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Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with twists?

8 pointsby notomorrowover 3 years ago
I am compiling short sci-fi stories to read for the next 4 months. Any recommendation?

7 comments

denton-scratchover 3 years ago
I think all the short stories in Ray Bradbury&#x27;s collection &quot;The Illustrated Man&quot; have twists. Strong recommend, if you&#x27;ve never read it.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Illustrated_Man" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Illustrated_Man</a><p>The Sentinel, by Arthur C. Clarke, certainly has a twist. But it doesn&#x27;t come as a surprise nowadays, because everyone&#x27;s seen 2001.<p>Hmmm. Many of Kurt Vonnegut&#x27;s stories have astonishing twists, but I can&#x27;t think of any that are short (although I guess most of the early ones were initially magazine serials).
mikewarotover 3 years ago
Wikihistory - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tor.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;08&#x2F;31&#x2F;wikihistory&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tor.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;08&#x2F;31&#x2F;wikihistory&#x2F;</a><p>A sound of thunder - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.astro.sunysb.edu&#x2F;fwalter&#x2F;AST389&#x2F;ASoundofThunder.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.astro.sunysb.edu&#x2F;fwalter&#x2F;AST389&#x2F;ASoundofThunder.p...</a><p>The last question - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.physics.princeton.edu&#x2F;ph115&#x2F;LQ.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.physics.princeton.edu&#x2F;ph115&#x2F;LQ.pdf</a>
timonokoover 3 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;100964572&#x2F;Larry-Niven-Bordered-in-Black" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;100964572&#x2F;Larry-Niven-Bordered-in...</a>
MilnerRouteover 3 years ago
William Gibson&#x27;s &quot;Burning Chrome&quot;.<p>(Provided the rough skeleton for the movie &quot;Johnny Mnemonic&quot;.) Appears in a collection of Gibson stories also titled Burning Chrome.
IronWolveover 3 years ago
Older stuff, Man-Kzin Wars, Stainless Steel Rat<p>Newer stuff, We Are Bob, Undying Mercenaries. Expeditionary Force, Old Man Wars<p>Risky Stuff, Forbidden Thoughts<p>All kinds of twists in the stories.
mathematicallyover 3 years ago
Emergency Skin - N. K. Jemisin
andrei_says_over 3 years ago
8 o’clock in the morning is great.