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A Game of Consequences [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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 Langford is known for his comedy, but this story is more horrifying than funny. It traces the development of scientists in their youth, noting the dangerous games they tend to play, and extrapolates this to a future project that may be the last game of all for humanity. Langford tells us that the teenage stunts portrayed here are "largely biographical," making this story even more chilling. (Published: 1998)
Words: 3545 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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Out of Space, Out of Time [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Weird multi-dimensional maths, physics and Lovecraftiana in 1930s Miskatonic University. (Published: 1998)
Words: 5726 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
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Outbreak by J*mes Wh*te [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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This alien-contact-style parody of the James White "Sector General" stories displays some of Langford's typical dry British humour. (Published: 1985)
Words: 2136 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
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The Last Robot Story by Is**c As*m*v [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Another Langford parody. Devastating logic about the physics of positronic brains ensures that this must be the absolutely final case of a certain future detective and his robotic sidekick. (Published: 2002)
Words: 1105 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
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Deepnet [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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The IT revolution comes to H.P. Lovecraft's decayed seaport of Innsmouth, in an eerie story that mixes traditional and very modern fears. (Published: 1994)
Words: 2241 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
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Different Kinds of Darkness [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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The field of advanced mathematic imaging has taken a lethal turn in the form of the BLIT. Named after the now-deceased mathematician Vernon Berryman, the Berryman Logical Imaging Technique can create images that crash the human brain in the same way a computer crashes from a sufficiently complex query. Terrorists have killed millions using posters, graffiti--and television. Many parents have had secret biochips implanted in the optic nerves of their children to darken the world outside of their ... more info>> (Published: 2000) HOMer Award Nominee, Hugo Award Winner
Words: 3892 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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Hearing Aid [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A tone-deaf man turns to technology to solve his problems. Great, dry, British humour abounds. (Published: 1982)
Words: 3057 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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If Looks Could Kill [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A send-up of pulp detective stories that mixes detective work with odd paranormal-ability-laden superheros. (Published: 1992)
Words: 6420 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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The Distressing Damsel [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there lived a princess who developed an unfortunate social problem... This is a classic example of Langford humor. (Published: 1984)
Words: 5623 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Lions in the Desert [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Two wise-cracking men find that there are shape-shifters among us. (Published: 1993)
Words: 3602 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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The Mad Gods' Omelette by M*ch**l M**rc*ck [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Knockabout fun as Erryj of Murble, doomed prince of no fixed abode, is fated again and again to wield his terrible weapon Slugbane. Michael Moorcock, creator of the doomed hero Elric, merely gnashes his teeth at this parody. (Published: 1984)
Words: 3123 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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The Net of Babel by J*rge L**s B*rg*s [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A serious pastiche which imagines in remorseless detail how Borges's famous Library of Babel might be revolutionized by information technology. Selected for The Best of Interzone anthology. (Published: 1995)
Words: 1593 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
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The Space Eater [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Ken Jackin has defeated death forty-six times thanks to the extraordinary phenomenon called Anomalous Physics, but now he has his most difficult mission: stop the experiments on a runaway space colony. In order to get into the colony, Ken and his lovely and seductive partner, Rossa Corman, must die and be reborn again. Together they have surpassed death in order to save humanity and must face the most dangerous peril they have ever experienced. The clock is ticking as Ken and Rossa scramble to s... more info>> (Published: 1982)
Words: 88014 - Reading Time: 251-352 min.
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The Spear of the Sun [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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This story is fascinating from several different angles. First, it is an alternate history story that presumes that the founder of science fiction was G.K. Chesterton instead of Hugo Gernsback. Second, it presumes that Chesterton wrote his famous "Father Brown" mystery series in the science fiction genre rather than a pure mystery format. Third, it presents for us a "new" Father Brown mystery that takes place on a space ship. This is wildly imaginative and succeeds in its own right as a mystery ... more info>> (Published: 1996)
Words: 2700 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
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What Happened at Cambridge IV [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A man receives a sealed envelope with a dire warning attached. (Published: 1990)
Words: 4093 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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3.47 AM [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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An unusual horror story of recurring nightmares somehow connected with a bedside digital clock. Selected by Karl Edward Wagner for The Year's Best Horror: Series XII. (Published: 1983)
Words: 3458 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
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A Snapshot Album [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Amid the lovingly described landscapes of North Wales, our narrator is plagued by illness and mysterious inner timeslips that make a single eyeblink seem half an eternity. Can he convince a sceptical outsider of what's happening? (Published: 1991)
Words: 3966 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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Accretion [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Literary fable with a hint of Jorge Luis Borges. Suppose all the world's writers worked together (as one French critic actually suggested) and set their stories in the same imaginary city? Could the dream become real? (Published: 1977)
Words: 2326 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Answering Machine [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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Digital black comedy as a conversational computer--mindlessly reacting to real if not life-threatening human problems--feeds back increasingly unwise "advice"... Includes terrifying insights into the grim world of writing movie novelizations. (Published: 1982)
Words: 3186 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
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As Strange a Maze as E'er Men Trod [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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What was the real crime committed in Shakespeare's The Tempest, and by whom? Unsatisfied with the happy ending, Gonzalo investigates.... There's a subtle clue in the epigraph quotation, which genuinely comes from Shakespeare's play. (Published: 1998)
Words: 3810 - Reading Time: 10-15 min.
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Blood and Silence [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A new theory of vampirism emerges from a laboratory team's grudges, in-fighting, and struggles for publication credit. Horror and deadpan humour in a witty mix.
(Published: 1995)
Words: 1916 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
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Blossoms that Coil and Decay [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A feverish stew of decadence and fin-de-siecle corruption, with epigrams swapped at the Cafe Royal, walk-on parts for Wilde, Whistler, Swinburne and many more, all through the magic of virtual reality.... (Published: 1992)
Words: 2447 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Christmas Games [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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A virtual Clue romp! This is a playful whodunit with a twist. (Published: 1993)
Words: 3713 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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Cold Spell [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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England is full of traditional village folk dances, and one of them may be more important and magical than all the rest. At least, everyone seems strangely worried when a rebellious youngster refuses to play his part at the winter solstice.... (Published: 1980)
Words: 3606 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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Connections [MultiFormat]
by David Langford
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What violence has to be done to physics as we know it, to allow a working matter transmitter? Full of ingenuity and paradox, this story explores the field of Anomalous Physics that became central to Langford's SF novel The Space Eater. (Published: 1978)
Words: 3956 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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