Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Fiction Recommendations Online

December 26, 2015 9:23 AM

Where to Find the Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Fiction Recommendations Online. As Hugo Nomination season approaches, everyone needs some help sifting through the huge volume of short fiction (novellas, novelettes, and short stories). Tor.com published a post about where to find the best online recommendations. It's worth a look.
posted by Greg Hullender (21 comments total)

Some of these look a bit shifty, what is this Metawotsit?
posted by Artw at 9:31 AM on December 26, 2015

COME ON NO ONE AT METAFILTER KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION I MEAN REALLY
posted by jscalzi at 9:54 AM on December 26, 2015 [35 favorites]

COME ON NO ONE AT METAFILTER KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION I MEAN REALLY

Ahahah
posted by francesca too at 10:20 AM on December 26, 2015

Some really excellent recommendations at File770
posted by francesca too at 10:25 AM on December 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

For some reason, the main article omitted Lois Tilton, but someone mentioned her in one of the comments.
posted by Greg Hullender at 10:46 AM on December 26, 2015

COME ON NO ONE AT METAFILTER KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION I MEAN REALLY

Never ever whatsoever have I ever so ever wanted some really tasty troll bait.

Getting this particular troll worked up would just be the awesomest fun time!
posted by sammyo at 11:59 AM on December 26, 2015

If it's the bunch I'm thinking of let's not.
posted by Artw at 12:04 PM on December 26, 2015

Here's why trolling the user who wrote "COME ON NO ONE AT METAFILTER KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE FICTION I MEAN REALLY" would be an act of total futility. (And jscalzi's wife would probably make more money than jscalzi does with THAT BOOK CONTRACT if she merchandised that jar... I'd buy one)
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:45 PM on December 26, 2015 [2 favorites]

Meh - half the people on Reddit have the very same jar
posted by AGameOfMoans at 12:53 PM on December 26, 2015

It's the opposite of short fiction but read this because it's the best thing ever.
posted by Drinky Die at 12:54 PM on December 26, 2015

I've been fond of Jeff Vandermeer's picks in the past - he's excelled at finding interesting books and stories. Worth checking out if you think you'd like anything tagged 'experimental'. Here's his latest list, as well as a Storybundle.
posted by suckerpunch at 1:05 PM on December 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

Ahahah
posted by leotrotsky at 1:29 PM on December 26, 2015

You can find the one I wrote right here
**ducks**
posted by pmfail at 2:11 PM on December 26, 2015

The main Hugo Awards website also has a list of links to third-party recommendation sites (in the right-hand sidebar).
posted by Greg Hullender at 2:20 PM on December 26, 2015 [1 favorite]

Here's another site collecting recommendations -- they started with the smaller categories, so right now they're one of the only places with non-novel/story recs.
posted by tofu_crouton at 3:55 PM on December 26, 2015

Here are the Goodreads.com highest vote count Science Fiction novels of 2015. The other genres and years are on the lefthand sidebar.
posted by dgaicun at 4:10 PM on December 26, 2015

The goodreads votes are not recommendations I would... recommend. It's essentially a bestseller list - they miss a lot and what they champion is what's poplar, not necessarily what's good, I feel.
posted by smoke at 4:16 PM on December 26, 2015 [2 favorites]

No idea what the top thing is but there's some not entirely horrible books there. Probably wouldn't be my first stop though.
posted by Artw at 5:17 PM on December 26, 2015

I've been working my way through Wole Talabi's beautifully curated list of Favorite AfroSFF Short Fiction of 2015. This list came into my life thanks to infini's MeFi post about it. Yay reading lists! And yay infini!!
posted by Hellgirl at 5:16 AM on December 27, 2015 [2 favorites]

I thought this was great. Maybe I should have made it into a FPP. Oh well: The New Mother
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:49 PM on December 29, 2015

The Best of the Best of 2015's Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books
posted by Artw at 9:10 AM on December 31, 2015