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Speech Sounds
"Speech Sounds" is a science fiction short story by Octavia Butler. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1984.
A plague severely limits the ability of human beings to communicate with each other. Some can read but can't speak; some can speak but can't read; the effects of the plague are...
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Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that aren't necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extra-terrestrial life forms, alien worlds, esp, and time travel,...
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A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story...
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