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| • "Adam and No Eve" • "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans. . ." • "After the Days of Dead-Eye Dee" •"Air Raid" "The Algorithms for Love" • "All You Zombies--"• "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" •The Amber Spyglass • American Gods •"And I Awoke And Found Me Here. . ." •"And the Angels Sing" • "And Then There Were None" • "Angel"• "Arena" • "At the Rialto" •"Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters" •"Aye, and Gomorrah" • |
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| "Adam and No Eve" |
| by Alfred Bester First published in Astounding, September 1941 Collected in Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masri |
| Preview: The last man alive, the man responsible for reducing Earth to ashes, crawls toward the sea. |
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| "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W" |
| by Harlan Ellison First published in Deathbird Stories, 1975 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novelette |
| Preview: Lawrence Talbot attempts to find peace by sending a cell-sized duplicate of himself inside his body to locate his soul. |
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| "After the Days of Dead-Eye Dee" |
| by Pat Cadigan Orginally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985 Collected in The Norton Book of Science Fiction |
| Preview: Middle-aged Meridee Perry, home alone while her husband has gone camping, is approached by an alien who emerges from the trees at the end of her property. |
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| "Air Raid" |
| by John Varley See Reading Guide |
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| "The Algorithms for Love" |
| by Ken Liu See Reader's Guide |
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| "All You Zombies--" |
| by Robert A. Heinlein See Reading Guide |
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| "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" |
| by Cordwainer Smith First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1961 Collected in The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin and Brian Attebery |
| Preview: In the far future the Instrumentality has resurrected ancient culture with its attendant problems and disease. A couple sets off to consult a computer that functions as an oracle. |
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| The Amber Spyglass |
| by Philip Pullman See General Guide to the His Dark Materials Trilogy |
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| American Gods |
| by Neil Gaiman 2001 Winner of the Hugo for Best Novel Winner of the Nebula for Best Novel Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Novel |
| Preview: Upon his release from prison, Shadow Man is hired by Wednesday (Odin) to accompany him as he travels American recruiting the old gods and preparing for a climactic battle with the new gods of modern society. |
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| "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" |
| by James Tiptree Jr. See Reading Guide |
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| "And the Angels Sing" |
| by Kate Wilhelm See the Reading Guide |
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| ". . .And Then There Were None" |
| by Eric Frank Russell See the Reading Guide |
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| "Angel" |
| by Pat Cadigan First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987 |
| Preview: An alien and a human form a symbiotic relationship, but a woman who had previously been involved with the alien tries to take him back. |
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| "Arena" |
| by Frederic Brown See the Reading Guide |
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| "At the Rialto" |
| by Connie Willis Originally published in Omni, October 1989 Collected in Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masri Winner of the Nebula for Best Novelette |
| Preview: Dr. Ruth Baringer's experiences attending a physics conference at the Rialto in Hollywood, California, exemplify the workings of quantum theory. |
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| "Aunt Parnetta's Electric Blisters" |
| by Diane Glancy First published in Glancy's short story collection Trigger Dance, 1990 Collected in The Norton Book of Science Fiction |
| Preview: An old Indian woman begins to identify with her new refrigerator. |
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| "Aye, and Gomorrah" |
| by Samuel R. Delany First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 Winner of a Nebula for Best Short Story |
| Preview: Spacers are neutered so as to be able to work in outer space. Spacers on leave are solicited by a frelk, a person whose desires drive him or her to pay for sexual liaisons. |
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