"Favorite SF Short Story Or Novella (Round 1C)" Topic

A spectacular run of stories this time. But am I correct in remembering Drake's "Rolling Hot" as a short story collection rather than a short story? This seems to happen frequently on TMP. Now, if "The Butcher's Bill" or "The Tank Lords" had been there, picking my top five would have been even harder.

Nice to see Piper on the list and especially Lois Bujold! She is my absolute favorite author. A shame more people don't know about her.

the story in question from Lois Bujold is one of the more compelling short stories i have read. More of a murder mystery set in her vorkosigan universe, it really hit home how people can think when they have suffered greatly.

Robert, Rolling Hot is a single story in the Slammer's anthology book I have. That's one of my favorites from Drake.

For those of you who have read The Road Not Taken by Turtledove, it is a short but masterful story

I sit corrected, jtkimmel. Remembered the story when I consulted my set, but had forgotten the title. And I see I already voted for "The Butcher's Bill" in a previous round. (My memory didn't fail me totally: there is a Drake book of that title.)

Are there people who don't know about Bujold? We must find those people and correct the situation.

One of only two Piper stories that are "typical Astounding/ANALOG" science puzzle stories, and arguably the best, though we have to look past the whole Martian thing :) Good to see it still gets love.