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"Face Value"
by Karen Joy Fowler
See Reading Guide
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"Faith of Our Fathers"
by Philip K. Dick
First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967
Preview: In Hanoi in an indeterminate future, when a Communist Vietnamese bureaucrat takes an anti-hallucinogen, he sees a machine instead of the Leader giving a televised address, and he is invited to join an underground resistance group and determine the real identity of the Leader.
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The Fall of Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
See the Reading Guide to Hyperion Cantos
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"Fire Watch"
by Connie Willis
Winner of the Hugo for Best Novelette
Winner of the Nebula for Best Novelette

Preview: An ill-prepared history student travels back in time for his practica to St. Paul's Cathedral during the London Blitz in 1940 and joins the Fire Watch of volunteers who put out fires during air raids.

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"First Contact"
by Murray Leinster
See the Reading Guide
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"Flies"
by Robert Silverberg
First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967
Preview: Richard Cassiday is rescued from a wrecked spacship and restored to health by aliens who also implant in him the ability to absorb the emotions of others and report the sensations back to the aliens. When Cassiday returns to Earth, he reunites with each of his ex-wives with results surprising to the aliens.
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"Flowers for Algernon"
by Daniel Keyes
See the Reading Guide
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"Flowers of Edo"
by Bruce Sterling
First published as "Edo no Hana" in SF Magazine in Toyko in October 1886 in a translation by Takashi Ogawa
First published in English in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987
Preview: After a fire destroys a section of the city, the Emperor decrees that the destroyed area be rebuilt to modern Western standards. Two drunken revelers venture into the new district to visit with artist Tasio Yoshitoshi who has begun to create works on modern topics.
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"Fondly Fahrenheit"
by Alfred Bester
See the Reading Guide
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"For a Breath I Tarry"
by Roger Zelazny
See the Reading Guide.
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"Forever Yours, Anna"
by Kate Wilhelm
See the Reading Guide
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Forward the Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
See the Reading Guide to the Foundation and Robot Novels
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Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
See the Reading Guide to the Foundation and Robot Novels
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Foundation and Earth
by Isaac Asimov
See the Reading Guide to the Foundation and Robot Novels
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Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
See the Reading Guide to the Foundation and Robot Novels
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Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov
See the Reading Guide to the Foundation and Robot Novels
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Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
See the Reading Guide
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"Freezeframe"
by Gregory Benford
First published in Interzone, Fall 1986
Preview: A power couple uses genetic manipulation to control their son's birth and physical and mental growth rates in order to accommodate their fast-paced lifestyle.
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Friday
by Robert A. Heinlein
1983
Preview: Friday, an artificial human, works as a secret courier who must deal with personal problems as she tries to complete one last mission.
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"The Fringe"
by Orson Scott Card
First published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1985
Preview: In a harsh land functioning on the edge of subsistence, a crippled teacher informs on the town's black marketeers and their children wreak revenge.
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"From the Government Printing Office"
by Kris Neville
First published in Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, 1967
Preview: A three and a half year old boy recounts the way his parents try to mold him into developing the personality they want.
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