Short science fiction review

Ted Chiang's short story Division by Zero was first published in Full Spectrum 3 in 1991 and reprinted in Stories of Your Life and Others. Division by Zero tells the story of a couple dealing with their individual worldviews being pulled from under them. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @jlcronshaw. I have just released my debut novella, Addict of the Wasteland, as a free ebook on my website http://www.joncronshaw.com - simply visit the site and click on the link to download to a device of your choice. You can now find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joncronshawauthor #scifi #books #specfic

Samantha Murray's short story Of Sight, Of Mind, Of Heart was published by Clarkesworld in November 2016. Of Sight, Of Mind, Of Heart tells the story of a mother coping with her child going to war against alien invaders. I now have a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/joncronshawauthor - please like the page and help spread the word about the podcast. #scifi #podcast #aliens

T. R. Napper's short story An Advanced Guide to Successful Price-Fixing in Extraterrestrial Betting Markets was originally published in the January-February 2015 issue of Interzone magazine. I listened to on the StarShipSofa podcast, from November 2016. An Advanced Guide to Successful Price-Fixing in Extraterrestrial Betting Markets tells the story of an autistic gambler who finds himself embroiled with intergalactic mobsters. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know by leaving a comment on my website http://www.joncronshaw.com You can also like my Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/joncronshawauthor #scifi #SFF #aliens

Mary Robinette Kowal's short story Evil Robot Monkey was first published in the Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two from 2008, edited by George Mann. Evil Robot Monkey is the story of an uplifted chimp trying to understand the world. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @jlcronshaw or by visiting http://www.joncronshaw.com where you can leave a comment. If you want to help promote the Short Science Fiction Review, please take a minute to leave a review on the podcast platform of your choice. #scifi #animalrights #SFF

Robert Coover's short story Invasion of the Martians was first published in the September 2016 issue of the New Yorker magazine. Invasion of the Martians is a comic satire that uses the tropes of science fiction B-movies to comment on American political culture in 2016. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think by leaving a comment on my website www.joncronshaw.com - you can also check out my own short fiction there for free. #satire #politics #scifi

Mary Anne Mohanraj's short story Communion was first published by Clarkesworld Magazine in 2014. It is the story of a human and alien mourning the loss of someone important to both of them. Have you read this story? What did you think? You can follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw or visit my website www.joncronshaw.com to leave a comment. #scifi #SFF #podcast

Robert Reed's short story Eight Episodes was first published in the June 2006 issue of Asimov's Magazine. I listened to it on EscapePod 107. Eight Episodes is a story about an alien invasion that occurred during the earliest days of the earth. Have you read it? What did you think? Leave a comment on my website www.joncronshaw.com - I am also posting my own short fiction there. #scifi #SFF #HugoAwards

Megan Arkenberg's short story Like All Beautiful Places was first published in the 2015 anthology The End Has Come, edited by John Joseph Adams. Like All Beautiful Places tells the story of a survivor in post-apocalyptic San Francisco. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think by leaving a comment on my website www.joncronshaw.com where I also post some of my own short fiction. If your enjoying these shows, please help spread the word by leaving a review on your podcast platform of choice. #postapocalypse #scifi #VR

J. G. Ballard's short story Billenium was first published in Amazing Stories in 1962. I read it in the Oxford Book of SF Stories (1992). Billenium tells the story of two roommates who discover a secret room in their new home. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know on my website www.joncronshaw.com - you can leave a comment and check out some of my own short fiction. #scifi #SFF #dystopian #overpopulation

Madeleine Ashby's short story By the Time we get to Arizona was first published in the Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future anthology, edited by Ed Finn. By the Time we get to Arizona tells the story of a couple trying to emigrate from Mexico to America. Have you read it? What did you think? Leave a comment on my website www.joncronshaw.com - I'm posting these episodes along with my own short fiction. #scifi #SFF #podcast

Robert Heinlein's short story All You Zombies was first published in the March 1959 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine. All You Zombies is a time travel paradox story about a man writes confessional fiction as an 'unmarried mother'. This is a spoilerific episode. If you want to listen to the story, you can download it from EscapePod episode 200. Have you read it? Let me know what you think on Twitter @shortSFreview. If you enjoy this show, please help to spread the word by leaving a review on iTunes. #scifi #timetravel #paradox

Ellen Klages' short story Goodnight Moons was first published in 2011 anthology Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier, edited by Jonathan Strahans. Goodnight Moons tells the story of the first child to be born on Mars. Have you read it? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFReview. If you enjoy these shows, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #SFF #Mars

After an issue with a broken laptop, I'm finally back with a new episode! Charles Yu's short story Standard Loneliness Package was originally published by Lightspeed Magazine in 2010. It is a story about a person whose job it is to experience emotions on behalf of others. You can follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw and visit my website www.joncronshaw.com where I post my own fiction and share these podcasts. If you haven't done so already, please help spread the word about this show by leaving a review on the podcast platform of your choice. #scifi #SFF #podcast

Nnedi Okorafor's novella Binti was first published by Tor.com in 2015. Binti tells the story of a sixteen-year-old who leaves her tribe to embark on a trip to a university in a different part of the galaxy. Have you read this story? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @shortSFreview. Check out Jon Cronshaw's own short fiction at www.joncronshaw.com - his recent story To Grip the Bright White Chains is a post-apocalyptic tale about an elderly drug dealer. #scifi #HugoAwards #Afrofuturism

M. John Harrison's short story Tourism was first published in 2004. I read this in the Mammoth Book of New SF, Eighteenth Annual Edition, edited by Gardner Dozois. Tourism is a bizarre space opera story which gives a brief glimpse into a bar on a far-off planet. Have you read it? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @shortSFreview. If you enjoy these shows, please leave a review on your favourite podcast portal. #scifi #spaceopera #EdgeLit #SFF

Molly Gloss's short story Lambing Season was first published by Asimov's Magazine in July 2002. I read it in The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twentieth Annual Collection, from 2003, edited by Gardner Dozois. Lambing Season is a first contact story about a sheepherder who stumbles across the wreckage of an alience spacecraft. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think on my website www.joncronshaw.com or by getting in touch on Twitter @shortSFreview. #scifi #HugoAwards #aliens #podcast

Chris Beckett's short story Peacock Cloak was first published by Asimov's Magazine in June 2010. I listened to this on the Clarkesworld podcast from October 2015. Peacock Cloak is a science fantasy about a god-like being with a powerful cloak and is a meditation on the themes of power, will, regret and forgiveness. Have you read this story? Join in the discussion on Twitter by following @ShortSFreview. I'm posting these shows, along with my own fiction, on my website www.joncronshaw.com - my latest story is called To Grip the Bright White Chains and is a postapocalyptic story about an elderly drug dealer. #SFF #scifi #fantasy

Anne McCaffrey's short story was first published in Worlds of If in 1973. I read it on the Lightspeed Magazine website, reprinted in 2011. Velvet Fields tells the story of human colonists moving onto an alien world and the unintended consquences of this colonisation. Have you read this story? Get in touch on Twitter @jlcronshaw or @shortsfreview. My website is www.joncronshaw.com - you can read my own short fiction, as well as the archive to this podcast there. If you enjoy the show, please feel free to get in touch. You can friend me on Facebook or Goodreads. Just look for Jon Cronshaw. #scifi #SFF #colonisation

Philip K. Dick's short story The Minority Report was first published by Fantasic Fiction in 1956. I read it as part of Dick's 2002 collection The Minority Report and Other Stories. The Minority Report tells the story of a dystopian future where serious crime has been all but erradicated. Police use mutants with pre-cognitive abilities to catch criminals before they commit a crime. Have you read this story? What did you think? Join the discussion on Twitter @shortSFreview. I'm not getting as many of these episodes out as I'd like due to the fact that I'm currently deep into editing my novel As the Gravity Flipped - the first book in a trilogy called The Slip. Hopefully, I'll have more news on that soon. In the meantime, you can follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw or find me on Goodreads and Facebook (Jon Cronshaw). #scifi #crime #sff

Carrie Vaughn's short story Bannerless was first published in the 2015 anthology The End has Come, part of the Apocalypse Tryptich, edited by John Joseph Adams. Bannerless is set is a postapocalyptic world where fertility is controlled by the use of licenses given to families as banners to display in their homes. Have you read this story? Join in the discussion @ShortSFReview. If you're enjoying these shows, please tell a friend. #scifi #HugoAwards #postapocalypse #SFF

Greg Egan's short story Steve Fever was first published in the November/December 2007 edition of Technology Review. I read it the Year's Best Science Fiction 2008, edited by Gardner Dozois. Steve Fever tells the story of nanobots that have taken over the world with a single task in mind: to raise their creator back from the dead. Have you read this story? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFReview. I'm posting these episodes along with my own stories at www.joncronshaw.com - you can also friend me on Facebook by searching for Jon Cronshaw. #cyberpunk #scifi #nanotech #robots

Vandana Singh's short story Delhi was first pubished in the 2004 anthology So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan. I read it in The Year's Best Science Fiction 2005, edited by Gardner Dozois. Delhi tells the story of an outsider who gets glimpses into the past and future. Have you read it? Let me know what you think on Twitter @ShortSFReview. If you're enyoing the show, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes or recommend it to a friend. #timetravel #scifi #AsianSF #SFF

Arthur C. Clarke's Hugo Award-winning short story The Star was first published by Infinity magazine in 1955. I read it in the anthology The Hugo Winners 1955-1960, edited by Isaac Asimov. The Star tells the story of Jesuit astronomers examining the Phoenix nebular. Have you read this story? Join in the discussion on Twitter @shortSFreview. If you're enjoying these shows, please consider leaving a review on iTunes or recommending the show to a friend. #SciFi #HugoAwards #1960s #SFF

Susan Palwick's short story The Fate of Mice was first published by Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in January 2005. I read this in Best Science Fiction 2006 edited by Rich Horton. The Fate of Mice tells the story of a lab mouse that has had its intelligence boosted. Have you read the story? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview or at www.joncronshaw.com where you can leave a comment. If you're enjoying these shows, please tell your friends or leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #mice #HugoAwards

Kurt Vonnegut's short story 2BR02B was first published in If Science Fiction in January 1952. I listened to this as a free audiobook through Librivox. 2BR02B is set in a future world where population is controlled, death is voluntary and disease has been eradicated. Have you read this story? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @ShortSFreview. If you enjoy the Short Science Fiction Review please feel free to add Jon Cronshaw as a friend on Facebook and Goodreads. #dystopia #SFF #scifi #1960s

Naomi Kritzer's short story Cat Pictures Please was published by Clarkesworld magazine in January 2015. Cat Pictures Please tells the story of sentient AI that tries to help improve people's lives. Have you read this story? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview or visit my website www.joncronshaw.com to leave a comment. If you're enjoying these podcasts, please consider leaving a review on iTunes or sharing a link to one of the episodes with your friends on social media or recommend the show to someone who may enjoy listening. #scifi #HugoAwards #artificialintelligence #AI

Andy Weir's short story The Egg was first published on his website Galactanet.com in 2009. The Egg is a story about the meaning of life and the universe, with ideas inspired by Hindu philosophy. Have you read this story? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview. I'm posting all these episodes onto my website www.joncronshaw.com along with some of my own short fiction. If you're enjoying the show, please consider leaving a review on iTunes. #scifi #mysticism #philosophy #sff

Octavia Butler's short story Speech Sounds was first published by the December 1983 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. I read the story in her collection Bloodchild and Other Stories, published in 1995. Speech Sounds tells the story of a woman living in a postapocalyptic world where many people have lost the ability to speak or read. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think on Twitter @ShortSFreview. I'm posting these episodes as well as some of my own short stories onto my website http://www.joncronshaw.co.uk - my latest story Reaching for a Larlun is a surreal piece of fantasy fiction about the meeting of two minds. #scifi #SFF #NebulaAward s #HugoAwards

Mike Resnick's short story Observation Post was first published in the 2013 anthology Beyond the Sun, edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. Observation Post is a comedy about an aliens observing Earth through intercepted TV show footage. Have you read this story? What did you think? Follow the show on Twitter @ShortSFreview. Please check out my website http://www.joncronshaw.com - I'm posting all of these episodes, as well as my own short fiction there. If you enjoy this podcast, please share it with your friends and consider leaving a review on iTunes. #scifi #aliens #comedy

Nan Craig's short story Scrapmetal was originally published in issue 1.3 of Arc in 2012. I listened to an audio version on issue 524 of the Escape Pod podcast from March 2016. Scrapmetal tells the story of a soldier adjusting to life after leaving the army in a world where humans are modified by cybernetic implants to match the needs of their vocation. Have you read this story? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview. All of these episodes are being posted onto my website http://www.joncronshaw.com #scifi #sff #cybernetics

Yoon Ha Lee's short story Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain was first published in the September 2010 editor of Lightspeed magazine. I read it is The Year's Best Science Fiction 28, edited by Gardner Dozois. Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain tells the story of a female assassin in possession of an incredible weapon that allows her to eliminate her victim's entire ancestral line. It's a deep philosophical tale which the author uses to explore issues of free will and determinism. Have you read it? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview. If you're enjoying these shows, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes and share one the episode links on your preferred social network. I'm posting these episodes, along with my own short stories on my website http://www.joncronshaw.com #scifi #philosphy #poststructuralism #spaceopera

Rebecca Ann Jordan's short story "We have a cultural difference, can I taste you?" was published by Strange Horizons in April 2016. It is the story of an alien dealing with isolation in an intergalactic school. Have you read this story? What did you think? Get in touch on Twitter @ShortSFreview. You can check out previous episodes and read some of my own original fiction at http://www.joncronshaw.com #scifi #spaceopera #aliens

Alastair Reynolds's novella Slow Bullets was published in 2015 by Tachyon Press. Slow Bullets is a space opera based around the themes of identity and memory. Have you read it? What did you think? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFreview. You can check out some of my own short fiction at http://www.joncronshaw.com #scifi #spaceopera #HugoAwards

C. J. Cherryh's Hugo Award-winning short story Cassandra was first published in Fantasy and Science Fiction in October 1978. I listened to this on episode 307 of the StarShipSofa podcast. Cassandra tells the story of a woman haunted by visions of the apocalypse. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @ShortSFreview. #HugoAwards #scifi #sff

Jason Sanford's short story Death Flowers of Never Forgotten Love was first published in the March 2016 edition of Apex magazine. Death Flowers of Never Forgotten Love tell the story of an AI installed into a human body grieving for the loss of her boyfriend. Have you read this story? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @ShortSFreview. If you're enjoying these shows, please consider leaving a review on iTunes. #scifi #sff #artificialintelligence

Leah Bobet's short story Bliss was first published in the winter 2004-05 issue of On Spec. Bliss is an exploration around the themes of the meaning of addiction and the pursuit of happiness. I read this story in the anthology Science Fiction: Best of the Year 2006, edited by Rich Horton. Have you read it? What did you think? Follow the show on Twitter @shortSFreview. If you're enjoying these podcasts, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #addiction #drugs

Rich Larson's piece of flash fiction Blindr (Beta 3.1) was first published in issue two of Singularity magazine in 2015. Blindr (Beta 3.1) tells the story of an app which allows the user to scrub out the annoyances in their experience of reality. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think on Twitter @ShortSFreview. I am posting all of these podcasts along with my own short fiction on my website http://www.joncronshaw.com - so please feel free leave a comment there. #scifi #augmentedreality #cybernetics

Charlie Jane Anders's short story The Day it all Ended Was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future, edited by Ed Finn. It tells the story of a disillusioned executive working for a design company that produces desirable, exoensive, but seemingly pointless gadgets. Have you read this story? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @shortSFreview. #sciencefiction #scifi #environmentalism

George R. R. Martin's short story The Way of Cross and Dragon was first published in the June 1979 issue of Omni magazine. The Way of Cross and Dragon tells the story of a far-future inquisitor investigating a heresy which venerates Judas Iscariot. But things aren't quite what they seem. The story has been reprinted numerous times, I read it in the 1992 collection The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, edited by Tom Shippey. Have you read it? What did you make of the story? Let me know on Twitter @ShortSFreview. #scifi #theology #GoT #dragons

Sofia Samatar's short story How to Get Back to the Forest was published in the March 2014 issue of Lightspeed magazine. How to Get Back to the Forest tells the story of a near future dystopia where children's lives are mapped-out by the government and their emotions are regulated by implants. Have you read this story? Get in touch and tell me what you think on Twitter @shortSFreview. I'm posting all these shows onto my website, so you can also leave a comment there. #scifi #implants #dystopia

John P. Murphy's novella Claudius Rex was first published in the Alembical 3: A Distillation of Three Novellas collection from 2014. Claudius Rex tells the story of a private investigator who stumbles across a corpse while attending a job interview, and investigates the crime with help of an advanced AI implant. Have you read this story? What did you think? You can let me know on Twitter @ShortSFReview, you can also leave a comment on my website: http://www.joncronshaw.com #scifi #artificialintelligence #AI

Connie Willis's short story Ado was first published in the January 1988 issue of Asimov's magazine. I read this in Willis's short story collection from 1993 called Impossible Things. Ado tells the story of an English Literature teacher attempting to teach Shakespeare in a world where sensitivity to offence is taken to its logical extreme. The themes of this story are so closely tied to its narrative that I found it impossible to talk about it any meaningful way without being spoilterific. So if you haven't read the story, I'd recommend reading it prior to listening to the review. Have you read it? What did you think? Let me know on Twitter @ShortSFReview. All of these episodes are posted on my website: www.joncronshaw.com #satire #scifi #teaching #SF

Hugh Howey's short story Deep Blood Kettle was published by Lightspeed Magazine in April 2013 and reprinted in the anthology Wastelands 2, edited by John Joseph Adams. Deep Blood Kettle is a first contact story where the aliens give Earth an ultimatum. Have you read this story? What did you think? Tell me about your favourite short science fiction stories on Twitter @ShortSFReview. If you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes and please feel free to share links to your favourite episodes. #scifi #aliens #firstcontact #apocalypse

Judith Merril's short story That Only a Mother was first published in the June 1948 issue of Astounding magazine. The version I read was in the anthology Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One (1929-1964). That Only a Mother tells the story of mother who gives birth to a child against a background of fear about radiation, nuclear weapons and genetic mutation. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think. You can follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw and follow the show @shortsfreview. You can subscribe to the Short Science Fiction Review on iTunes. #scifi #mutation #1940s

Cory Doctorow's novella The Man Who Sold the Moon was first published in the 2014 anthology Hieroglyph, edited by Ed Finn. The Man Who Sold the Moon is a near-future story about the potential of 3D printing and the fun that can be had at Burning Man. Have you read this story? What did you think? Follow the podcast on Twitter @ShortSFReview and if you enjoy the show, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #nearfuture #3Dprinting

Beth Goder's short story Windows first appeared on episode 523 of the Escape Pod podcast on March 1, 2016, as part of its second annual Artemis Rising series of stories by women and non-binary genders. Windows tells the story of an academic working on a distant world whose job is to study alien cultures. You can listen to this story for free on the Escape Pod podcast. Have you read this story? Let me know what you thought of it. You can follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw and follow this show @shortSFreview. If you've enjoyed listening to this show, please consider taking a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #podcast #aliens

Joe Haldeman's short story More than the Sum of His Parts was first published in the May 1985 edition of Playboy and reprinted by Lightspeed magazine. More than the Sum of His Parts tells the disturbing story of an engineer who is transformed into a cyborg following an industrial accident. Have you read this story? Let me know what you think. Follow the show on Twitter @shortSFreview. #scifi #cyborgs #1980s

Evelyn E. Smith's short story The Doorway was first published in the September 1955 edition of Fantastic Universe magazine. The Doorway is a story of alternative time-lines and parallel universes. Have you read it? What did you think? Follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw. You can read this story for free through Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29138/29138-h/29138-h.htm #classicscifi #scifi #SF

Ken Liu’s short story The Regular was first published September 2014 in Upgraded, edited by Neil Clarke. The Regular is a near-future story about a private investigator investigating the murders of a series of women. A free link to the ebook version of this story can be found on Ken Liu's website here: http://kenliu.name/stories/ Have you read this story? What did you think? You can let me know on Twitter @jlcronshaw. You can now subscribe to this show on iTunes, Blubrry, Stitcher and TuneIn Radio. #scifi #cyborgs #SF #podcast

Elizabeth Bear’s short story Tideline was originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine in March 2007. The version I listened to was in the 2008 anthology We, Robots, edited by Allan Kaster. Tidelines won the 2008 Hugo Award and tells the story of a friendship between a child and a war robot. Have you read this story? What did you think? You can follow this podcast on Twitter @ShortSFReview and follow Jon Cronshaw @jlcronshaw. Please get in touch with any feedback or recommendations. #robots #scifi #HugoAwards #postapocalyptic

The Gernsback Continuum was William Gibson’s first published story, appearing in Universe 11 in 1981. The version I read was reprinted in Mirrorshades: A Cyberpunk Anthology (1986), edited by Bruce Sterling. It tells the story of an arts photographer taking a trip across America to document retro-futuristic architecture. Have you read this story? What did you think? Follow me on Twitter @jlcronshaw. #cyberpunk #scifi #podcast #1980s