| 2022-01-11 |
NOVEL |
English |
To Paradise |
Hanya Yanagihara |
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pandemic (1), first person point of view (1), blindness (1), hospital (1), coming of age (1), waste (1), alternate history (1), LGBTQ+ (1), biologists (1), dystopia (1), hawaii (1), science fiction (1), New York City (1), set in 2090s (1), epilepsy (1), climate change (1), sea level rise (1), set in 1990s (1), set in 1890s (1), extinction (1), tsunami (1), flood (1), loss (1), correspondence (1), euthanasia (1), HIV (1), food (1)
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| 2018-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Carouseling |
Rich Larson |
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science fiction (1), FTL travel (1), quantum mechanics (1), haptic telepresence (1), FTL research (1), contemporary (1), loss (1), love (1), messages from the lost (1), USA (1), africa (1)
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| 2018-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Monologue by an Unnamed Mage, Recorded at the Brink of the End |
Cassandra Khaw |
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courage (1), fae (1), faery (1), fantasy (1), loss (1), love (1)
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| 2018-04-17 |
CHAPBOOK |
English |
The Atrocities |
Jeremy C. Shipp |
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dark fantasy (1), fantasy (1), ghosts (1), gothic (1), grief (1), horror (1), loss (1), surreal (1)
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| 2018-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Things I Miss the Most |
Nisi Shawl |
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loss (1), love (1), science fiction (1)
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| 2017-10-10 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Her Father's Sword |
Robin Hobb |
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fantasy (1), horror (1), loss (1), grief (1), war (1), family (1), magic (1), zombies (1)
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| 2014-06-06 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
An Understanding |
Holly Heisey |
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far future (1), Strange fiction (1), Starfaring (1), Spacefaring (1), human evolution (1), loss (1), parenthood (1), science fiction (1), parallel universe (1)
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| 2014-01-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Jackalope Wives |
Ursula Vernon |
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witches (1), animal wife (1), grief (1), loss (1), magic (1), paranormal romance (1), urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), Native american mythology (1), mythology (1), Spirit Tales (1), supernatural (1), parenthood (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
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| 2014-03-29 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Kumara |
Seth Dickinson |
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far future (1), horror (1), cyberpunk (1), Starfaring (1), Spacefaring (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), nonhuman protagonist (1), artificial intelligence (1)
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| 2014-09-09 |
NOVEL |
English |
Station Eleven |
Emily St. John Mandel |
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surgery (1), loss (1), scavenging (1), journalists (1), correspondence (1), graphic novels (1), religion (1), suicide (1), death (1), disability (1), theater (1), actors (1), nonsequential text (1), museum (1), set in 21st century (1), near future (1), education (1), Virginia (1), Malaysia (1), British Columbia (1), Los Angeles (1), Toronto (1), pandemic (1), Beethoven (1), Michigan (1), music (1), Shakespeare (1), tattoos (1), cosy catastrophe (1), post apocalypse (1)
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| 2014-08-21 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Mouth of God |
Ramsey Shehadeh |
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religion (1), parenthood (1), grief (1), loss (1), addiction (1), cosmic horror (1), horror (1), Strange fiction (1)
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| 2013-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paprika |
Jason Sanford |
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artificial intelligence (1), near future (1), loss (1), grief (1), death (1), memory (1), cyberpunk (1), science fiction (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
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| 2012-08-16 |
NOVEL |
English |
Iron Winter |
Stephen Baxter |
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Peru (1), loss (1), epidemic (1), survival (1), climate change (1), Ice age (1), slavery (1), cold (1), Spain (1), mexico (1), alternate history (1), United States (1), Turkey (1), italy (1), France (1), China (1), Carthage (1), trains (1), dams (1)
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| 2011-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Paper Menagerie |
Ken Liu |
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urban fantasy (2), fantasy (2), magical realism (2), Origami (1), young-adult fantasy (1), China (1), grief (1), mail-order brides (1), parenthood (1), family (1), loss (1), magic (1), Chinese mythology (1)
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| 2010-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Futures in the Memories Market |
Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
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Strange Fruits & Vegetables (1), loss (1), memory (1), science fiction (1), Starfaring (1), Spacefaring (1), far future (1)
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| 2010-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Laying the Ghost |
Eric Brown |
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science fiction (1), loss (1), grief (1), Starfaring (1), Spacefaring (1), artificial intelligence (1), far future (1), memory (1), religion (1), death (1), planetary colonization (1), colonization (1)
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| 2010-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Messenger |
J. M. Sidorova |
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supernatural (1), loss (1), historical fiction (1), grief (1), angels (1), christianity (1), mythology (1), religion (1), historical fantasy (1), fantasy (1), nonhuman protagonist (1)
|
| 2010-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
My Father's Singularity |
Brenda Cooper |
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science fiction (1), family (1), memory (1), near future (1), loss (1), unreliable narrator (1)
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| 2010-09-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Paper Cradle |
Stephen Gaskell |
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science fiction (1), near future (1), Spacefaring (1), family (1), loss (1), grief (1)
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| 2010-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The History Within Us |
Matthew Kressel |
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far future (1), Alien Communication (1), family (1), science fiction (1), Spacefaring (1), Starfaring (1), post apocalypse (1), loss (1), memory (1)
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| 2010-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time |
Catherynne M. Valente |
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greek mythology (1), parable (1), grief (1), loss (1), christianity (1), mythology (1), religion (1), science fiction (1), Native american mythology (1), Mesoamerican mythology (1), Aztec Mythology (1), norse mythology (1), Japanese mythology (1), Apache Mythology (1)
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| 2009-06-01 |
NOVEL |
English |
Best Served Cold |
Joe Abercrombie |
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fantasy (2), loss (1), humor (1), revenge (1)
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| 2009-06-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Lady of the White-Spired City |
Sarah L. Edwards |
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science fiction (1), interstellar travel (1), relativistic time dilation (1), genealogy (1), loss (1), archives (1)
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| 2009-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Consciousness Problem |
Mary Robinette Kowal |
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Clones (1), science fiction (1), invention (1), love (1), loss (1), memory (1)
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| 2008-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss |
Kij Johnson |
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urban fantasy (1), fantasy (1), magic (1), magicians (1), monkeys (1), grief (1), loss (1)
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| 2007-08-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Morris and the Machine |
Tim Pratt |
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grief (1), loss (1), time travel (1), marriage (1)
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| 2006-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth |
Michael F. Flynn |
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unresolved mystery (1), science fiction (1), unexplained phenomenon (1), multiple points-of-view (1), disaster (1), disappearance (1), loss (1), grief (1), ferries (1), Seattle (1), wormholes (1), present day (1)
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| 1997-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Toward the End of Time |
John Updike |
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postapocalyptic (1), boston (1), alternate universe (1), cancer (1), deer (1), loss (1)
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| 1996-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes |
Daniel Marcus |
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science fiction (1), loss (1)
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| 1995-10-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Real World |
Brooks Caruthers |
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loss (1), friends (1), death (1), undead (1), dead people (1), partying (1), friendship (1), parties (1), living dead (1), Little Rock (1), Arkansas (1)
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| 1993-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Parable of the Sower |
Octavia E. Butler |
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science fiction (2), 2020s (1), women (1), racism (1), post-apocalyptic (1), Fundamentalism (1), dystopian (1), apocalyptic (1), African American (1), Abuse (1), california (1), Capitalism (1), climate change (1), black protagonist (1), migrants (1), empath (1), Southern California (1), societal collapse (1), female protagonist (1), strong female character (1), first person point of view (1), death (1), loss (1), slavery (1), philosophy (1), god (1), change (1), spirituality (1), community (1)
|
| 1988-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow |
Charles de Lint |
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horror (1), loss (1), urban fantasy (1)
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| 1987-12-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Great Sky River |
Gregory Benford |
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distant future (1), sex (1), dispersed intelligence (1), virtual reality (1), mind control (1), murder (1), ecocide (1), hovercraft (1), alien perspective (1), energy being (1), immortality (1), higher intelligence (1), survival (1), sculpture (1), autodoc (1), nanotechnology (1), cyborgs (1), climate change (1), desert (1), robots (1), slower than light travel (1), uploaded personalities (1), machine intelligence (1), implants (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), loss (1), dogs (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1987-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Rachel in Love |
Pat Murphy |
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great apes (2), animal rights (2), science fiction (2), contemporary (1), chimpanzees (1), Chimpanzee protagonist (1), female protagonist (1), love (1), death (1), memory (1), Strange fiction (1), loss (1), near future (1), nonhuman protagonist (1), animal protagonist (1), personality transfer (1), sexuality (1), sign language (1)
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| 1987-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Forge of God |
Greg Bear |
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aliens (1), Seattle (1), robots (1), Geology (1), geologists (1), mind control (1), Fermi paradox (1), terraforming (1), alien invasion (1), San Francisco (1), end of the world (1), Earth (1), plate tectonics (1), neutronium (1), antimatter (1), Australia (1), california (1), first contact (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), nuclear weapons (1), von Neumann probes (1), Pacific Ocean (1), space war (1), set in 1990s (1), Washington, DC (1), politicians (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), war with machines (1), mars (1), nanotechnology (1), space opera (1)
|
| 1985-02-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Brightness Falls from the Air |
James Tiptree, Jr. |
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distant future (1), torture (1), rapid aging (1), poison (1), reproduction (1), telepathy (1), beauty (1), sadism (1), murder (1), memory erasure (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), love (1), interstellar travel (1), interstellar war (1), aliens (1), genocide (1), art (1), drugs (1), alcohol (1), nova (1), time distortion (1), suspended animation (1)
|
| 1982-07-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Letter from the Clearys |
Connie Willis |
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postapocalyptic (1), correspondence (1), dogs (1), science fiction (1), nuclear winter (1), loss (1)
|
| 1978-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Veils of Azlaroc |
Fred Saberhagen |
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time distortion (1), fashion (1), xenobiology (1), force fields (1), longevity (1), computers (1), robots (1), Sentient plants (1), underground city (1), holography (1), plate tectonics (1), recycling (1), Poetry (1), artificial womb (1), loss (1), regret (1), desert (1), isolation (1), cemetery (1), tourism (1), interstellar travel (1), black holes (1), pulsars (1), science fiction (1)
|
| 1977-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Lucifer's Hammer |
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle |
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post-apocalyptic (1), loss (1), california (1), cannibalism (1), flood (1), nuclear war (1), earthquake (1), tsunami (1), survival (1), interplanetary travel (1), science fiction (1), climate change (1), comet (1), comet impact (1), volcano (1), nuclear power (1)
|
| 1976-09-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
A World Out of Time |
Larry Niven |
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body swap (1), Jupiter (1), loss (1), dystopia (1), interstellar travel (1), education (1), antarctica (1), Earth (1), time stasis (1), cryogenics (1), suspended animation (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), black holes (1), far future (1), sex (1), climate change (1), climate engineering (1), moving planets (1), cats (1), evolution (1)
|
| 1970-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Year of the Quiet Sun |
Wilson Tucker |
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time travel (1), post-apocalyptic (1), SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1), Illinois (1), Chicago (1), loss (1), science fiction (1), Campbell Retrospective Prize (1)
|
| 1966-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
For a Breath I Tarry |
Roger Zelazny |
|
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Faustian bargain (1), temptation (1), sculpture (1), art (1), library (1), loss (1), cloning (1), artificial intelligence (1), science fiction (1), postapocalyptic (1), robots (1), philosophy (1), dualism (1), mind-body problem (1), philosophy of mind (1), qualia (1)
|
| 1965-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Eyes Do More Than See |
Isaac Asimov |
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posthuman (1), far future (1), science fiction (1), incorporeal beings (1), loss (1), memory (1)
|
| 1962-04-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Dog Star |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
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interplanetary travel (1), love (1), loss (1), earthquakes (1), dogs (1), astronomers (1), moon (1), california (1), San Francisco (1), science fiction (1), dreams (1), memory (1)
|
| 1962-01-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Wind from Nowhere |
J. G. Ballard |
|
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natural disaster (2), dictatorship (1), disowned by its author (1), man versus nature (1), survival (1), hubris (1), suicide (1), science fiction (1), loss (1), london (1), england (1), Wind (1)
|
| 1962-10-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
Triumph |
Philip Wylie |
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sexual revolution (1), underwater city (1), underground city (1), submarines (1), USSR (1), romance (1), insanity (1), roller skating (1), radiation (1), radiation sickness (1), cobalt (1), sodium (1), set in 1970s (1), drones (1), Jews (1), post apocalypse (1), loss (1), tobacco (1), alcohol (1), racism (1), adultery (1), panic (1), firestorm (1), nuclear war (1), science fiction (1), connecticut (1), survival (1), Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), United States (1)
|
| 1961-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Sun Saboteurs |
Damon Knight |
|
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science fiction (1), xenophobia (1), aliens (1), loss (1)
|
| 1959-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Trouble with Toys |
Kate Wilhelm |
|
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loss (1), greed (1), crime (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1958-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Aristotle and the Gun |
L. Sprague de Camp |
|
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time travel (1), Alexander the Great (1), Aristotle (1), science fiction (1), loss (1)
|
| 1958-00-00 |
NOVEL |
English |
The Lincoln Hunters |
Wilson Tucker |
|
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science fiction (1), time travel (1), lincoln (1), Illinois (1), Cleveland (1), oratory (1), Shakespeare (1), romance (1), distant future (1), dystopia (1), loss (1), American presidents (1)
|
| 1957-00-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Statues |
Ray Bradbury |
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childhood (1), contemporary (1), friendship (1), loss (1)
|
| 1956-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
The Last Question |
Isaac Asimov |
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Entropy (2), big data (1), Solar power (1), Earth (1), longevity (1), interplanetary travel (1), intergalactic travel (1), philosophy (1), colonization (1), distant future (1), far future (1), cyclical universe (1), Different points in time (1), Humanity merged into single entity (1), Discorporate intelligences (1), Microvac (1), Forever (1), into-comics (1), artificial intelligence (1), set in 2060s (1), hyperspace (1), End of the Universe (1), immortality (1), overpopulation (1), interstellar travel (1), loss (1), last human (1), into-radio (1), into-play (1), reboot (1), heat death of the universe (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1), computers (1)
|
| 1954-03-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
All Summer in a Day |
Ray Bradbury |
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rain (1), bullying (1), into-tv (1), science fiction (1), venus (1), Poetry (1), children (1), sadness (1), loss (1), gloom (1), sun (1), female protagonist (1), child protagonist (1), fantasy (1)
|
| 1954-12-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Let's Not |
Isaac Asimov |
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nuclear warfare (1), mars (1), science fiction (1), academia (1), suicide (1), loss (1)
|
| 1950-02-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Forever and the Earth |
Ray Bradbury |
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science fiction (1), mars (1), interplanetary travel (1), writing (1), Tom Wolfe (1), time travel (1), loss (1)
|
| 1934-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
Twilight |
John W. Campbell, Jr. |
|
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loss (1), interplanetary travel (1), music (1), curiosity (1), loneliness (1), dogs (1), robots (1), Neptune (1), set in 1930s (1), NESFA Core Reading List (1), Nevada (1), longevity (1), science fiction (1), artificial intelligence (1), first person point of view (1), time travel (1), contemporary (1), only humans (1), far future (1), mysterious hitchhiker (1), decline of humanity (1), automated civilization (1)
|
| 1912-11-00 |
SHORTFICTION |
English |
A Shop in Go-By Street |
Lord Dunsany |
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horror (1), london (1), fantasy (1), first person point of view (1), dreams (1), dream world (1), loss (1), mountains (1), witches (1), england (1), magic shop (1), antique shop (1), time distortion (1), time dilation (1), time moving at different speeds (1), gods (1)
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| 1881-00-00 |
POEM |
English |
Requiescat |
Oscar Wilde |
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grave (1), girl (1), loss (1), innocence (1), premature death (1), sadness (1)
|
| 1849-00-00 |
POEM |
English |
The Forsaken Merman |
Matthew Arnold |
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loss (1), merfolk (1), divorce (1), children (1), abandonment (1)
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| 1818-01-11 |
POEM |
English |
Ozymandias |
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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statue (1), loss (1), ruins (1), Time (1), desert (1)
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