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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by denton-scratch on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:53PM (#28908432)
I think all the short stories in Ray Bradbury's collection "The Illustrated Man" have twists. Strong recommend, if you've never read it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man

The Sentinel, by Arthur C. Clarke, certainly has a twist. But it doesn't come as a surprise nowadays, because everyone's seen 2001.

Hmmm. Many of Kurt Vonnegut's stories have astonishing twists, but I can't think of any that are short (although I guess most of the early ones were initially magazine serials).

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by mikewarot on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:13AM (#28902994)
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by timonoko on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:38PM (#28900027)
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by MilnerRoute on Sunday October 17, 2021 @06:04PM (#28900222)
William Gibson's "Burning Chrome".

(Provided the rough skeleton for the movie "Johnny Mnemonic".) Appears in a collection of Gibson stories also titled Burning Chrome.

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by IronWolve on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:26PM (#28899940)
Older stuff, Man-Kzin Wars, Stainless Steel Rat

Newer stuff, We Are Bob, Undying Mercenaries. Expeditionary Force, Old Man Wars

Risky Stuff, Forbidden Thoughts

All kinds of twists in the stories.

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by mathematically on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:46PM (#28900089)
Emergency Skin - N. K. Jemisin
Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite (sort) sci-fi stories with... by andrei_says_ on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:03AM (#28903232)
8 o’clock in the morning is great.