Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February Highlights: Science Fictional Love http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/F39i2wnBmCs/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/february-highlights-science-fictional-love/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:43:13 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1816 Hearts (Explored!)Love crosses the boundaries between species, biochemistries and body configurations. Check out these uncommon love stories for a SF Valentine’s Day.

• Queen Bee by Keith Brooke
• It Takes Two by Nicola Griffith
• Ishmael in Love by Robert Silverberg
• Rachel in Love by Pat Murphy
• The Perfect Lover by Paul Di Filippo
• The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Merced
• Sleeping With Bears by Theodora Goss

And a little music to get you in the mood for romance:

Errol’s “Geek Love Song“

and the Kelly Family‘s “Fell in Love with an Alien“

Image: Hearts (Explored!) by qthomasbower on Flickr.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/february-highlights-science-fictional-love/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/february-highlights-science-fictional-love/ Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/CpmDqM1m31M/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/operation-haystack-by-frank-herbert/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:32:05 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1746 Title: Operation Haystack

Author: Frank Herbert

Length: short story

First Publication: Astounding Science Fiction (Analog), 1959

What the Story is About: Behind a successful man is an ambitious woman with excellent breeding.

It’s hard to ferret out a gang of fanatics; it would, obviously, be even harder to spot a genetic line of dedicated men. But the problem Orne had was one step tougher than that!

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/operation-haystack-by-frank-herbert/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/operation-haystack-by-frank-herbert/ Missing Link by Frank Herbert http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/X292T0k8jxI/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:28:22 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1743 Title: Missing Link

Author: Frank Herbert

Length: short story

First Publication: Astounding Science Fiction (Analogue), 1959

What the Story is About: Primate-like aliens captures an exploratory ship and the Rediscovery & Re-education agent sent to solve the problem uses the aliens’ biology to help solve the problem.

The Romantics used to say that the eyes were the windows of the Soul. A good Alien Xenologist might not put it quite so poetically … but he can, if he’s sharp, read a lot in the look of an eye!

• Find alternate text formats at FeedBooks.
• Listen to the Audio version from Libravox.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/missing-link-by-frank-herbert/ One Million Years BFE by Merrie Haskell http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/6-kp1MuOgi0/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/one-million-years-bfe-by-merrie-haskell/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:25:10 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1740 Title: One Million Years B.F.E.: Diary of an Anthropologist in Exile

Author: Merrie Haskell

Length: short story

First Publication: Town Drunk, 2006

What the Story is About: Amusing story of an anthropologist exiled to live with early hominids.

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Author: Dru Pagliassotti

Length: short story

First Publication: Ideomancer, 2004

What the Story is About: Clones don’t always live up to their originals:
The “Boys from Brazil” project was an abject failure, which sorely disappointed the white supremacists, occultists, neo-Nazis and other sinners who’d hoped that unleashing a set of Hitler clones would counter the Second Coming.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/josephs-plaint-by-dru-pagliassotti/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/josephs-plaint-by-dru-pagliassotti/ The Manufactory by Dru Pagliassotti http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/AldjfTDwJbo/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-manufactory-by-dru-pagliassotti/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:18:17 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1733 Title: The Manufactory

Author: Dru Pagliassotti

Length: short story

First Publication: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, 2009

What the Story is About: A horrific tale of a Victorian “resurrection man”.

Listen to the Audio version at Beyond Ceaseless Skies

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Author: K Tempest Bradford

Length: short story

First Publication: Sybil’s Garage, 2009

What the Story is About: A woman gives her all to help her ailing mother…

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Author: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Length: novel

First Publication: 1923

What the Story is About: An aging countess undergoes special treatments to restore her body to youthfulness.

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Black Oxen and the regain of youth
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You can find alternative book formats at ManyBooks.

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Author: Tobias S. Buckell

Length: short story

First Publication: Clarkesworld Magazine, 2010

What the Story is About: What do you do when you find a brand new planet with a patentable ecosystem and possibly intelligent life?

Listen to the Audio version at Clarkesworld Magazine.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-jar-of-goodwill-by-tobias-s-buckell/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/a-jar-of-goodwill-by-tobias-s-buckell/ The Great Old Pumpkin by John Aegard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/5hSYGV3QWYE/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-great-old-pumpkin-by-john-aegard/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:59:39 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1712 Title:

Author: John Aegard

Length: Short Story

First Publication: Strange Horizons, 2004

What the Story is About: A member of the Van Pelt family stalks the Great Pumpkin, along with his companion – a pilot in the Great War. (Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is.)

You can listen to the audio version of this story at Escape Pod.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-great-old-pumpkin-by-john-aegard/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-great-old-pumpkin-by-john-aegard/ The Waters of Meribah by Tony Ballantyne http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/IU58Df9M7BU/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-waters-of-meribah-by-tony-ballantyne/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:36:19 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1697 Title: The Waters of Meribah

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Interzone, 2003

What the Story is About: Buddy Joe pays for his crime by being fitted for an alien suit. From the introduction to the story in Year’s Best SF 9:

It is about the nature of the universe and the human desire to understand it and manipulate it, and the utter disaster that results. It it also about the old SF idea of scientists making monsters.

]]> http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-waters-of-meribah-by-tony-ballantyne/feed/ 0 http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/the-waters-of-meribah-by-tony-ballantyne/ Takeaway by Tony Ballantyne http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BiologyInSFFreeFiction/~3/dJj1QvRhyq8/ http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/takeaway-by-tony-ballantyne/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:35:22 +0000 Peggy http://sciencefictionbiology.com/directory/?p=1700 Title: Takeaway

Author: Tony Ballantyne

Length: short story

First Publication: Nature Futures, 2009

What the Story is About: What does it mean when the ants ordered Chinese take out?

Note: story is a pdf file

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