On Her Shoulders, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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★★☆☆☆

(First Contact) A young astronomy graduate student makes a remarkable discovery, and following it up affects the rest of her life. (7,967 words; Time: 26m)

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It Came from the Coffee Maker, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Robot SF) An AI coffee-making machine broods about how it’s vast intellect is simply wasted, and it seeks some form of vengeance on the humans who created it. (2,486 words; Time: 08m)

Not Far Enough, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(Hard SF; Captain Nick Aames) When an accident strikes, the Mars crew have to figure out how to salvage what they can and somehow survive until help can arrive. (25,844 words; Time: 1h:26m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Great Survival Tale

Black Orbit, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(Hard SF) Cynthia had the evidence to send the crooked Initiative officers to prison, but how to get it from Jupiter back to Earth? (9,695 words; Time: 32m)

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement

Brigas Nunca Mais, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(Hard SF; Captain Nick Aames) The surprising tale of how Nick Ames, the famous, no-nonsense captain on the Earth-Mars run, had such a disastrous first wedding that there was no marriage. (7,400 words; Time: 24m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

In Its Shadow, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(SF) From time immemorial, the Afin have worshiped The Sphere, but with the coming of science, there are those who want to study it as well. (~7,700 words)

Rating: 3, Average

 

Early Warning, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(Time Travel) Art's twenty-years-future self returns to warn the graduate student that he's about to ruin his life. (3,297 words)

Rating: 4, Recommended

 

Racing to Mars, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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(Hard SF; Captain Nick Aames) A violent lady doctor, an abusive captain, and the ship's owner's spoiled 20-year-old son on a trip to Mars--what could go wrong? (21,000 words; Time: 1h:10m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

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Today I Am Paul, by Martin L. Shoemaker

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Alzheimer's patient's family can't visit her very often, so they buy a robot to fool her into thinking they're visiting her. The robot tells the story. (4,920 words; Time: 16m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended

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