[LittleOldLady]

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as you can all tell, I'm extremely bored tonight.

so...this time i'll do a seeded elimination tournament.

Two rules:

No novellas or novels...ONLY short stories. I'll define it as one you should be able to read in one sitting without a problem.

No stories less than ten years old.

I'll nominate the obvious one first:

Nightfall - Isaac Asimov

and one of my favorites:

The Cold Equations - Tom Godwin

and one more from the modern era:

Blood Music - Greg Bear


so let's here 'em...

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I have to concur on Nightfall. I don't care for the short story genre, but Nightfall is at the top of my list even so.