks!