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Fulfillment (Short story)

Bones — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 05:57:17 +0000

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The story

When a very far future super-calculator, almost omniscient and omnipotent, sees, coming from the past, another machine with huge powers, it can only take it for a threat. … Lire la suite...

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The City (Short story)

Bones — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:49:55 +0000

Located on a random planet orbiting around a lost star from the Galaxy’s rim, the City waits since two thousands years that somebody comes to wake her up.

Then, when strangers land in their space … Lire la suite...

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The Sentinel (Short story)

Bones — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:57:19 +0000

Written in 1948, this Arthur C. Clarke’s short story was only published in 1951 in the magazine Story Fantasy under the title Sentinel of Eternity.

The story

While a scientific team was here … Lire la suite...

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Born of Man and Woman (Short story)

Bones — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:49:30 +0000

Published for the first time in 1950 in Magazine of Fantasy ans Science Fiction, Born of Man and Woman is a very short story (two pages top) at the first person relating the everyday … Lire la suite...

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Robot dreams (Short story)

Bones — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:29:31 +0000

Published in 1986 to introduce the homonymous collection, the Robot Dreams short story, as its title indicates, talks about LVX-1 – nicknamed Elvex – a positronic robot which chance and young roboticist’s boldness have provided … Lire la suite...

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Sentry (Short story)

Bones — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:51:30 +0000

That very-short story, probably his most famous one, was published for the first time in 1954 in the Galaxy Science Fiction magazine.

The story

This story tells us the run of bad luck – fear, … Lire la suite...

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We can remember it for you wholesale (Short story)

Bones — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:04:18 +0000

The Story

When we are a limited little employee with no ambition, with the minimum wages allowing to just live every day, it’s hard to realise one’s dreams, especially if they are ambitious. Fortunately, … Lire la suite...

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Impostor (Short story)

Bones — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:49:07 +0000

The story

In 2075, humans are at war against a very belligerent extraterrestrial specie came from Alpha Centaurus. From one planet to another, the enemy has repelled us to Earth where only the invention … Lire la suite...

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I have no mouth and I must scream (Short story)

Bones — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 03:41:55 +0000

When I read this short story for the first time fifteen years ago, I remembered that it appeared among my favourite short stories. I read it again and I re-examine my judgment: I have no … Lire la suite...

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[The title is a stain] (Short story)

Bones — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:24:06 +0000

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The story

« What is this stain on the wall? It looks like ink, but darker than the night itself. Maybe fatigue. I blink… and it disappears. Not quite. It’s on the … Lire la suite...

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