Identifying a Short SF Story
July 8, 2019 12:10 PM Subscribe
What's the best forum for asking questions along the lines of "What's the sf short story where..."
E.g. "What's the sf short story where an entomologist discovers a hive of intelligent ants that collect butterfly and moth eggs for him, with dire consequences?"
I mean, AskMetaFilter usually gets an answer in like, 10 minutes. We love these questions.
It's probably "All Summer in A Day", which has been asked about at least 11 times on AskMe.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:27 PM on July 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
It's probably "All Summer in A Day", which has been asked about at least 11 times on AskMe.
posted by Rock Steady at 12:27 PM on July 8, 2019 [5 favorites]
Best answer: The Sci-Fi Stack Exchange site is also great for this. Post with the story-identification tag.
posted by automatronic at 12:43 PM on July 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by automatronic at 12:43 PM on July 8, 2019 [1 favorite]
I would imagine a large enough scifi group on Goodreads would work well. If your short story isn't sci-fi, then one with the equivalent genre.
posted by soelo at 2:36 PM on July 8, 2019
posted by soelo at 2:36 PM on July 8, 2019
Response by poster: Sci-Fi Stack for the win. "Doomsday Deferred" by Will Jenkins.
posted by musofire at 4:52 PM on July 8, 2019
posted by musofire at 4:52 PM on July 8, 2019
If you have Usenet access, rec.arts.sf.written is still limping along. They call these questions YASID (Yet Another Story ID).
posted by Chrysostom at 7:23 PM on July 8, 2019
posted by Chrysostom at 7:23 PM on July 8, 2019
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posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:27 PM on July 8, 2019 [4 favorites]