'Miniatures' by John Scalzi is a collection of very short stories, each under 2,000 words, showcasing Scalzi's signature humor and wit. The stories cover a variety of topics, from alien encounters and Pluto's perspective to humorous takes on everyday life scenarios. Scalzi's writing style is fast-paced, punchy, and to the point, often resembling news articles, memos, or interview transcripts. The stories entertain and amuse, offering a glimpse into human interactions with aliens or intelligent machinery in a lighthearted manner.
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The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity.
Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi .
These four stories, along with fourteen other pieces, have one thing in common: They're short, sharp, and to the point-science fiction in miniature, with none of the stories longer than 2,300 words. But in that short space exist entire universes, absurd situations, and the sort of futuristic humor that propelled Scalzi to a Hugo with his novel Redshirts . Not to mention yogurt taking over the world (as it would).
Spanning the years from 1991 to 2016, this collection is a quarter century of Scalzi at his briefest and best, and features four never-before-printed stories, exclusive to this collection: "Morning Announcements at the Lucas Interspecies School for Troubled Youth," "Your Smart Appliances Talk About You Behind Your Back," "Important Holidays on Gronghu" and "The AI Are Absolutely Positively Without a Doubt Not Here to End Humanity, Honest."
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