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Short Tales of Technofiction
- 2008 and earlier

Technofiction is a branch of Science Fiction in which the emphasis is describing the relation between the human condition and technology.

Technofiction Short Stories

I love to hear from you when you enjoy these stories, so contact me, telling me what you liked, what you didn't, and what you didn't understand about stories you read.

• The Only Living Person in New York How do you abandon New York City without leaving a smoking ruin? This is one way. (Nov 08)
• Team Macedonia What if the time travelers who want to change history are shy? (May 06)
• Mommy, Why Am I here? An innocent enough question; one that has a technofiction answer. (Aug 05)
• Witch of Devil's Rock What happens when an intelligent parasite infests dawn-of-agriculture humans? (Jul 05)
• The Ticket Out (Apr 05) My version of Heinlien's Starship Troopers theme. Power Armored mercenaries get stranded after an invasion goes sour.
• The Bag (Feb 05) Homo sapiens will not always be the Earth's keeper. The story of an astounding archeological discovery of the future.
• The Domes (Jan 05) After you say, "Oops!" what do you do? The story of a people dealing with a world-shattering biotechnology accident.
• The Colonists (Jan 05) Most space travel science fiction presumes some form of faster-than-light travel. This is a story of what space commerce is like when only slower than light technology is available.
• And where does the 500 pound Alien Sleep? (Apr 04) a first encounter story with a really scarey alien.
• Power Armor (Jan 04) -- an action/adventure story in the form of an Interstellar Agent making his report to a power armor equipment maker.
• Man's Pride (Nov 03, Honorable Mention in Writers of the Future contest 2007) Life is always full of little surprises... and some not-so-little ones, too. As discovered by this wet-behind-the-ears MBA of the future.
• The Immortals (Nov 03) What would happen if an Immortal came to Earth? What difference would it make to our world? Here is one possibility
• The Prisoner's Dilemma (Nov 03) the tale of two very different aliens who must cooperate to escape.
• Beware Bargain Boards! (Aug 02) a short cautionary tall tale from the early days of personal computers.
• The Failure (Aug 02) A story of mankind creating a new species, in a surprising way.
• Wilderness 2053 (Aug 02) Keeping our wildernesses pristine, and enjoying them at the same time. This is how we will do it.
• Intelitan the Destructor (Aug 02) Interstellar combat with a war machine that's gone out of control... but with a technofiction twist.
• I am of Man (Aug 02) A "first encounter" story between a hostile alien and a "creation" of mankind. (It is through "creations" that I envision most space exploration taking place.)

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