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Engineer who has read thousands of science fiction books and short stories. Can recommend stories on specific subjects and comment on technical feasibility. Especially good at older out-of-print books and authors.

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2009-11-01 Short story 30 years ago "Snow Birds":

Sorry -never read this one. Here's an excellent index to older SF short stories and novels. your customer can try looking through it. Short stories are notoriously hard to find, especially if their

2009-11-01 help find book on wormholes:

Sorry - never read that one. But I can recommend a different book and an excellent short story 0where technology gives humans a device which renders all electronics useless. The book is Copernick's

2009-10-23 old sci-fi short story:

I remember this story well, but unfortunately also can't remember the name. I'll look through some old books to see if I can find it. Post a remark in a week if I haven't replied by then. For some reason

2009-10-19 Short story:

Sorry - never read this one. Try googling "dermie" or "dermy." My favorite infection-from-space-that-spreads story is Green Patches, by Isaac Asimov. It appears in several anthologies including "Nightfall

2009-10-06 SF book with all interaction monetized:

Sorry - never read this one. If you find it, please let me know, so I can read it too. One of my favorite short stories is one where NOTHING is monetized. It's called "And Then There Were None" (not

 

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