My fave Sci-Fi Short Stories

Some of my Fave Sci-Fi (or Spec-Fic) Short Storiesby JTV, 2019
In his great book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Harari (2018) notes:

`Of course, it is extremely important to go on doing academic research and to publish the results in scientific journals that only a few experts read. But it is equally important to communicate the latest scientific theories to the general public through popular-science books, and even through the skilful use of art and fiction.

Does that mean scientists should start writing science fiction? That is actually not such a bad idea.  

Art plays a key role in shaping people’s view of the world, and in the twenty-first century science fiction is arguably the most important genre of all, for it shapes how most people understand things like AI, bio-engineering and climate change. 

We certainly need good science, but from a political perspective, a good science-fiction movie is worth far more than an article in Scienceor Nature.’ 

(Harari 2018, pp. 243-4)

So, with all that in mind, here's some of my fave sci fi short stories...   
Probably my fave, is `WAR HERO’ by Doug Kenney (1985). I came across it as a teen, in National Lampoon’s Doug Kenney Special Issue (June 1985)... It's a darkly-funny, edgy sci-fi satire.

Years later, when the sci-fi satire movie Starship Troopers came out (1997, based on Heinlein's 1959 novel), the tone of it seemed very familiar...
I also really quite like:
The Last Question (Asimov 1956)
Fondly Fahrenheit (Bester 1954)
Evil Robot Monkey (Kowal 2008)
The Father-Thing (P K Dick 1954)
There Will Come Soft Rains (Bradbury 1950)
The Paper Menagerie (Liu 2011)(not sure, why it's sci-fi... more: fantasy?)

The Girl Who Was Plugged In (Alice Sheldon/Tiptree Jr 1973)