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Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi - John Scalzi

By John Scalzi

Release Date: 2016-12-31

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. 

Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi.

These four stories, along with fourteen other pieces, have one thing in common: They’re short, sharp, and to the point—science fiction in miniature, with none of the stories longer than 2,300 words. But in that short space exist entire universes, absurd situations, and the sort of futuristic humor that propelled Scalzi to a Hugo with his novel Redshirts. Not to mention yogurt taking over the world (as it would). 

Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best, and features four never-before-printed stories, exclusive to this collection: “Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth,” “Your Smart Appliances Talk About You Behind Your Back,” “Important Holidays on Gronghu” and “The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest.”

John Scalzi is the New York Times bestselling author of Old Man’s War, Lock In and Redshirts, among others. His work has won the Hugo and Locus Awards and been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell Awards. He lives in Ohio and online. He enjoys pie.

Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi - John Scalzi

By John Scalzi

Release Date: 2016-12-31

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4 (31 ratings)
Read Download
The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. 

Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi.

These four stories, along with fourteen other pieces, have one thing in common: They’re short, sharp, and to the point—science fiction in miniature, with none of the stories longer than 2,300 words. But in that short space exist entire universes, absurd situations, and the sort of futuristic humor that propelled Scalzi to a Hugo with his novel Redshirts. Not to mention yogurt taking over the world (as it would). 

Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best, and features four never-before-printed stories, exclusive to this collection: “Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth,” “Your Smart Appliances Talk About You Behind Your Back,” “Important Holidays on Gronghu” and “The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest.”

John Scalzi is the New York Times bestselling author of Old Man’s War, Lock In and Redshirts, among others. His work has won the Hugo and Locus Awards and been nominated for the Nebula and Campbell Awards. He lives in Ohio and online. He enjoys pie.

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After the Coup

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The Human Division #1: The B-Team

Fuzzy Nation

The Shattering Peace

The Human Division #2: Walk the Plank

Head On

The Human Division #3: We Only Need the Heads

The Android's Dream

The Human Division #4: A Voice in the Wilderness

The Human Division #5: Tales From the Clarke

The Human Division #6: The Back Channel

The Human Division #7: The Dog King

The Human Division #9: The Observers

The End of All Things #1: The Life of the Mind

The Human Division #8: The Sound of Rebellion

The Human Division #10: This Must Be the Place

The Human Division #11: A Problem of Proportion

The Human Division #12: The Gentle Art of Cracking Heads

The Human Division #13: Earth Below, Sky Above

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Agent to the Stars

The God Engines

The End of All Things #2: This Hollow Union

When the Moon Hits Your Eye

The End of All Things #3: Can Long Endure

Unlocked

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Questions for a Soldier

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