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I'm going to classify this one as an interesting failure ( Read more... )

I'm not sure I'm going to get on with The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixan. I started reading it this morning and I'm already frustrated with it.

Poll Pretend you are a scientist dayIn chapter 5 of TBP, "A game of pool" two scientists (one applied and one theoretical) do some rudimentary experiments where they move a pool table around and sink the eight ball with the cue ball and as ( Read more... )

TL;DR A very nice half-goblin becomes emperor of the elves and everything changes ( Read more... )

TL;DR When roleplaying a Nazi, Maggie the tank gets addicted to orgasms and now wants to kill all humans.

This story first appeared on the internet about fourteen years ago as Bolo fanfic. Much like E.L. James, Kratman decided that what was missing from those stories was creepy nonconsensual BDSM. Yes, this story is basically 50 Shades of Grey ( Read more... )

TL;DR: An emo cloud decides that the whole universe is getting on its nerves and the universe must be destroyed ( Read more... )

TL;DR Two BFFs learn to swordfight and have much manly banter in the Stone House.

"The Journeyman: In the Stone House" is the third of the Analog nominees which does not fit into the category it was nominated in. Much like "Championship B'Tok" and "Flow", this is essentially an except from a novel. And much like "Flow" it is set in a fallen world ( Read more... )

TL;DR An innocent mountain going for a walk is murdered by a samurai. Or is it ( Read more... )

TL;DR - Dresden's head ends up a little bit pregnant and Hades thinks Dresden is so awesome he just wants to shake Harry's hand ( Read more... )

TL;DR Boy rides an iceberg south and discovers boobies. And the sun. But his heart is with the boobies.

"Flow" by Arlan Andrews, Sr. is basically a travelogue and feels like it is probably part of a larger bildunsgroman. (There has been at least one previous story published in Analog ( Read more... )