Does anybody know any good science fiction short stories?

Question

I'm thinking along the lines of 1950's; Orwell, "Brave New World", "Fahrenheit 451". Thanks.

Answer 1

One sci-fi short story that I love is "April 2005: Usher II" from Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles."

It was first published as Carnival of Madness in Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1950.
Usher II tells of Bradbury’s and other writers’ fear of censorship. A literary expert named William Stendahl retreats to Mars and builds his image of the perfect manse, complete with mechanical bats and creaky door soundtracks. When the Moral Climate Monitors come to visit, he arranges to kill each in a manner reminiscent of a different horror masterpiece, including Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. When his persecutors are dead, the house sinks into the lake as in Poe’s short story, The Fall of the House of Usher. Here, Bradbury’s message is simple: what goes around comes around, and ironic revenge is sweeter still.

Answer 2

There is a story by a guy named H.P. Lovecraft called The Colours Out of Space. It's rather a longish short story. You might call it a novella. It scared the s--- out me when I was a teenager. So much so that I actually took the book and hid it behind all of the other books on the bookcase shelf because just looking at it gave me the willies.

Answer 3

Good source is Science Fiction and Fantasy, a periodical. Their website is located at http://www.sffworld.com .

Answer 4

most of the stroies by Dr. Isaac Asimov started life as short stories, such as "Fantastic Voyage" "bicentennial man" "I Robot"
"Foundation" series etc