(Hard SF) Stories written by current or former scientists on topics that involve their actual expertise, each with a technical afterword. (70,895 words; Time: 3h:56m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Showing posts with label Michael Brotherton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Brotherton. Show all posts
Sunday, December 4, 2016
The Gatherer of Sorrows, by J.M. Sidorova
(Hard SF) Shelly finds that RNA determines if a person is cheerful or gloomy, but the implications of cheerfulness transplants are unexpected. (8,717 words; Time: 29m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Spreading the Seed, by Les Johnson
(Hard SF) The first manned mission to another star departs on a 500-year voyage. (3,866 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Fixer Upper, by Eric Choi
(Hard SF) A Chinese industrialist hires a crew to rehabilitate the abandoned International Space Station for a new purpose. (7,605 words; Time: 25m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
The Schrödinger Brat Paradox, by Carl Frederick
(Hard SF) A physicist and psychologist run an experiment to see if some mental illness has a quantum-mechanical explanation. (7,240 words; Time: 24m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Saturday, December 3, 2016
One for the Conspiracy Theorists, by Jon Richards
(Hard SF) A SETI scientist describes what it would be like to detect a signal from extraterrestrials. (3,199 words; Time: 10m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Sticks and Stones, by Stephanie Osborn
(Hard SF) Bad things are happening to the crew on the ISS, and there's not a lot of time to figure out what's causing them. (7,671 words; Time: 25m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Betelgeuse, by J. Craig Wheeler
(Hard SF) Betelgeuse is going to explode, and two Ais from Earth meet there to study it. (2,569 words; Time: 08m)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
Upside the Head, by Marissa Lingen
(Hard SF) With money from their team, Catherine thinks she's close to a breakthrough treating the head injuries of hockey players. (4,582 words; Time: 15m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Hidden Variables, by Jed Brody
(Hard SF) Stephanie shares a physics breakthrough with her twin sister, Chloe, who's more into transcendental experiences. (4,199 words; Time: 13m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Neural Alchemist, by Tedd Roberts
(Zombie) Ever since he became a zombie, Professor Wissen has felt unwanted by the university, although some of his students think it's kind of cool. (6,302 words; Time: 21m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Unique hard-SF take on zombies
Friday, December 2, 2016
Turing de Force, by Edward M. Lerner
(Hard SF) Two extraterrestrial AIs arrive in our solar system and try to decide whether human beings are intelligent. (3,756 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Thought-provoking and amusing
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Supernova Rhythm, by Andrew Fraknoi
(Hard SF) Eve thinks she sees an impossible pattern in supernovas in a distance galaxy, and she wants to organize her dissertation around it. (1,524 words; Time: 05m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
The Tree of Life, by Jennifer Rohn
(Apocalyptic Hard SF) Even after the aliens arrived, she kept working in her lab, hoping to finish the most important project in her life: a very special apple. (3,696 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Down and Out, by Ken Wharton
(Hard SF) Trying to find "outside," Ogby's team digs into the ice at the bottom of the world, but Roov's team has been getting better results blasting rocks at the top. (5,969 words; Time: 19m)
Rating: ★★★★★ Fantastic story, Solid science, and a Non-human perspective
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