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"If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister?"
by Theodore Sturgeon
First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967
Preview: The sun has gone supernova and the population of Earth has emigrated to a number of far-flung planets. Charli Bux becomes obsessed with traveling to the planet Vexvelt which, though rich in natural resources, is isolated and shunned by all humanity.
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"If the Stars are Gods"
by Gordon Eklund and Gregory Benford
1974
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IV
Winner of a Nebula for Best Novelette
Preview: Bradley Reynolds travels to an alien ship to initiate first contact with creatures who resemble multi-colored giraffes and who travel to visit stars. These aliens perceive of stars as conscious beings, as gods with personalities and with attitudes toward the creatures of the orbiting planets. They perceive of Earth's sun as both powerful and benevolent, a "rare combination."
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"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
by Harlan Ellison
See the Reading Guide
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Illegal Alien
by Robert J. Sawyer
1997
Preview: A small group of Tosok from Alpha Centauri land on Earth in search of repairs for their starship. When a member of their entourage is murdered, one of the Tosok stands trial for his life.
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"Ill Met in Lankhmar"
by Fritz Leiber
First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1970
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IV
Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella
Winner of a Nebula for Best Novella
Preview: The Grey Mouser and Fafhrd meet in the course of simultaneously stealing jewesl for two thieves. While celebrating they are goaded by their women into agreeing to penetrate the Thieves Guild and slay their leader. But the leader is protected by a sorcerer and his familiars.
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"Incident in Moderan"
by David R. Bunch
First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967
Preview: On the robot world of Moderan, a flesh-and-blood local visits a Stronghold master during a truce in the ongoing war.
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"Inconstant Moon"
by Larry Niven
First published in All the Myriad Ways, 1971
Winner of a Hugo for Best Short Story
Preview: The moon suddenly becomes very bright and a man and his girlfriend wait for the sun to go nova.
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"In Hiding"
by Wilmar H. Shiras
First published in Astounding, November 1948
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIB
Preview: When psychiatrist Peter Welles is asked to treat 12-year-old Timothy Paul, he discovers that the boy is a genius hiding his abilities under a veneer of normality.
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Inkdeath
by Cornelia Funke
See the Reading Guide to The Inkheart Trilogy
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
See the Reading Guide to The Inkheart Trilogy
Inkspell
by Cornelia Funke
See the Reading Guide to The Inkheart Trilogy
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"Interlocking Pieces"
by Molly Gloss
See the Reading Guide.
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"The Invisible Man"
by H. G. Wells
First published in Pearson's Weekly, June 12, 1897
Preview: A man who has learned how to make himself invisible becomes mad with power.
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"The Island of Dr. Moreau"
by H. G. Wells
First published in Saturday Review of Literature, January 1895
Preview: A shipwrecked man is rescured and brought to an island where a doctor is experimenting with turning animals into humans.
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"It's a Good Life"
by Jerome Bixby
See the Reading Guide
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It's Superman!
by Tom De Haven
See the general guide to The Superman Saga
 
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