Some Gutenberg SciFi Suggestions

‘Suggestions’ because all the reading has been fun and instructive, but these stories stuck with me. Maybe they work for you? The list has a few rules. First; I’m only suggesting stories I have read. Makes this a little limited, as my reading is not canonical or comprehensive, but I dislike reviewing by author‐as‐brandname. Second; SciFi was a stew of different content and styles, so it depends to some extent on what engages you‐as‐reader. Third; short stories only, no novel‐length entries,

Goto Gutenberg SciFi reviews

Interplanetary travel

All different, all worth a read,

• Tongues of the Moon, Jose Farmer

• The Snowbank Orbit, Fritz Lieber

• Thunder in the Void, Henry Kuttner

• Time Fuze, Randall Garrett

Other world

All different,

• Flight Through Tomorrow, Stanton Coblenz (dystopic SocFi)

• Jewels of Aptor, Samuel Delaney (fantasy Empire with sorcery)

• ‘A Diamond As Big As The Ritz’ in Tales of the Jazz Age, Scott Fitzgerald (financial SocFi)

• The Thing in the Attic, James Blish(microcosmos adventure)

Cute

• Angels Egg, Edgar Pangbourne

• The Game of Rat and Dragon, Cordwainer Smith

Spooky

As opposed to horror stories,

• The Hanging Stranger, Philip K. Dick

• WolfBane, Cyril Kornbluth and Frederick Pohl

• Warm, Robert Sheckley

Thoughtful

• Riya’s Foundling, Algis Budrys (psychological fantasy)

• The 64‐Square Madhouse, Fritz Lieber (the truth about technological progress)

• RUR, Karel Čapek (cosmic destiny)

• Aloys, R. A. Lafferty (can you deny it?)

It happened!

• With These Hands, Cyril Kornbluth

• The Elroom, Jerry Sohl

• Watchbird, Robert Sheckley

Zap ’em

• The Blue Behemoth, Leigh Brackett

• The Onslaught from Rigel, Fletcher Pratt (long war story)

Muscle and magic

• The Devil in Iron, Robert E. Howard

• Lorelei of the Red Mist, Leigh Brackett and Raymond Bradbury

References

Project Gutenberg home,

https://www.gutenberg.org/

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