Science fiction (sometimes called Sci-Fi or simply SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that has been called the "literature of ideas". It typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, time travel, parallel universes, fictional worlds, space exploration, and extraterrestrial life. It often explores the potential consequences of scientific innovations.
Science fiction, whose roots go back to ancient times, is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and includes many subgenres. However its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, and scholars.
Science fiction literature, film, television, and other media have become popular and influential over much of the world. Besides providing entertainment, it can also criticize present-day society, and is often said to generate a "sense of wonder". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
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Keywords that describe the book: science fiction, fantasy, sf
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It's confusing. Most of the short SF stories were published in SF magazines in the mid 50's to 60's and I don't believe they were under copyright at the time, but don't know for sure. I find almost everything I narrate here on Gutenberg.org, if they have it listed it's pretty safe that the work isn't under copyright.
Frankly, I don't think this should be considered the 67th SSFC. It could be put together like BT has often done as some sort of anthology. You seem to know which stories you are doing so you should be able to put some summary together for them and name it. Calling this the ssf067 will set a precedent for the collection being shanghaied anytime someone wants to do this sort of thing. You can submit as many stories to the collection as you want. If you want it to all be you, then you could start your own named collection. That way if you continue to do this you can number them and anyone looking for your scifi recordings will be able to find them instead of coming across all the other SSFCs that are by a group of readers.
In the mind, or consciousness of the Earth this flower first lay latent as a dream. Perhaps, in her consciousness, it nested as that which in us corresponds to a little thought.--A.Blackwood
alg1001 wrote: ↑July 9th, 2019, 5:16 pm
Frankly, I don't think this should be considered the 67th SSFC. It could be put together like BT has often done as some sort of anthology. You seem to know which stories you are doing so you should be able to put some summary together for them and name it. Calling this the ssf067 will set a precedent for the collection being shanghaied anytime someone wants to do this sort of thing. You can submit as many stories to the collection as you want. If you want it to all be you, then you could start your own named collection. That way if you continue to do this you can number them and anyone looking for your scifi recordings will be able to find them instead of coming across all the other SSFCs that are by a group of readers.
Amy,
The original summary said "20 SF stories" so I suggested that Kirk look at yours Short SF Collection summary as an example.
