Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell

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The Giving Plague by David Brin

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So here we kick off #Scificlub no. 10. I think officially this should be no. 8 or 9, but since it's a reboot, lets have a nice even number.

As mentioned in the round-up thread we'll have a weekly Hugo short story winner, starting from the very beginning of the category in 1955! I decided it's just best we go through them in chronological order, since part of the fun of reading through the list is having no idea what kind of story is up next.

For the sake of providing fuel for discussion I've added a second short story, "The Giving Plague", which was nominated for a Hugo at a later year but didn't win. I think it's well worth reading and potentially thought provoking, hence it's inclusion for this week. Both are quite quick to read, so people can read and discuss one, or the other, or both in next week's discussion thread.

For all the future clubs I'd like community suggestions/voting to decide what we can add on top of that week's Hugo. Expanding from the previous list, we have:

Frankenstein

Golem xiv by Stanislaw Lem

Forbidden Planet

2001

The Day the Earth Stood Still

I, Robot (book)

Watchbird by Robert Sheckley

Equoid by Charles Stross

So discuss feel free to discuss here what would be a good choice to pick for next week.

Shoutouts:

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