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The Future Was Always Here

The Future Was Always Here

By: Leslie Gideon
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The Future Was Always here is a curated feed of classic science fiction tales in the public domain. Time travel, space exploration, cyberpunks, and more can all be found here.Copyright 2025 Art Literary History & Criticism Science Fiction
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  • The Dandelion Girl by Robert F. Young
    Mar 10 2025

    "Day before yesterday I saw a rabbit, and yesterday a deer, and today...you."

    "The Dandelion Girl", originally appearing in "The Worlds of Robert F Young: Sixteen Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy", follows a time-travel romance between Mark Randolph and Julie Danvers, who claims to be from 240 years into the future.

    The full text may be found here: https://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/young-robert-f-the-dandelion-girl.pdf

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    36 mins
  • They're Made Out Of Meat by Terry Bisson
    Mar 10 2025

    "They're Made Out Of Meat" by Terry Bisson, originally appearing in the anthology "Bears Discover Fire", follows two intelligent lifeforms who, to their surprise, discover sentient beings made out of meat.

    The full text may be found here: https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html

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    6 mins

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