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| "The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things" |
| by Karen Joy Fowler First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985 Collected in The Norton Book of Science Fiction |
| Preview: Under the direction of Dr. Matsui, Heather participates in dream sessions in which she interacts with Daniel, the lover she rejected before he died in Vietnam. |
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| "Land of the Great Horses" |
| by R. A. Lafferty First published in Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, 1967 |
| Preview: All over the world Gypsies walk away from their lives to converge on the location of a mirage in the Indian desert. |
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| The Last Battle |
| by C. S. Lewis See the General Guide to The Chronicles of Narnia |
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| "The Last Castle" |
| by Jack Vance First published in Galaxy, April 1966 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella Winner of a Nebula for Best Novella |
| Preview: Four races have been brought to Earth to serve the human gentlefolk who spend their time in mannered entertainment. One of these races, the Mek, revolt and prepare to destroy the last outpost of humans. |
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| "The Last of the Winnebagos" |
| by Connie Willis First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1988 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella |
| Preview: In the year 2008, dogs are extinct, and the Humane Society hunts down and punishes even people who accidentally kill animals. On the way to Tempe to photograph what might be the last RV, David McComb sees a dead jackal in the road and is reminded of the death of his own dog 15 years earlier. |
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| The Lathe of Heaven |
| by Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 |
| Preview: George Orr, altered by radiation, dreams so effectively that his dreams alter reality |
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| The Left Hand of Darkness |
| by Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 Winner of the Hugo and the Nebula for Best Novel |
| Preview: Genly Ai comes to Gethen, a winter planet, to invite the inhabitants to join the Ekummen. As he struggles to understand the ambisexual natives, he gets caught in a conflict between rival governments. Accompanied by Estraven, a former prime minister of Karhide, he must flee across a glacier in the dead of winter to attempt to complete his mission. |
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| "Liar!" |
| by Isaac Asimov See Reading Guide |
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| Life, the Universe and Everything |
| by Douglas Adams See the Reading Guide to The Hitchhiker's Trilogy |
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| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| by C. S. Lewis See the General Guide to The Chronicles of Narnia |
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| Lisey's Story |
| by Stephen King 2006 |
| Preview: Lisey Landon, widow of a famous author, follows clues left by her late husband in order to draw on his ability to travel to the alternate reality of Boo'ya Moon. |
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| "Listening to Brahms" |
| by Suzy McKee Charnas First published in Omni, September 1986 |
| Preview: Michael Flynn, one of several humans who survived the destruction of Earth because they were cryogenically frozen on a space ship, recounts their encounter with the Kondra, lizard-like aleins with an affinity for Earth culture. |
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| "The Little Black Bag" |
| by C.M. Kornbluth See the Reading Guide |
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| "Lord Randy, My Son" |
| by Joe L. Hensley First published in Dangerous Visions, 1967 |
| Preview: A young, seemingly retarded, boy uses special powers to right wrongs. |
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| "Lost Dorsai" |
| by Gordon R. Dickson First published in Destinies, February 1980 Winner of a Hugo for Best Novella |
| Preview: A Dorsai captain must work with a lost Dorsai, a former mercenary who is now a pacifist, to defend a fortress against great odds. |
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| Lost in a Good Book |
| by Jasper Fforde See the Reading Guide to the Thursday Next Novels |
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| "Love is the Plan the Plan is Death" |
| by James Tiptree, Jr. 1973 Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IV Winner of a Nebula for Best Short Story |
| Preview: This is a story about the triumph of instinct over reason, told from the point of view of Moggadeet who recounts his life and his love for Lililee. |
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| "The Lucky Strike" |
| by Kim Stanley Robinson See the Reading Guide |
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