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Results tagged with short-stories
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For about a fictional work too small to be called a [novel] or [novella] - usually less than 10-20 thousand words and no chapters. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the short story and its form in other media.. If you are looking for a particular anthology of short stories, use the [anthology-book] tag instead.
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YA paperback about a boy talking to an alien on his computer, alien asking for help
Your book sounds similar to (but probably isn't) Terry Pratchett's 'Only You Can Save Mankind', where a boy playing a computer game where he defends earth from alien invaders discovers that the aliens …
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Short story where a man's life is calculated by a computer
Sounds similar to the story "Realtime Interrupt" by James Hogan, where odd occurrences make the main character realize he is in a reality simulation.
Joe Corrigan awakens in a hospital to find tha …
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