A must-read story: "Beam Us Home"

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Although about a young "Star Trek" fan obsessed with the USS Enterprise, this short story by famous science fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. will resonate with anyone who feels like an alien on Earth:


"It's unbearable," he muttered.

"What's unbearable?" she snapped, mad at him for scaring her. "What's unbearable for you and not for me? I mean, I know it's a mess, but why is it so bad for you? I have to live here too."

"It's your world," he told her absently, lost in some private desolation.


The whole story can be read here.