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Argonautica [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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Confederate naval forces are reduced to the defense of Vicksburg, and an enterprising young captain plots a rescue mission to sail north and recover $65 million in gold coins buried near a Mississippi plantation. (Published: 1999) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 34477 - Reading Time: 98-137 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Consequences [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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In a fantasy renaissance world of sailing ships and powerful wizards, an officer unwittingly becomes captain of a mutinous warship and is chased into battle by the naval commander who taught him everything he knows. (Published: 1988)
Words: 22646 - Reading Time: 64-90 min.
Category: Fantasy
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No Spot of Ground [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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The fate of Edgar Allan Poe is swept up from the Baltimore gutter to live on through sobriety and a dwindling literary career when the Civil War gives him a chance to engage the North in his own conflict of ideals--as a Confederate General. (Published: 1989)
Words: 23068 - Reading Time: 65-92 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Wolf Time [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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When Reese's kickboxing career ended with a well-placed spin kick to the face, she decided it was time to move on to the more financially rewarding field of professional assassination. Hired by one of the few polycorpations dealing with the alien Powers, Reese sets out to exterminate a collaborative team of human and alien scientists performing secret biological experiments on an asteroid-based laboratory. (Published: 1987)
Words: 11805 - Reading Time: 33-47 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Daddy's World [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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A child's perfect world is interrupted when he learns his body died and his brainscan is just a computer program ... and his family is using an AI interface to pretend everything is normal. (Published: 1999) Nebula Award(R) Winner, Sturgeon Award Nominee
Words: 10327 - Reading Time: 29-41 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Dinosaurs [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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Millions of years in the future, a human ambassador makes a courtesy call on an alien planet populated by the Shar, a spacefaring species vastly inferior to the highly evolved human race. Billions of Shar have died since the automated terraforming ships began visiting their planets, and the ambassador explains that there is no intentional act of war ... just a natural event in the evolutionary process. (Published: 1987) Hugo Award Nominee, Sturgeon Award Nominee
Words: 9000 - Reading Time: 25-36 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Flatline [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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In a future where nanotechnology is out of control, a plan to destroy all traces of artificial intelligence on Earth depends on YOUR cooperation, but you are committed to political neutrality ... and your beloved 1952 Buick Roadmaster. (Published: 1988)
Words: 3408 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Side Effects [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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A recklessly self-medicated doctor uses the patients at his health clinic to cash in on two pharmacology research grants at the same time, but the elderly female subjects in the study begin to show unusual side effects to the unorthodox cross-medication. (Published: 1985) Locus Poll Award Nominee
Words: 11222 - Reading Time: 32-44 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Bob Dylan Solution [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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Two Hollywood record producers take drastic measures to reinvigorate the declining career of their recording star. (Published: 1989)
Words: 2334 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Last Ride of German Freddie [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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Author Note: "The Last Ride of German Freddie" sprang fully-armed from my head in a discussion in Joe Haldeman's topic in the online forum Duelling Modems, in which I suggested that it might be fun if someone wrote an alternate-history story in which Nietzsche went West and tested his theories to destruction at the O.K. Corral. No sooner had I suggested this than I realized that I should be the one to attempt the story. As with some of my other alternate histories, all the characters actually ex... more info>> (Published: 2002) Sidewise Award Nominee
Words: 16567 - Reading Time: 47-66 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Videostar [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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In a futuristic Los Angeles of teen gangs and high-tech drugs, a smuggler schemes to get his hands on a new neurohormone that can repair nerve damage, raise your IQ ... and get you high. (Published: 1986)
Words: 12366 - Reading Time: 35-49 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Witness [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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An alien on Earth known as Dr. Tachyon has developed a gene-warping virus that kills most of its victims, mutates most of the survivors, and for a lucky few, grants genuine superpowers. A 1946 biological terrorist attack rains the viral spores over New York City, and in the chaotic aftermath, North Dakota farmboy-decorated war hero-struggling actor Jack Braun develops the strength of Superman ... except he can't fly. When the chaos settles down, Jack teams up with Earl Sanderson, who can project... more info>> (Published: 1987) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 19626 - Reading Time: 56-78 min.
Category: Alternate History
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