"The Third Party" Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

W  ALU'Y  QWUA  YCXXWUB  FLK  YIPY  WU  QLEY  ZPECE,  NC   PHLWA  YICWUZLUHCUWCUZC  LJ  P  YSWPX.

Substitute the letter L for X, but not X for L.

ANSWER

I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU THAT IN MOST CASES, WE AVOID THE INCONVENIENCE OF A TRIAL.

Universal Translator Puzzle: "The Cascade"

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"The Cascade" by Sean McMullen

A thousand chir couples had adip ten million dollars hace to have rihet fertilized eggs ofwln to Mars.

ANSWER

A thousand rich couples had paid ten million dollars each to have their fertilized eggs flown to Mars.

"Slow Life" Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

YOT  ELY  DFXRD  AF  PT  FR  AOT  YZSBLNT  FB  AXALR  QFRD  TRFZDO  AF  YNFFV  ZV  AOT  SLE  HLATSXLQ  FB  L  STGFQZAXFR  XR  VQLRTALSJ  YNXTRNT.

Substitute the letter B for P, but not P for B.

ANSWER

SHE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE SURFACE OF TITAN LONG ENOUGH TO SCOOP UP THE RAW MATERIAL OF A REVOLUTION IN PLANETARY SCIENCE.

Universal Translator Puzzle: "Terminal"

 

Universal Translator Puzzle

The universal translator isn’t perfect. The letters in some of the words in the line below are mixed up. Rearrange the letters in these words to restore the original line from the story.

"Terminal" by Lavie Tidhar

They lawrc with unbearable slowness socras this almls section of rane capes.

ANSWER

They crawl with unbearable slowness across this small section of near space.

"The Days Between" Puzzle

 

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

R  CVA  IZIVBSL  ZC  RWZBK  AZFOT  JV  R  CRNE VDMURBWV  CZE  MZFBSOVLL  TRKL  ZC  OZBVLZIV INLVEK.

Substitute the letter F for C, but not C for F.

ANSWER

A FEW MOMENTS OF AGONY WOULD BE A FAIR EXCHANGE FOR COUNTLESS DAYS OF LONESOME MISERY.

 

The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 - TOC

1)    “Salvage” by Andy Dudak

2)    “You and Whose Army?” by Greg Egan

3)    “Time’s Own Gravity” by Alexander Glass

4)    “Brother Rifle” by Daryl Gregory

5)    “Invisible People” by Nancy Kress

6)    “Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County” by Derek Künsken

7)    “How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar” by Rich Larson

8)    “50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” by Ken Liu

9)    “A Mastery of German” by Marian Denise Moore

10) “Eyes of the Forest” by Ray Nayler

11) “Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars” by Mercurio D. Rivera

12) “Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World” by Benjamin Rosenbaum

13) “When God Sits in Your Lap” by Ian Tregillis

14) “Mediation” by Cadwell Turnbull

15) “Test 4 Echo” by Peter Watts

Coming out June 2021

"On the Orion Line" Puzzle

"Find the Story Line" Puzzle

TRAFG  PG  LRY  BX  R  CMEECG  BRTRIG  EX  EZG IZXOEO  FGUXDG  PG  BMG,  ERD.

Substitute the letter T for E, but not E for T.

ANSWER

MAYBE WE CAN DO A LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE GHOSTS BEFORE WE DIE, TAR.