[struwwelpeter]

I remember a shortie about an "offdog" that a crew couldn't locate for an inventory, so they sent a message back to fleet that their offdog had fallen apart due to gravitational stress. Fleet grounded everything, since offdog was Navy for "official dog" (mascot).

Seriously, is anyone else sick of browsing through all the books labeled "SciFi" in bookstores and libraries and finding nothing but dragons and swordsman on the covers? What happened to robots and spaceships?

[Smokin' Joe]

Browse here....Baen Free Library

[atomic conspiracy]

That one I do know: Allamagoosa, by Eric Frank Russell. It won the Hugo for best short story in 1955 and has been anthologized many times. I too am fed up with dragons, fairies, and swordsmen, not to mention the freakish and often brutal psycho-sexual content of much of what passes for "hard SF" these days.

[IrishCatholic]

It's not that people aren't writing them, it is they can't get published.

Anne Rice gets you Twilight gets you non stop vampires.

Lord of the Rings being made into a series gets you non stop fantasy.

Publishers couldn't give a crap on content anymore. All they want is to push the next product or ride on the coattails of a proven product. There isn't any pride anymore.

There is some sci fi but it is mainly the few tried and true makes and remakes (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, etc.) Not much on the print front.

[ArrogantBustard]

I remember a shortie about an "offdog" that a crew couldn't locate for an inventory

"Offog", IIRC. The story was called "Allamagoosa", written by Eric Frank Russell.

[Bat_Chemist]

“Offdog”? What’s “Offdog”?

Nothin’. What’s off with you?