Read by Fred | New Worlds November Week 1 and 2 Update | 2022 @ReadbyFred | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
New Worlds November, the 2022 frontier. This is my week 1 and 2 wrap up where I talk about the short stories I read during this time. A couple clunkers and some gems.

What is New Worlds November?
This event is a month-long reading event where everyone who would like to participate reads short works of science fiction (under 250 pages).

Join in on the fun!
If you take part and are a booktuber, please use the hash tag #NewWorldsNovember so that everyone can find your content and join you in your journey. If you don't post videos, then please join us in the comments section to let us know what you're reading :)

What do I read?
You can read whatever science fiction you like! However, if you need a bit of direction, we are here for you with the following ideas:

The Prompts:

Week 1. Terrestrial.
Week 2. Extraterrestrial.
Week 3. Classic Science Fiction.
Week 4. Robots/A.I.

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Stories Mentioned:

Week 1: Terrestrial
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For sale, Reasonable (1959)
Elisabeth Veronika Mann Borgese
The Future Is Female!, Library of America, 2018

The Tunnel Ahead (1961)
Alice Glaser
The Future Is Female!, Library of America, 2018

That Only a Mother (1948)
Judith Merril
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Tom Doherty and Associates Ltd., 2003

Week 2: Extraterrestrial
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First Contact (1945)
Murray Leinster
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Tom Doherty and Associates Ltd., 2003

uPVC (1999)
Paul Farnsworth
More Short Trips, BBC Worldwide Ltd., 1999

Space Episode
Leslie Perri (1941)
The Future Is Female!, Library of America, 2018


Week 3: Classic Science Fiction
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Contagion (1950)
Katherine Anne MacLean
The Future Is Female!, Library of America, 2018



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0:00 Introduction
1:30 For sale, Reasonable
2:48 The Tunnel Ahead
5:06 First Contact
7:54 uPVC
11:04 That Only a Mother
13:37 Space Episode
16:40 Contagion
17:31 In closing