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Tagged with novel short-stories
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Modern teens are cursed with medieval torture or death
I'm trying to identify a short story or novel I read in English about a group of modern teens (boys and girls both) in a modern (80s/90s) setting who are somehow cursed (be careful what you wish for? ...
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Story that includes imagined music instruments appearing in a room
I'm trying to remember/find out which (older) sci-fi book or short story has a section where the author describes entering a room and an imaginary electronic musical instrument or instruments appear ...
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Book or story which describes "flappers", who lift the ears of a leader when they want them to hear information
I remember reading a book or story in the late 60s or early 70s in which information control to a leader is controlled by "flappers" who lift the ear flaps of the leader when they want to ...
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Small furry alien but very intelligent and good fighter with human male partner
I'm trying to find the name of a short story or novel from the '60s to early '80s.
The human and the alien partner travel in space, solving mysteries or fighting bad guys or just getting rich. The ...
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Post-apocalyptic story published in Asimov's in the 1980s; main character named Georges - travels in time on highways (on foot)
I'm looking for a story published in the 1980s, in Asimov's magazine. The story featured a character named "Georges" (last name starting with "M" - possibly Mordreaux - though that ...
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Novel or short story about glass so thick a widower can see his late wife walking around outside [duplicate]
A novel or short story I read probably 30-40 years ago about a man who lives in a cabin with such thick windows (or glass with special properties) that he can see light that was passing through the ...
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Novel or short story about space-travellers tapping in to stars for energy and it turns out that stars are living things
I read a novel or short story in the '70s about stars being harnessed for energy and it turns out that the stars are living things which are dying from the practice.
The stars were introduced in human ...
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Looking for a fantasy short story/novel - an adventuring party explores a dungeon, dies one by one, and the one survivor becomes a dungeon master
In the early 2000s, I read a fantasy short story. I'm 90% sure it was a short story but it honestly could be a novel. It was in French (I live in France) but I can't remember if it was translated from ...
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Man wakes up from car accident in the future
Trying to find a novel or maybe short story where a man in the 1950s or 60s wakes up after a car accident in a future rehabilitation center. He is angry and hurts or kills someone and they treat him ...
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Story about a girl with a tattoo/symbol on her wrist that is deadly to enemies that touch it
I seem to remember reading this story in a compilation of short YA stories, but it could have been an excerpt from a novel (i.e. basically a promotion of other novels). I seem to remember there were ...
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Short story (or opening chapter of a novel) where a fat man's body is used as a makeshift spaceship
Sci-fi short story (or maybe opening chapter of a novel?) which was read in the late '90s, but could have been written long before that.
The plot involved a ship crewed by four men, two of whom being ...
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Vintage book cover showing humanoid astronauts in upper body EVA suits but a "pod" or "monopant" lower half?
In comments under the Space SE question Why do EVA suits have legs? the OP clarifies that for a humanoid astronaut performing extravehicular activities their suit may not need individual legs but ...
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Story/author/book Identification. Large space station psychiatrist
A couple of stories popped into my head but I can't remember the author. It was about a space station and 2 had the same character, a large bright guy. The first one had him as a worker on the station ...
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Slow destruction of earth because of a robot pulling a lever
The novel/short story is based on a murder mystery whereby the protagonists (robots, I believe) end up on a space ship or planet off of Earth whereby they can save the overpopulated Earth and its 8 ...
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Short Story about Teenagers with Computer Chips Implanted in Their Brains
Maybe I’ve just totally imagined this, but I swear I once read a book or a short story about this group of teenagers who had computer chips implanted in their brains. I keep thinking about it and ...
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