Short Science Fiction Review

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