20 must-read short stories books like The Tunesmith by Lloyd Biggle Jr.

The Tunesmith

By: Lloyd Biggle Jr.

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

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Cover of Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4) by Isaac Asimov

1. Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Os mais espetáculares contos do mestre da ficção científica estão reunidos nesta antologia. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"And Elvex said, "I was the man." - In "Robot dreams" (Short story)"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

"Yet, if there is the possibility of this satisfaction from accurate prophecy in science fiction, there is also the reverse. Science fiction offers its writers chances of embarrassment that no other f…"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

"And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer--by demonstration--w…"

-Isaac Asimov, Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

Cover of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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3. The Tunnel Under the World

By: Frederik Pohl

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

"The Tunnel under the World" was first published in 1954 in Galaxy magazine. On the morning of June… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, Rick Berry

4. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

By: Harlan Ellison , Rick Berry

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A rebel inhabits a world where conformity and punctuality are top priorities and the Ticktockman ca… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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5. All You Zombies

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.80

Format: 152 pages, ebook

First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - March, 1959 - the story involves a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

6. The Gun

By: Philip K. Dick

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appear… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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7. Sandkings

By: George R.R. Martin

3.58

Format: 448 pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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8. Piper in the Woods: A Short Science Fiction Novel

By: Philip K. Dick

3.79

Format: 32 pages,

"Piper in the Woods" is a short science fiction novel written in 1953 for Imagination: Stories of S… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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9. Works of Art

By: James Blish , Gregory Feeley , James Mann

3.62

Format: None pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

10. The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford

By: Roger Zelazny , Philip K. Dick , Steven Owen Godersky

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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11. The Defenders

By: Philip K. Dick

3.13

Format: 192 pages,

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

12. The Variable Man

By: Philip K. Dick , Gregg Margarite

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Audiobook

Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you're going to win… read more

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13. Sandkings

By: George R.R. Martin

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Simon Kress returned to his home planet of Baldur from an offworld business trip, he was amuse… read more

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14. The Skull

By: Philip K. Dick

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. He wasn't concerned about getting the wrong man… read more

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15. Dark They Were and Golden Eyed

By: Ray Bradbury

4.48

Format: None pages, Audio

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16. Mr. Spaceship

By: Philip K. Dick

3.50

Format: 24 pages,

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17. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

By: Isaac Asimov , George R.R. Martin , William Gibson , Ursula K. Le Guin , Orson Scott Card , Robert Silverberg , Michael Swanwick , Robert A. Heinlein , Ray Bradbury , Arthur C. Clarke , Edmond Hamilton , Harry Turtledove , Frederik Pohl , Karen Joy Fowler , C.J. Cherryh , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , James Patrick Kelly , Brian W. Aldiss , James Blish , Theodore Sturgeon , George Alec Effinger , Poul Anderson , John Kessel , Terry Bisson , R.A. Lafferty , Lisa Goldstein , Lloyd Biggle Jr.

3.44

Format: 216 pages,

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18. The Crystal Crypt: A Short Science Fiction Novel

By: Philip K. Dick

3.87

Format: 252 pages,

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19. Call Me Joe

By: Poul Anderson , Frank Kelly Freas

3.98

Format: 240 pages,

Call Me Joe is a science fiction novelette written by Poul Anderson and published in 1957. The plot… read more

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20. Inconstant Moon

By: Larry Niven

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

Seven brilliant short stories by the award-winning author of Ringworld. INCONSTANT MOON: a moon so … read more

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21. Who Can Replace a Man?

By: Brian W. Aldiss

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Contents: Who Can Replace a Man? (1958) Not for an Age (1955) Psyclops (1956) Outside (1955) Dumb S… read more

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22. Beyond Lies the Wub

By: Philip K. Dick

4.07

Format: None pages,

"The wub, sir," Peterson said. "It spoke!" The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk li… read more

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23. You Have Arrived at Your Destination

By: Amor Towles

3.49

Format: 54 pages, Kindle Edition

Nature or nurture? Neither. Discover a bold new way to raise a child in this unsettling story of th… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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24. Randomize

By: Andy Weir

3.53

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

In the near future, if Vegas games are ingeniously scam-proof, then the heists have to be too, in t… read more

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  • short stories
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25. Los nueve mil millones de nombres de Dios

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.76

Format: 21 pages, None

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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26. Passengers

By: Robert Silverberg

3.89

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

He didn't want to be afflicted by the passengers, his own body housing them against his will. This… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

27. Devolution

By: Edmond Hamilton

3.58

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Amazing Science Fiction, December 1936 read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of A Saucer of Loneliness by Theodore Sturgeon

28. A Saucer of Loneliness

By: Theodore Sturgeon

4.00

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Theodore Sturgeon's masterpiece short story. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

29. Eurema's Dam

By: R.A. Lafferty

2.92

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

30. The Tunesmith

By: Lloyd Biggle Jr.

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

None read more

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  • science fiction
  • music
  • short stories

31. Pots

By: C.J. Cherryh

3.33

Format: 17 pages, None

Short story about authorities and scientists in the far future. Their civilization has found Voyag… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

20 must-read science fiction books like The Tunesmith by Lloyd Biggle Jr.

Transform Your Habits

Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4)

Isaac Asimov

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Transform Your Habits

The Tunnel Under the World

Frederik Pohl

5.00

Transform Your Habits

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

Harlan Ellison , Rick Berry

4.43

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Transform Your Habits

Big Bad

Chandler Baker

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Best of Luck

Jason Mott

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

Veronica Roth

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)

Ann Leckie

3.65

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