The major science fiction magazines publish hundreds of science fiction stories every year. For this first volume of Think Weirder, Editor Joe Stech evaluated 391 stories published in 2024 and selected the sixteen best concept-driven, near-future ideas about people interacting with technology. Each story is a new way of seeing the world.
The selections in this volume include award-winning stories and both well-known and emerging authors:
Death and the Gorgon by Greg Egan
The Best Version of Yourself by Grant Collier
Twenty-Four Hours by H.H. Pak
Best Practices for Safe Asteroid Handling by David W. Goodman
Nine Billion Turing Tests by Chris Willrich
Stars Don't Dream by Chi Hui, translated by John Chu
A Gray Magic by Ray Nayler
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video by Thomas Ha
Our Chatbots Said 'I Love You, ' Shall We Meet? by Caroline M. Yoachim
