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The Enduring Test [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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The classic Turing test holds that if the behavior of an AI robot or computer is indistinguishable from that of a human, then we have no basis to the deny that the AI has the equivalent of human intelligence. But what about a parrot that can successfully mimic human speech for at least a short time? The parrot objection is conquered in "The Enduring Test". [Note, though this story is science fiction, Paul Levinson draws on his work and writing in the philosophy of science and technology, and pre... more info>> 2000
Words: 910 - Reading Time: 2-3 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Way of Flesh [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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An archaeologist on a distant planet reveals the strange set of circumstances that led to the extinction of a once-thriving, highly intelligent and accomplished civilization: their road to ruin began when they outlawed public flirting... 1995
Words: 995 - Reading Time: 2-3 min.
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A Medal for Harry [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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It's the second half of the 21st century. Japan's invention of a "neuro-spine" interface that makes tall buildings resistant to earthquakes and terrorists has made Japan the undisputed, leading economic world power. Bio-historian Masazumi Harihoto heads a research team tasked with uncovering the source of the Japanese rise to power. He makes an astonishing discovery... 1997 HOMer Award Finalist
Words: 4658 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Albert's Cradle [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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A newly discovered set of notes written by Einstein on the last day of his life reveals the true origin and inspiration for his theories of relativity. [Paul Levinson's very first professionally published story] 1993
Words: 2076 - Reading Time: 5-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Harmony [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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A Bronx kid singing a last round of doo-wop with his buddies under the IRT train station at Allerton Avenue and White Plains Road is told about a place on Simpson Street, a few stations down the line, where the songs never end, and the harmony is the sweetest ever made. The temptation to stay and sing is powerful, but is the price worth it? 1995
Words: 4852 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Smart Weapon [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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In the distant future, a desperate war rages across the stars--where all actual combat is by robot proxies. As the decisive battle nears, one side contemplates using the ultimate weapon--so dangerous and unpredictable in the destruction it can wield, it has been banned for millennia.... 2000
Words: 4763 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
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Critical View [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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We see motion pictures because of "persistence of vision"--a feature of our perception, known since ancient times, that makes a series of still pictures seem as if they are in motion. George Seeley, a famous film critic, seems to lack this capacity... 2004
Words: 5870 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Grace Under Pressure [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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A perfect new program for an aspiring writer: a virus, embedded in the submitted story, that brings it to the attention of the designated editor ... and keeps bringing it, wherever the editor may be, until the story is not only read, but accepted for publication.... 1993
Words: 4032 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Post Plato [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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A whole new dimension for "intellectual weight".... 1994
Words: 1426 - Reading Time: 4-5 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Kid in the Video Store [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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The kid in the video store recommended the "Black & White Night" concert with Roy Orbison and friends. Charlie sat down to watch it, late at night, and found himself on both sides of the screen.... 1995
Words: 3995 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Protected [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Terrorists are out to cleanse the world of unholy androids. A top agent is is assigned to protect the last one, and falls in love with her. He soon learns that he and she are bait in a trap... 2001
Words: 4488 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
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The Chronology Protection Case [Phil D'Amato Story 1] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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What to do when the Universe itself is after you, bent on preventing you from revealing a secret which could unravel its very existence? Dr. Phil D'Amato--who later appears in the novels The Silk Code and The Consciousness Plague--makes his very first appearance. 1995 Sturgeon Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 8745 - Reading Time: 24-34 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Suspended Fourth [Story 2 in The Orchard Universe] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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In the same universe as "The Orchard": What if birds were carefully bred on a planet to warn its inhabitants of mortal dangers? What if the breeders were no longer there? Jack Swirl, a settler on a new world in space, investigates when his wife is struck down by a lightning bolt, and he believes he heard a certain birdsong right before.... 2000
Words: 6343 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Advantage, Bellarmine [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Why did Galileo really give in to the Church, and recant his Copernican view that the Earth revolved around the sun? Did the Church have some evidence, from the distant future, that was more persuasive than even Galileo's telescopic observations? 1998 HOMer Award Nominee, Sturgeon Award Nominee
Words: 3157 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
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The Man Who Brought Down The New York Times [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Every wonder why there are so many errors in the "newspaper of record"? This story will tell you why.... 2000
Words: 1190 - Reading Time: 3-4 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Consciousness Plague [Phil D'Amato Story 4] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Paul Levinson
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The Consciousness Plague is about memory--more particularly, how the loss of memory, in slivers of time deducted from a growing number of individuals, can subtly undermine and play havoc with everything. Dr. D'Amato, NYPD forensic detective, investigates, and finds evidence of a bacteria-like organism that has lived in our brains since our origins as a species and may be responsible for our very consciousness. There's evidence for this consciousness bug in ancient Phoenecian and Viking culture, ... more info>> 2002 Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee
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The Orchard [Story 1 in The Orchard Universe] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Humanity has begun to explore nearby stars, only to discover there is no intelligent life out there. Or is there? Is a world with luscious fruit trees the result of natural selection, or perhaps of intelligent agriculture? A crew starts to investigate when its captain, Deborah Sung-Lee, suddenly dies.... 1998 HOMer Award Nominee
Words: 7989 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
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The Copyright Notice Case [Phil D'Amato Story 2] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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DNA is the language of life. What if some prehistoric genetic engineers inserted a special copyright notice, with dire consequences for its violation? Phil D'Amato, NYPD forensic detective who appears in "The Chronology Protection Case" and "The Mendelian Lamp Case"--and in the novels The Silk Code and The Consciousness Plague--investigates (and falls for his chief suspect).... 1996 HOMer Award Winner, Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 11031 - Reading Time: 31-44 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Mendelian Lamp Case [Phil D'Amato Story 3] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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In the bucolic Pennsylvania countryside, nestled amongst the Amish farms, an ancient community is quietly constructing low-tech, deadly weapons of bio-warfare, invisible to the casual observer. Phil D'Amato (whose other adventures are detailed in "The Chronology Protection Case" and "The Copyright Notice Case," and in The Silk Code and The Consciousness Plague) gets drawn into this deadly conspiracy when a friend in Lancaster mysteriously dies. 1997
Words: 13848 - Reading Time: 39-55 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Loose Ends [Story 1 of the Loose Ends Saga] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Jeff Harris, on a mission from the future to prevent the Challenger space-shuttle disaster, gets pulled off course--back to November 1963. Can he hang around long enough to change the course of history for the Challenger, without making other things worse? 1997 AnLab Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Sturgeon Award Nominee
Words: 17528 - Reading Time: 50-70 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Little Differences [Story 2 of the Loose Ends Saga] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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The Loose Ends saga continues as Jeff Harris thinks about assassinating Richard Nixon--to save the space program--and hitching a ride on the ill-fated Challenger in 1986. 1998 HOMer Award Nominee
Words: 11635 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Late Lessons [Story 3 of the Loose Ends Saga] [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Jeff Harris discovers that his presence in the 20th century may have been responsible for the Soviet Union not crumbling at the end of the 1980s, and surviving as a strong power well into the 21st. Plus: he meets a woman from the past--or future--who may be his daughter. The "Loose Ends" saga continues.... 1999
Words: 16539 - Reading Time: 47-66 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Borrowed Tides [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Paul Levinson
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The first interstellar ship is launched from Mars by the U.S. government.
The multi-talented crew--including two vigorous old men near seventy
years old--makes a very risky first space voyage to the nearest star
system to ours, Alpha Centauri, and find themselves able, or perhaps
doomed, to do the impossible--return before they left. 2001
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Location [MultiFormat]
by Paul Levinson
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Mary Ellen Dyer works as a real estate agent for To-the-Moon Alice--To-the-Moon. She thought it would be the best job in the world--and off it--but selling houses on the moon to an earthbound population turns out to be no easy task. With the future human settlement of outer space at stake, Mary Ellen comes up with an old-fashioned solution to the problem... 1999
Words: 4019 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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