Any ideas for short(ish) recent works of SFF that a) are not bummers and b) would teach well in highschool? I’ve been asked to give a talk to highschool teachers, the theme is ‘No Bummers’, and I’ve been thinking Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, To Be Taught) and Martha Wells (Murderbot). What else?
Sep 8, 2025 14:13Towards the longer side of novella, but Piranesi and This is How You Lose the Time War? Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain (although that's resistance to serious oppression)? Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race? (Several of his would work.)
