Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers | 1987 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
| 2 | A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates | 2013 | Lawrence Watt-Evans | Buy |
Harry’s All Night Hamburgers started as a single short story that became one of Lawrence Watt-Evans’s most recognized works. “Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers” won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1988 and tells the tale of a teenager working at a late-night diner where travelers from parallel dimensions stop in for burgers. The narrator’s matter-of-fact voice makes the extraordinary seem almost mundane.
Decades later, Watt-Evans returned to the setting with “A Flying Saucer with Minnesota Plates,” a companion piece that revisits the world of interdimensional diners. The second story expands on the original premise while keeping the same low-key tone that made the first one work so well.
Both stories are available as individual ebook releases. They are short reads, but the original in particular has earned a lasting reputation among science fiction fans for its clever premise and down-to-earth storytelling.