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"Buffalo" by John Kessel.
Copyright 1991 by John Kessel. Permission is granted to
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IN MAY 1934 H.G. WELLS made a trip to the United States,
where he visited Washington, D.C. and met with Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. Wells, 68 years old, hoped the New Deal
might herald a revolutionary change in the U.S. economy, a
step forward in an "Open Conspiracy" of rational thinkers
that would culminate in a world socialist state. For forty
years he'd subordinated every scrap of his artistic ambition
to promoting this vision. But by 1934 Wells's optimism,
along with his energy for saving the world, was waning.
While in Washington he requested to see something of the
new social welfare agencies, and Harold Ickes, . . .
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"In the Late Cretaceous"
By Connie Willis
Copyright 1991 by Connie Willis. Permission is granted to
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"It was in the Late Cretaceous that predators reached their
full flowering," Dr. Othniel said. "Of course, carnivorous
dinosaurs were present from the Middle Triassic on, but it
was in the Late Cretaceous, with the arrival of the
albertosaurus, the velociraptor, the deinonychus, and of
course, the tyrannosaurus rex, that the predatory dinosaur
reached its full strength, speed, and sophistication."
Dr. Othniel wrote, "LATE CRETACEOUS--PREDATORS" on the
board. He suffered from arthritis and a tendency to stoop,
and the combination made him write only on the lower third
of the chalkboard. He wrote, "ALB . . .
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DOG'S LIFE
A Short Story by Martha Soukup
Copyright 1991 by TSR, Inc. Permission is granted to
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"You're _ w_ h_ a_ t?" asked Angela.
Herb, a large, dusty-beige dog, sat beside a cardboard box
that contained the few items--a bone, a catnip mouse, a couple of
worn blankets--that the animals agreed they could rightfully claim
as theirs. The Siamese, Wayfarer, lay curled atop it.
"We're moving out," Herb said. Wayfarer gave a triumphant
flick of her tail.
"But why?"
"Animals," said Martin. "Don't have an ounce of gratitude."
"_ G_ r_ a_ t_ i_ t_ u_ d_ e," Wayfarer sneered. "Gratitude for being locked
up in this dingy house when there are cats out there I have a . . .
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Stories in the library:
The following are all short stories nominated for the Hugo Award, to be
presented at the 1992 WorldCon in Orlando, Florida. To vote on the
Hugos, one has to be a member of the worldcon. Supporting memberships
are available for $25. See the file "hugo_ballot.Z"
"Dog's Life" By Martha Soukup. 3300 words.
dogs_life.Z A sentient dog and cat declare independence with different_
goals.
"One Perfect Morning, with Jackals"
perfectmorn.Z By Mike Resnick. 3200 words.
A Story set at the founding of Kirinyaga.
"Winter Solstice"
wintersolst.Z By Mike Resnick. 4800 words.
Merlin's backwards-in-time life isn't pleasant.
"A Walk in the Sun"
walkinthesun.Z By Geoffrey Landis. 6400 words.
A ship that was never meant to land, does.
"Press Ann" By Terry Bisson. 1100 words.
press_ann.Z An encounter with a sentient ATM.
"Buffalo" By John Kessel. 7000 words
buffalo.Z Kessel's father encounters H.G. Wells.
"In the Late Cretaceous"
cretaceous.Z By Connie W . . .
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Copyright 1991 by Davis Publishing. Permission is granted to
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A "Kirinyaga" story @ 3,200 words
ONE PERFECT MORNING, WITH JACKALS
by Mike Resnick
Copyright (c) 1991 Davis Publishing
Ngai is the creator of all things. He made the lion and the
elephant, the vast savannah and the towering mountains, the Kikuyu
and the Maasai and the Wakamba.
Thus, it was only reasonable for my father's father and _ h_ i_ s
father's father to believe that Ngai was all-powerful. Then the
Europeans came, and they killed all the animals, and they covered
the savannahs with their factories and the mountains with their
cities, and they assimilated the Maasai a . . .
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PRESS
ANN
by Terry Bisson
Copyright 1991 by Terry Bisson. Permission is granted to
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WELCOME TO CASH-IN-A-FLASH
1342 LOCATIONS
TO SERVE YOU CITYWIDE
PLEASE INSERT YOUR CASH-IN-A-FLASH CARD
THANK YOU
NOW ENTER YOUR CASH-IN-A-FLASH NUMBER
THANK YOU
PLEASE SELECT DESIRED SERVICE--
DEPOSIT
WITHDRAWAL
BALANCE
WEATHER
"Weather?"
"What's the problem, Em?"
"Since when do these things give the weather?"
"Maybe it's some new thing. Just get the cash. It's 6:22 and
we're going to be late."
WITHDRAWAL
THANK YOU
WITHDRAWAL FROM--
SAVINGS
CHECKING
CREDIT LINE
OTHER
CHECKING
THANK YOU
PLEASE ENTER DESIRED AMOUNT--
$20
$60
$100
$200
$60
$60 FOR A MOVI . . .
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Welcome to the electronic repository of the stories nominated for this
year's Hugo Award. In a move I believe is unprecedented, all the
nominated stories are available here in one place prior to the close of
balloting. They are here, free for your personal use only -- they are
not to be redistributed or republished in any form.
One of the things being done here is the measurement of interest
in the electronic publishing of science fiction -- "cyberbooks,"
as Ben Bova called it. So if you want to give these stories to
a friend, and the friend has FTP or E-mail access, just have them
them come here directly. Don't put the stories up in any public
archives or BBSs. If your friend doesn't have computer access, you
can still loan them copies, if you send a simple E-mail message
to "copied-sf@clarinet.com." Just send a message with the name of
the stories copied. You may do this only until July 31.
The writers are, of course, also hoping that you'll vote for their
stori . . .
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How to read these stories:
As part of the experiment in Electronic SF, I encourage you to read
these stories on a computer screen. I find that a laptop or notebook
is best. Aside from the fact that you can adjust your posture and
read in bed or elsewhere, an LCD screen seems to be a lot more comfortable
to look at, even at low resolution, than even the best CRT. LCD's don't
flicker and they have sharp edges. Some have suggested that it is
best an LCD screen have a white border -- avoid the high contrast of
the black cases most notebooks have with the white screen background.
Some people even put white tape around the border of their screen to
make it easier on the eyes. Try what is to your taste.
The stories contain underlining (for italics) and in some rare cases,
bold face. These are done with backspaces. Unix programs like "more"
and "less" understand this just fine. If you don't have a good reading
program, use "col -b" to remove these features. If you don't have
"c . . .
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Copyright 1991 by Geofffrey A. Landis. Permission is granted to
the downloader to read this story, but further distribution,
republishing or the placement of this story in other archives
without the permission of the author is prohibited. All
Rights Reserved.
First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
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A Walk in the Sun
by Geoffrey A. Landis.
The pilots have a saying: a good landing is any landing
you can walk away from.
Perhaps Sanjiv might have done better, if he'd been
alive. Trish had done the best she could. All things
considered, it was a far better landing than she had any
right to expect.
Titanium struts, pencil-slender, had never been designed
to take the force of a landing. Paper-thin pressure walls
had buckled and shattered, spreading wreckage out into the
vacuum and across a square kilometer of lunar surface. An
instant before impact she remembered . . .
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Copyright 1991 by The Mercury Press. Permission is granted to
the downloader to read this story, but further distribution,
republishing or the placement of this story in other archives
without the permission of the author is prohibited. All Rights
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@ 4,800 words
WINTER SOLSTICE
by Mike Resnick
Copyright (c) 1991 The Mercury Press
It is not easy to live backwards in time, even when you are
Merlin the Magnificent. You would think it would be otherwise,
that you would remember all the wonders of the future, but those
memories grow dim and fade more quickly than you might suppose. I
know that Gallahad will win his duel tomorrow, but already the
name of his son has left me. In fact, does he even have a son?
Will he live long enough to pass on his noble blood? I think
perhaps he may, I thin . . .
