On Small Games - Hackdot

Re:On Small Games by bokchoi on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:03PM (#25194460)

I feel the same applies to short stories -- with the constraint a lot of fluff is removed. It's been a while, but I used to subscribe to a few sci-fi magazines and loved it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_magazine#Curre...

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Re:On Small Games by pcmaffey on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:09PM (#25195190)

Especially so for sci-fi. As Gibson put it, the short story is the quintessential form of sci-fi.

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Re:On Small Games by jyrkesh on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:07AM (#25196342)

If I wanted to get into these now, could you recommend any particular magazines (title and/or vintage) or time periods that are good starting points?

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Re:On Small Games by bokchoi on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:15AM (#25196380)

I enjoyed the long running "Asimov's Science Fiction" and "Analog Science Fiction and Fact" the most, but the newer "Clarkesworld" was also quite good. If you'd prefer a large tome, go for "The Year's Best Science Fiction" by Gardner Dozois. Ooh, and can't forget http://escapepod.org/

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Re:On Small Games by meheleventyone on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:45AM (#25198344)

The Year's Best Science Fiction and really all the collections edited by Gardner Dozois are fantastic. Sadly he died but there are years and years and years of great selections.

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Re:On Small Games by chrisweekly on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:12AM (#25197701)

Electric Literature

Also Ted Chiang (Your Life and Other Stories, Exhalation, ...)

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Re:On Small Games by mrec on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:51AM (#25197974)

*Stories of Your Life and Others

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Re:On Small Games by chrisweekly on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:20AM (#25199212)

whoops! yes, thanks for the correction

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