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| • "E for Effort" •"Earthman, Come Home" •"Encounter With a Hick" • "Ender's Game" • "Enemy Mine" •"Enter a Soldier. . ." • Eragon •"Ersatz"• "The Escaping" •"Eurema's Dam" • "Eutopia" •"Evensong" •" Eyes of Amber" • Eyre Affair • |
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| "E for Effort" |
| by T. L. Sherred First published in Astounding, May 1947 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIB |
| Preview: Two men who have a device that can replay any historical event decide to try to use it to make war impossible by revealing the secret alliances and plans of world leaders. |
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| "Earthman, Come Home" |
| by James Blish First published as "Okie" in Astounding, April 1950 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIB |
| Preview: When an Okie City from Earth makes permanent landfall on an inhabited planet in the Greater Magellanic Cloud, the Okies realize they have found IMT, the city that had committed the atrocities of Thor V |
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| "Encounter With a Hick" |
| by Jonathan Brand First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: A man in a bar at the Colloquium of the Universe encounters an attendee from another planet who describes his planet's creation myth. |
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| "Ender's Game" |
| by Orson Scott Card First published in Analog, August 1977 Basis of the novel Ender's Game and its prequels and sequels |
| Preview: Ender Wiggins, 11, leads an army of children in a series of war games against other armies of children to prepare for a war waged on an alien force. After posting the best record in Battle School, Ender is promoted to Command School where he uses what he thinks are simulations to learn to fight a distant enemy. |
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| "Enemy Mine" |
| by Barry Longyear First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella Winner of a Nebula for Best Novella Made into a film (1985) starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. |
| Preview: During a space battle a human and a Drac crash land on a planet and must cooperate to survive. |
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| "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another" |
| by Robert Silverberg First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1989 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novelette |
| Preview: In 2130 Lew Richardson programs historical simulations with artificial intelligence capable of autonomous thought. When his Francesco Pizarro is a success, his supervisor suggests that he program Socrates and have the two meet and interact. |
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| Eragon |
| by Christopher Paolini 2003 Inheritance, Book One |
| Preview: The dragon Saphira hatches for the orphaned peasant boy Eragon who thus beomes the first Rider since evil King Galbatorix destroyed their kind. With the help of the old storyteller Brom, Eragon learns to wield his powers. Fleeing from those who would destroy him and his dragon, Eragon seeks out the Varden, the dwarves and the elves who defy the King. |
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| "Ersatz" |
| by Henry Slesar First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: Tod Halstead, a lone soldier wandering the barren countryside in a post-atomic worlkd, finally comes across a Peace Station, a rest area for weary survivors. |
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| "The Escaping" |
| by David R. Bunch First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: A man fantasizes meaningless tasks to escape the imprisoning reality of his existence. |
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| "Eurema's Dam" |
| by R.A. Lafferty First published in New Dimensions II, 1972 |
| Preview: Albert's massive inferiority complex leads him to invent fantastic machines. |
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| "Eutopia" |
| by Poul Anderson First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: Iason Phillippou of the perfect world of Eutopia is sent to Norland to learn how the societies of alternate Earth developed. But he violates a social taboo and has to flee for his life. When he repots to his superiors, he discovers the significance of the differences between the primitive society of his mission and the society of his beloved homeland |
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| "Evensong" |
| by Lester del Rey First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: An entity lands on an uninhabited planet in a flight from the Usurpers who had held him captive. |
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| "Eyes of Amber" |
| by Joan D. Vinge First published in Analog, June 1977 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novelette |
| Preview: Lady T'uupieh, a gossamer-winged native of Titan, has been hired to assassinate her brother-in-law and his entire family, including her sister. T'uupieh is equipped with a probe being used on Earth by linguist/musician Shannon Wyler to observe and communicate with her. When his superiors want to broadcast the assassination Shannon decides to try to talk T'uupieh out of her mission. |
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| The Eyre Affair |
| by Jasper Fforde See the Reading Guide to The Thursday Next Novels |
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