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KharBevNor:
Novels are great, but I've always been a real sucker for really good sci-fi short stories. I think some of the best writing of the genre is in this format. What do you think? Any recommendations? I feel like I have read all the essential classics but you just don't know!

StaedlerMars:
This is a genre I'm extremely interested in, but sadly haven't read much from. I've read most of Philip K. Dick's short work (Minority Report  et all) and enjoyed it. I'm about to dig into a Gene Wolf collection, forgot it's name though.

De_El:
My favorite sci-fi short stories are by J.G. Ballard, Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury. I had for a little while a really good collection of Ellison's short stories called Paingod and Other Delusions until my sister borrowed it and never gave it back. For a little while in April and May I was working my way through an anthology of Ballard's complete short stories, but I didn't finish it before having to return it, and at that point I sort of wanted a break. It was really interesting though, seeing the progression of his style and interests over time.

Graphite:
Seconding Harlan Ellison and especially Ray Bradbury - if you can find his sci-fi/fantasy sort of collection, The October Country, it is wonderful. It has some strong moments of horror, though, so be aware. I'm not even usually a fan of stories with horror themes, but some of these are just so beautifully executed that I couldn't abandon the collection once I realised it would scare me a little bit, and it's more psychological speculation with fantastical themes than blood/gore/spook stuff.
There's also a Peter Carey collection called The Fat Man In History with some very strong character-focused sci fi/speculative fiction.

Buttfranklin:
Recently finished The Winds of Change, a collection of 21 Asimov stories.  A handful were pretty lame and dated, but there were a handful that were typical, great Asimov.  One of a tour guide saving her colony from sabotage, another of a Computer communicating with an alien object hurtling toward Earth, and two good ones of a man who had a little demon friend who he could convince to do favors for his friends (which always turn out to be pretty mean favors.)

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