The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories (Scott Miller)

Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. The Gun by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

In the last week we have added hundreds of new listeners all over the world and last week’s episode featuring The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury had more listeners in its first week, by far, than any other episode of the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Thank you for making that happen.

Our story comes from Planet Stories magazine in September 1952. More space on the cover is devoted to author Mark Ganes and his feature story  Evil Out of Onzar than any other story that appeared in the magazine. Who is Mark Ganes? I don’t know. I couldn’t find any information about him, nor could I find any other story that he’d ever written. The cover lists five of the seven authors in the issue. One of the guys who wasn’t mentioned. A relatively unknown author, at the time, named Philip K. Dick. Turn to page 46 for The Gun…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast,  There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them! The Mind Digger byWinston Marks...  that’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the—Prison Of A Billion Years, written by C.H. Thames, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Author C.H. Thames is back on the podcast for the second time in less than a month. Today’s story can be found on page 104 in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, April 1956.

Slade knew they needed no walls to hold him; outside lay nothing but eternity. Prison Of A Billion Years by C.H. Thames…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Somewhere on that asteroid of sin lurked the crime king of the Universe. Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way? Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is proud to be the #1 Science Fiction Podcast in Demark. Thank you to all our listeners in Denmark for making us #1.

Reviews, emails and comments are coming to us from all over the world every week. Daniela left a review on Audible UK that I just discovered.

Daniela says, “Brilliant! Great narrator and choice of stories” “Very happy with discovering this podcast! it is obvious that the narrator loves sci- fi and the introduction to each story makes it an even better experience. I have been a huge sci fi fan since childhood and still thanks to this podcast learn new interesting facts about the authors as well as discovering authors I haven't read before. Thank you for creating this wonderful podcast! I hope more sci fi fan learn about it as it is brilliant!”

Thanks, Daniela, for you awesome review!

Ray Giordano says, “Those were some great yarns from yesteryear and quite good narration to boot. Thanks!” Thank you Ray!

And soundwaveshadlow says, “Excellent story listening in Ireland 🇮🇪” Thanks soundwaveshadlow we’re proudly podcasting in Costa Rica and happily sharing these amazing vintage sci-fi stories with the world.

The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is a lifetime honor awarded no more than 6 times every 10 years by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to no more than one living writer of fantasy or science fiction. There have been 25 awards given out so far to vintage sci-fi authors and of course, today’s author, Ray Bradbury is one of the 25. I just discovered a new to me Bradbury short story from 1948, read it and will be narrating it soon. Not sure when it will find its way to the podcast but I think you will love it when you hear it.

Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920, and grew up in a small town where he spent much of his childhood reading books from the local library. He was particularly drawn to the works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe. At the age of twelve, Bradbury had a life-changing experience that would set him on the path to becoming a writer.

One day, Bradbury attended a carnival where a magician named Mr. Electrico performed a show. During the performance, Mr. Electrico touched Bradbury on the forehead with an electrified sword and shouted, "Live forever!" The experience left Bradbury feeling invigorated and inspired. After the show, Bradbury went home and began writing stories in his notebook. He spent countless hours writing, and by the time he was a teenager, he had written dozens of short stories. Bradbury credited Mr. Electrico with sparking his love for storytelling and inspiring him to pursue a career as a writer.

In his own words this is what Ray Bradbury had to say about this life changing event, “The next day, even while attending an uncle’s funeral, I could not forget Mr. Electrico. As our car headed home for the family’s post-funeral wake, to my parents’ consternation I leaped out and raced down the hill to the carnival. I carried with me a ball-in-vase trick I had ordered through the mail from Johnson Smith & Co. as an excuse to see Mr. Electrico. I 

had to find out just how to “Live forever!”

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Today’s episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast features another short science fiction story from one of our favorite authors, William Morrison, whose real name was Joseph Samachson.

Two of Morrison’s stories can be heard in episode 13, Unwelcomed Visitor and Spoken For.

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Task of Kayin originally appeared in 1953 but was also published in the Australian magazine Science Fiction Monthly in February 1957. It’s believed to be the last issue of the magazine from the land down under which lasted a short three years. Morrison wrote over 80 short sci-fi stories many of which were translated into French, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian and then republished. 

If you enjoy his work, as I do, you will happy to know that you will hear many more William Morrison stories in future episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

From out beyond the second sun he came; a fugitive froma dead and sterile world… from the July 1953 edition of Planet Stories Magazine, let’s turn to page 4 and enjoy Task of Kayin by William Morrison...

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Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me—and neither aware of it! Time Travel anyone? That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Hank was spinning quite a space lie—something about earrings wearing their owners. The crew got a boot out of the yarn—until they got to thinking. And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Today’s episode of the podcast marks the debut of Fredric Brown. Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1906. At 18 he became an office worker and did that until he was 30, when he left to become a writer. His first science fiction short story appeared 5 years later in 1941. He won the “Edgar” award for Best First Mystery for “The Fabulous Clipjoint” in 1947 from the Mystery Writers of America.

Fredric Brown wrote more than 300 short stories including some of the shortest science fiction short stories you’ll ever find. Many of them can be found in vintage science fiction magazines, in their entirety, on only one page. And The Gods Laughed isn’t a long story, but its longer than those one-page vignettes. Let’s go back in time 78 years and peruse the Spring 1944 edition of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 105 and enjoy And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown...

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Shaan made the longest crawl in history—to avoid crawling before tyrants!... The Martian Shore written by Charles L. Fontenay... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Charles Louis Fontenay was born in Brazil in 1917, and raised in Tennessee from infancy, where he worked as a newspaperman for about half a century. He eventually became an editor for the Nashville Tennessean. In September 1954 Fontenay, the science fiction writer, was published for the first time in If Worlds of Science Fiction magazine with the short story, Disqualified.

Seems he liked writing sci-fi and If Worlds of Science Fiction liked his work because he was back in the magazine a month later. Fontenay wrote a handful of novels and almost 40 short stories in the 1950s.

We’ll find today’s story on page 78 in the April 1957 edition of Infinity Science Fiction magazine. The Martian Shore by Charles L. Fontenay...

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Philip K. Dick is back. Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants!

That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Very often we find it hard to learn much about the authors on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. In many cases they had a short career and disappeared as quickly as they appeared as if they were abducted by aliens never to be seen again.

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The author of today’s story wrote 54 short sci-fi stories from 1951 to 1965, starting with Hell’s Pavement in Astounding Science Fiction and ending with Way Station in If Worlds of Science Fiction.

We know he was born in Pennsylvania on the 24th of May 1917 and died on the 13th of February 2001 at the age of 83. He was born Irving England Cox, Jr. and used several slight variations of his given name, Irving B. Cox Jr., Irving Cox and the one he used for today’s short sci-fi story Irving Cox Jr. That’s pretty much all we know about him except for a reference to an Irving E. Cox Jr in the 1940 Census. He lived in Sacramento California at the time with his father Irving, mother Adelle and a younger sister and brother.

The story you are about to hear was in the middle of his career and is his first offering of 1955. From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in July 1955, Export Commodity by Irving Cox Jr...

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Prescott stood to make a young fortune if he could capture a martian zloor—dead or alive! Was there a catch to it? Only for the hunter!...A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Thanks for your comments, suggestions, emails and reviews! Dani from the UK said, “Thank you for the wonderful stories you bring so beautifully to life. Love your narration.” Thanks Dani! And Sleepy Williams said, “One of the best readers I’ve ever heard. Keep up the good work.” Thanks Sleepy! Send us an email if you like to scott@lostscifi.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

This is our second story from Mack Reynolds on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Episode 9 featured Reynold’s story, The Martians and the Coys. Mack’s father, Verne La Rue Reynolds, twice ran for President of the United States. His father was the Socialist Labor Party Candidate in both 1928 and 1932.

Although so far we’ve only narrated two Mack Reynolds sci-fi short stories we have plans to bring you many more including, Gun For Hire, The Galactic Ghost and Not In The Rules. 

Today’s story comes from the January 1954 edition of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy which is on sale now on eBay along with a paperback, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th series for $15.95. Let’s turn to page 92 and enjoy A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds.

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Courage will be a big qualification for the pilot who flies the first moon rocket. But who decides if a man is brave—or a coward?... That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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He was tired of people—a "human interest" columnist, who specializes in glamorizations of the commonplace and sordid is likely to get that way. So... this starship seemed to offer the ideal escape from it all. “…So They Baked A Cake by Winston Marks”, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We always love hearing from our listeners, Stavros says, “All I can say is a huge thank you for your uploads, by mistake I discovered you, and by you, I discovered PKD, after hearing some of your uploads, I ordered Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. I think PKD is my favorite author. Greetings from Greece. Keep up the great job!” Thanks Stavros, we’re happy to discover another of our new listeners in Greece!

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Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we celebrate our 1st Anniversary with 3 episodes in 5 days!

Today’s story comes from the pages of “Dynamic Science Fiction” magazine. Dynamic published only 6 issues in its brief history. Launched in December 1952, there were 4 issues in 1953 and then the January 1954 edition which would be its last. You can buy a good to very good copy of the last issue at AbeBooks.com for only $10. Link is in the description, https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=dynamic+science+fiction+january+1954

It is the last story, in the last edition of “Dynamic Science Fiction” magazine and can be found on page 59. "...So They Baked A Cake" by Winston Marks…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…we celebrate our 1st anniversary with three episodes, featuring 4 stories in 5 days! Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned? The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr.

That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We’ve already narrated 5 sci-fi stories written by William Morrison and many more are on the way. We had no idea that William Morrison was born Joseph Samachson on October 13, 1906, in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Russian Jewish parents.

This guy has an incredible bio.  He graduated from Rutgers University, then earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, at the University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Chicago. Samachson worked as a research chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a "freelance technical writer".

Then in 1941 his first short sci-fi story was released. Writing as William Morrison, for reasons unknown, "Bad Medicine"appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine in February 1941. He would go on to write about 80 short sci-fi stories over the next 17 years. If that’s not enough, he started writing for DC Comics sometime around 1942. Contributing to stories for both Batman and Superman, he even created a character of his own. That character would appear in the 4-hour epic, Zach Snyder’s Justice League released in 2021. Played by veteran Hollywood actor Harry Lennix, the character Samachson created 66 years earlier appeared on the big screen. John Johns, aka Martian Manhunter is a shapeshifter stranded on Earth originally from Mars. 

Martian Manhunter first appeared in the November 1955 issue #225 of Detective Comics. A copy of issue #225 sold 5 years ago for an amazing $120,000! You can find a copy on eBay right now at the bargain Buy It Now Price for only $34,995. 

Joseph Samachson also found time to write scripts for a science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network. Captain Video and His Video Rangers aired from 1949 to 1955. If you’re curious you can watch several full-length episodes on YouTube.

Samachson received special thanks credits in Zach Snyder’s Justice League and The Lego Batman movie. 

A legendary sci-fi writer himself, Frederik Pohl once remarked that Samachson was "one of the most shamefully neglected writers in the history of science fiction." That’s high praise. Samachson died of complications from Parkinson's disease on June 2, 1980 in Chicago.

Xhanph was the fully accredited ambassador from Gfun, and Earth's first visitor from outer space.History and the amenities called for a tremendous reception. But earth people are funny people....Taken from the pages of “If Worlds of Science Fiction” in October 1954, Unwelcomed Visitor by William Morrison...

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Robert Silverberg is an accomplished author, prolific, award winning, you may have noticed I said is, not was, because unlike all the authors we’ve featured so far on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast he’s still with us. Born in 1935, Silverberg has won the Hugo and Nebula awards many times, was named to the science fiction hall of fame in 1999, and in 2004 was designated as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. It’s been said that when you include introductions, reviews and editorials to his vast number of novels and short stories it would total more than 1,200.

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At last report the 87-year-old Silverberg and his wife Karen live in the San Francisco bay area. 

The magazine where our story originates originally credited Randall Garrett for Six Frightened Men, perhaps because Robert Silverberg contributed another story to this issue, Woman’s World. 

From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1957 turn with me to page 76 for Six Frightened Men by Robert Silverberg…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick is back, Her husband changed, but she’d married for better or worse…

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From Chaos a space-consuming creature reached slimy tentacles toward trembling planets. And no man of the old fighting breed remained on effete Earth to battle the invulnerable monster. The Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ Winterbotham, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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If the name Russ Winterbotham sounds familiar it’s because we’ve heard from him before. He wrote the story Three Spacemen Left To Die that can be heard on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast in Episode 14.

Let’s turn to page 30 in the Spring 1941 issue of Planet Stories Magazine and enjoy The Monster That Threatened The Universe by Russ Winterbotham…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The second half of our Monster double feature, 

Colonizing Mars was hell, because of one thing—large, hungry critters. They flew, crawled, snarled, howled, burrowed up under the floors, chewed at doors and windows. And then, to make things worse, came the Monster....

Monster by William Morrison. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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They were like creatures painted by a drunken artist, ghastly, utterly repulsive caricatures of humanity! Yet, twisted though they were, they were still human...  Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Our 1st Anniversary week comes to an end with a superb story Silverberg scribbled softly. Okay maybe I went a bit too far looking for words that started with S. So sorry. In the early 1950s, Robert Silverberg was a young science fiction fan who was eager to break into the field as a writer. He started submitting stories to various magazines but was repeatedly rejected.

Undeterred, Silverberg wrote a story called "Gorgon Planet" and it appeared in “Nebula”, Scotland's first science fiction magazine under the name Bob Silverberg in 1954. It was the first of more than 600 paid short stories. As was the case with many sci-fi stories back then, "Gorgon Planet" appeared again. It was published in “Super-Science Fiction” magazine 4 ½ years later with the title “The Fight With The Gorgon.” Same story, different title.

Silverberg’s career took off in 1956 when he sold more than 50 short stories.

Today’s story comes from Super-Science Fiction Magazine in August 1959. The story is credited to one of Silverberg’s pen names, Eric Rodman. Our story can be found on page 18, Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The men of the Norgan System had a tough decision to make concerning the planet in A93. Yet there was no hesitation. Can you blame them? Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Mad, impossible world! Sun-blasted by day, cold-wracked by night—and life condensed by radiation into eight days! Sim eyed the Ship—if he only dared reach it and escape! ... but it was more than half an hour distant—the limit of life itself! The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Your request for longer stories brings us to the longest podcast we’ve ever done. Let’s go back in time almost 77 years ago. Turn to page 94 in the fall 1946 issue of Planet Stories Magazine,  The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, the return of Philip K. Dick,  Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. The Gun by Philip K. Dick. 

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"Get Gunther," the official orders read. It was to laugh! For Click and Irish were marooned on the pirate's asteroid—their only weapons a single gun and a news-reel camera… The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Ray Bradbury turned out more than 600 short stories during his celebrated career, so far, we’ve narrated seven of them and this is our second Ray Bradbury short story on our podcast. You’ll hear Bradbury’s Morgue Ship in Episode 19. All seven of the short stories written by this amazing author that we’ve narrated so far have one thing in common, they all take place in space.

Today’s story comes from the spring 1944 edition of Planet Stories magazine. The story featured on the cover is Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon by Nelson S. Bond. Two other authors are mentioned on the cover, Leigh Brackett and Robert Abernathy. Interestingly there is no mention of Ray Bradbury on the cover.

A camera is one devil of a poor weapon with which to capture a pirate’s fortress. Let’s turn to page 39 for The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… You were bored—keeping the endless, dull space-lanes clear. You wanted excitement, danger, to see the weird planets of the System. You wanted—And then it happened, all the swift, blazing danger of the void—and you found yourself being blasted out of existence.

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Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… As a galactic reporter Jane Crowley knewshe had hold of the biggest story of the year; thousands of people were soon to die on this—Planet Of Doom. Planet Of Doom by C. H. Thames, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Today marks the debut of author C. H. Thames on our podcast, but it doesn’t really. Let me explain. He was born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn New York in 1928. He changed his name legally in the 1950s to Stephen Marlowe. C. H. Thames is one of several pen names he used during his lengthy career.

Milton Lesser can be found in episode 11 of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast paired with Philip K. Dick’s The Eyes Have It. Lesser, who became Marlowe, also used the pen name Darius John Granger, and his time travel story Stop, You’re Killing Me! can be heard in Episode 18.

So, Planet of Doom is actually his 3rd appearance on the podcast.

Planet of Doom was first published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1956. A reporter always looks for the big story, and here it was but it couldn’t be told! Let’s turn to page 82 for Planet of Doom…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He was running, running down the long tunnels, the shadows hunting him, claws clutching at him, nearer... Small World, by request, written by William F. Nolan...

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Whether the story of Gottfried Plattner is to be credited or not, is a pretty question in the value of evidence. On the one hand, we have seven witnesses—to be perfectly exact, we have six and a half pairs of eyes, and one undeniable fact; and on the other we have—what is it?—prejudice, common sense, the inertia of opinion. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Today’s author, H. G. Wells is one of two men most often referred to as the father of science fiction. Can you guess the other? We’ll give you the answer at the end of our story.

Herbert George Wells was an English writer born in London in 1866. Wells was a visionary who saw the arrival of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, and satellite television long before they were invented. He coined the term “time machine” almost 130 years ago which is still used today. His science fiction novels, The Time Machine 1895, The Island of Dr. Moreau 1896, The Invisible Man 1897 and The War of the Worlds 1898 remain popular today and all have been seen on the big screen at least twice.

Wells was busy writing novels but still found time to write almost 90 short stories. First published in the UK in 1897, The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells…

So, besides H.G. Wells who is also often referred to as the father of science fiction? The answer, Jules Verne.

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast,  Most experiments were dropped because they failed—and some because they worked too well! The Water Eater by Winston Marks.

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Horace Browne Fyfe Jr. also known as H. B. Fyfe, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1918. He had his first sci-fi short story published in 1940 but released only one other story until 1947. Where was Fyfe and what was he doing all those years? Well, he was in the US Army serving his country during World War II.

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From 1947 to 1967 H. B. Fyfe was a busy man, turning out almost 60 stories. Today’s offering is the first of 14 stories published in the 1960s.

From Amazing Stories Magazine in August 1960 Fee Of The Frontier by H.B. Fyfe…

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The little old man had a new slant on the mystery of what really happened to the great dinosaurs… Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Thanks to the thousands of you who listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast every week and we always look forward to your comments, suggestions, and requests. TG Dom Nemo writes “love the added background info! I'm afraid, by now, I just take your great narration for granted.” Thank you, and we appreciate the compliment! 

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About two months ago we heard from this legendary author with the story “Christmas on Ganymede.” He returns today with a terrific titillating time travel tale. When this story was published in 1950 the average cost of a new car was $1,510, gasoline for your new ride was 18 cents a gallon and a fellow by the name of James Dean got his big break in a Pepsi commercial. Not the singer and the sausage guy, Jimmy Dean. The Rebel Without a Cause actor James Dean. 

From the pages of Future Science Fiction Magazine in November 1950, Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…We all know that every android has its little idiosyncrasies. But what can a civilized human being do about it when his perfect servant drives him crazy?… Your Servant Sir by Sol Boren. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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This is without a doubt the most unusual episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, featuring 8 short sci-fi stories for you by Fredric Brown, Ray Bradbury, Harry Fletcher, Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick.  That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

A few weeks ago Blind Voyager said and I quote, “It would be fun to do an episode of several short, very short sci-fi stories." Thanks for your request Blind Voyager and today’s episode would never have happened if not for you!

I came across several interesting short stories months ago but it’s tough to sell a 4 minute audiobook and the thought of a super short podcast didn’t appeal to me either. However, when we got the request from Blind Voyager the light bulb went on and I began planning today’s podcast.

After you have a chance to listen, and you will want to listen all the way to the end, let us know what you think by commenting and tell us if we should do another episode of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with several super short sci-fi stories. You can always send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.

Our first story today can be found in the June 1960 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown…

That’s "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown… up next another story by Brown which first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories in August 1960, "The House"…

That’s "The House" by Fredric Brown and now our last Fredric Brown story for today, from Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954, "Experiment"… 

Let’s go back to October 1944, you could buy Super Science Stories for 15 cents and if you did you would have found, "And Then—The Silence" by Ray Bradbury...

In 1953 Harry Walton wrote a short story that was published in the March/April 1953 edition of Fantastic using the pen name Harry Fletcher, "A Star Falls on Broadway"... 

If you’d picked up a copy of the April 1942 Astounding Science Fiction you would have discovered this super short story by Isaac Asimov, "Time Pussy"...

The next two stories by Philip K. Dick didn’t appear in a science fiction magazine when they were written. And they weren’t credited to Philip K. Dick. These stories were published in the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Dick was only 13 years old when he wrote The Black Arts which appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday September 16th, 1942 and credited to Philip Dick. "The Black Arts"...

Philip Dick was a little older when this next story appeared in the newspaper, he had just turned 16, when the Berkeley Daily Gazette published "Santa’s Return" on Tuesday January 4th 1944.

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm. "The Skull" by request by Philip K. Dick. 

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You’ve heard of the man who had everything, well today’s author is the man who did everything! He accomplished far more in his life than most, yet he was a high school dropout. Born in November 1919 in New York, as is often the case, this science fiction author started out as a sci-fi fan. Along with Isaac Asimov, C.M. Kornbluth, and others he formed a group known as the Futurians which broke off from the Greater New York Science Fiction Club. The author once said and I quote, “We changed clubs the way Detroit changes tailfins, every year had a new one, and last year's was junk.” He would form lasting relationships with members of the group and many of them rose to sci-fi success. 

Frederik Pohl’s work was first published in 1937 and he began his career as a literary agent that same year. He was Isaac Asimov’s agent, the only one he ever had, then he started editing not one, but two magazines, Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories. He was only 20! His stories often appeared in these magazines but never under his own name. Stories he wrote with C.M. Kornbluth were credited to S. D. Gottesman or Scott Mariner, other stories were credited to Paul Dennis Lavond or, as is the case with today’s story James MacCreigh. 

Then came World War II. Pohl served as an Army weatherman in Italy. After the war he wrote advertising copy, became a literary agent again, and started writing a lot, quite often with his friend C.M. Kornbluth.

He would become an editor for two magazines again, this time, Galaxy and If, Worlds of science Fiction. Pohl won more than his share of awards, a Hugo for best magazine in 1966, 1967 and 1968. In 1976 he won the Nebula award given by the group now known as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He won another Nebula the next year and a Hugo in 1978. There are simply too many awards to mention them all. He wrote more than 65 novels, more than 150 short stories and he kept writing. His last collaborative effort was 2008’s The Last Theorem with Arthur C. Clarke and he won his last Hugo in 2010!

Let’s go back in time more than 72 years ago to the pages of Planet Stories magazine and listen to the words from a Sci-Fi Superstar, Let The Ants Try by Frederic Pohl...

In 1936 Pohl and around a dozen other sci-fi enthusiasts gathered in the back room of a bar in Philadelphia for what many regard as the world’s first science fiction “convention.”

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast They opened the ruins to tourists at a dollar a head but they reckoned without The Old Martians. Thanks for listening and we hope you’ll join us next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Marooned! On the cold satellite of a dying sun, light-years away from home.... For Rex there was only one escape. But Carl called it murder! Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ross Rocklynne said his love of science fiction began at the age of 12 when he said a Black janitor introduced him to the genre. Rocklynne remembered the story that turned him into a life-long fan, it was the first installment of E.E. Smith’s "The Skylark of Space" in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories.

In 1939, he attended the firstWorld Science Fiction Conventionin New York City where met and became life-long friends withRay Bradbury, among others.

Rocklynne’s professional writing debut, “Man of Iron” was published in Astounding Stories magazine in August 1935. He was 22. He followed that up with 7 more stories in the 1930s. The peak of his writing career occurred in the 1940s when he had 60 short science fiction stories published. There were 15 more in the 50s.

Rocklynne stopped writing in 1954 because he developed an extremely painful affliction of the face and jaw. He found that he could forget the pain only when he was involved in some kind of physical activity or when socially engaged with others. When he was alone the pain tended to monopolize his attention and thus made writing very difficult, if not impossible.

So, what do you do when you can’t do what you love? Well, Ross Rocklynne supported himself as a cab driver and dispatcher for the next 15 years. He resumed writing with about a dozen stories in the late 60s and early 70s.

Today’s story was his first and only offering in 1947. It appeared just before his friend Ray Bradbury’s story Rocket Summer in the Spring 1947 edition of Planet Stories Magazine. Turn to page 35 for Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Homer was a shy Faderfield bachelor; hisvisitor was a beautiful Pleiades girl. At anyrate she was a girl, and Homer had a problem—A Matterof Ethics by Russ Winterbotham

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Fear and misfortune stalk the strange byways of a lonely planet. A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Today marks the debut of Sir Arthur Charles Clarke on our podcast. Most people know him from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was born in England in December 1917. He said his interest in science fiction began with the November 1928 issue of Amazing Stories magazine at the age of 11, which he read in 1929 after it had been shipped from the United States. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke remembered buying this life changing magazine at Woolworth’s and said, “How I used to haunt that once-famous store during my lunch hour, in search of issues of Amazing, Wonder, and Astounding, buried like jewels in the junk-pile of detective and western pulps!”

Clarke did have some stories published between 1937 and 1945, those stories were published in fanzines. His first professional sale was published in Astounding Science Fiction in April 1946. He was still a member of the Royal Air Force at the time he sold his first two stories to Astounding in 1945. Rescue Party sold first, followed by Loophole which was the first story actually published. Over the next few years his stories appeared regularly in leading pulps, and he always acknowledged them as his ‘launch pad’ to become a writer.

He wrote around 100 short science fiction stories during his career and dozens of novels. 

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You'll find every story you hear on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and many more on our website https://lostscifi.com.

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Today’s author is a man of mystery. Erik Fennel, that’s Erik with a k, wrote 10 short science fiction stories from 1947 to 1957 and that’s all we know about him. 

From Planet Stories Magazine in the spring of 1950 Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… It was an unexplored planet and anything could happen—yet none of us expected to face a creature impossible to fight, let alone kill....

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Ralph Banks editor of Popular Crafts Monthly, was a short stocky man with a round pink face, a crisp crew cut, an intensely energetic manner.

When a letter from the Smithsonian Institute came across his desk it caught his attention, A Practical Man's Guide by Jack Vance, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Thanks to K Vomer for another 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts, “Very enjoyable! Lots of vintage sci-fi stories! Love the narrator’s voice. Also­ – he gives a little snippet about the history of the writer or what magazine it came from. It’s fun to hear what people have imagined for the future and what life on other planets would be like. Double thumbs up!” Thanks K Vomer! Your reviews and ratings are always appreciated.

John Holbrook Vance, better known as Jack Vance, was born and raised in California. Vance struggled to make ends meet as a young man and worked a number of jobs to survive, a bell-hop, in a cannery, and on a gold dredge, before entering the University of California, Berkeley where he studied mining engineering, physics, journalism and English. He worked for a while as an electrician in the naval shipyards at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He left that job about a month before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.

He started writing science fiction in the 1940s and his first published story was “The World-Thinker” in Thrilling Wonder Stories in the summer of 1945. He would go on to write about 50 short stories in the 40s, 50s and 60s and numerous novels.

One of his best-known titles, “The Dying Earth”, began as a collection of short stories in 1950 and eventually expanded to become a whole series of books set in a far-off future. He won numerous awards: among them three Hugo awards, a Nebula and a World Fantasy award for lifetime achievement. In 1997 he was made a Grand Master of sci-fi, by the ScienceFiction Writers of America.

A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as "one of American literature’s most distinctive and undervalued voices."

Our story written by the highly acclaimed author is featured in the second edition of Space Science Fiction Magazine, Volume 1 Number 2 in August 1957. And there would be no more Space Science Fiction Magazine. Two issues and that’s it. If you’re interested, you can pick up a copy of the August 57 Space Science Fiction Magazine on Ebay for $35.

Turn to page 102 for A Practical Man's Guide by Jack Vance...

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Wives always try to cure husbands of bad habits, even on lonely asteroids! The Addicts by William Morrison.

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The remarkable thing about Atummyc Afterbath Dusting Powder was that it gave you that lovely, radiant, atomic look—just the way the advertisements said it would. In fact, it also gave you a little something more!Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We received more emails and comments last week than ever before and you overwhelmingly said longer episodes would be a good thing. So, in a few weeks look for either a Ray Bradbury not so short story or a Philip K. Dick story. Send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com or leave a comment and tell us which vintage sci-fi author you prefer.

Thanks to you our podcast is now #4 in Poland for Science Fiction Podcasts. Thanks to our listeners in Warsaw and Gdansk and all of Poland.

We received our first email from Zambia recently, “I found your channel a couple of months ago on YouTube and I love how you narrate and listen to you almost every morning. I have a hard time finding Jack Vance books maybe you could narrate some of his work. Please and thank you. Namukale” Well, Namukale, your request is my command, you will hear Jack Vance in two weeks.

Winston Marks returns to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast today for his 4th appearance and just 3 weeks after “The Water Eater”’.

Today’s story can be found in the April 1954 “If Worlds of Science Fiction” magazine. The very first story in the magazine is Philip K. Dick’s “The Golden Man” which you will hear in a future episode.

Turn with me to page 29, Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks...

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Fear and misfortune stalk the strange byways of a lonely planet. A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke.

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Consider the problems of miners who work on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, 390,000,000 miles from earth: isolated on a world so different from our own, surrounded by beings who know nothing of our traditions, how might these men teach their alien work-mates how we celebrate Christmas? Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Christmas on Ganymede is the first Isaac Asimov short sci-fi story on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Listener Sleepy Williams requested something from Asimov and since we’re getting close to Christmas it seemed like a good time for this story. 

Asimov was born in Russia on January 2, 1920, his family immigrated to the United States in 1923, and he became a naturalized US citizen in 1928.

He discovered science fiction through the magazines sold in his father's candy store.

During World War II, he was employed as a chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. That’s when that he became acquainted with Robert Heinlein and L. Sprague de Camp, two other future science fiction writers.

Asimov briefly served in the Army in 1946, and following his discharge, he received his Ph.D. and began teaching biochemistry at Boston University’s School of Medicine. Asimov soon started writing short stories and then his first novel, Pebble in the Sky, in the 1940s and ’50s. For the next 40 years, Asimov wrote hundreds of science fiction works.

The 2021 Apple TV series Foundation is based on his writing, as is the 2004 movie I, Robot starring Will Smith and the 1999 Robin Williams movie Bicentennial Man.

Asimov was given theScience Fiction Writers Association Grand Master Award in 1987 and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1997.

A discussion of his accomplishments in sci-fi would take hours, so we’ll save more of the Isaac Asimov story for another episode of the podcast.

Christmas on Ganymede was written in December 1940, first published in the January 1942 issue of Startling Stories Magazine. The Yuletide Season Brings Turmoil on Jupiter’s Moon and Ill Will Toward Everybody When Olaf Johnson Gets Sentimental! Our Christmas tale begins on page 83, Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov...

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it. The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast continues to grow all over the world and we have you to thank for that. In the last few weeks we’ve added new listeners in Germany, Greece, Spain, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and in the US, Mesa, Phoenix, Midland Texas, Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama and the big island of Hawaii. There are many more. Wow! Thanks for listening and sharing the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. Born on August 22nd, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother, Esther, was a Swedish immigrant and his father, Leonard, was of English ancestry. He was given the middle name Douglas after the actor Douglas Fairbanks, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1910s and 1920s.

The Bradbury family lived in Tucson Arizona for a year from 1926 to 1927 then it was back to Waukegan. They tried Tucson again from 1932 to 1933 and then on to Los Angeles in 1934. The 14-year-old loved Hollywood and met radio star George Burns. Most people know of Ray Bradbury the writer, but did you know his first paid gig as a writer came when the 14-year-old sold a joke to Burns to use on the Burns and Allen radio show which ran from 1933 to 1950, when Burns and Allen then transitioned to television.

Bradbury was an avid reader of H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and Edgar Rice Burroughs. In 1936 at a secondhand book store, young Ray learned about a weekly meeting of the Los Angeles Fiction Society and at 16 he joined their Thursday-night get together. The teenager would sell newspapers on a street corner and then roller skate to the meetings!

The avid sci-fi enthusiast wrote his first published sci-fi story in 1938, Hollerbochen’s Dilemma. Bradbury would later say about his first story, "no one enjoyed my story" and "I think it was terrible myself". Keep in mind he was only 17. However, in 2014, Hollerbochen’s Dilemma was nominated for the 1939Retro-Hugo Award for Best Short Story.Although Ray Bradbury lived a long and successful life he died two years before the nomination at the age of 91 on June 5th 2012 in Los Angeles. 

Was Ray Bradbury destined for success and fame? Well, to answer that question we share the words from Ray Douglas Bradbury himself. In his 1938 Los Angeles High School Yearbook he wrote, likes to write stories, admired as a thespian and headed for literary distinction! That’s amazing. There’s much more we could share with you about the legendary author, but we’ll save it for another Ray Bradbury short story in future episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

Okay, I couldn’t help myself, one more thing… to say he was prolific would be a gross misrepresentation of the facts, Bradbury wrote more than 30 books and more than 600 short stories. 

Today’s story comes from the Summer 1944 edition of Planet Stories, which was sold for 20 cents. Turn with me to page 51 for Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury…

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Today’s episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast features another short science fiction story from an author we’ve heard from before, but if you’re scouring past episodes for Darius John Granger you won’t find him.

Darius John Granger was actually a pen name for Stephen Marlowe which was also a pen name for Brooklyn New York born Milton Lesser. You’ll find his story Pariah in Episode 11. 

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By the way over the next 10 episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast you’ll hear from 10 different authors and we haven’t showcased their work in any previous episodes. 

Special thanks to Jack from the UK. Jack sent us an email and shared with us a screenshot of his 5-star rating and review, the first on Apple Podcasts UK, which said Fabulous podcast. Really enjoy listening from the UK. Jack. Thanks Jack! Jack’s email said, “I’ve been listening to the podcast and really enjoying it, thanks so much for your hard work! Big love from England."

Today’s story comes from the February 1956 edition of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, which is on sale now on Amazon for only $5, which, considering the price of other magazines we’ve seen, is a really good deal.

As a private eye I get a lot of screwball cases, but nothing to match my own; my wife and kid trying to kill me—and neither aware of it! FromImagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, in February 1956, our story starts on page 50, enjoy Stop, You’re Killing Me! by Darius John Granger...

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Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, This was Burnett's last trip. Three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors—and he would be among the living again. Ray Bradbury!  That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T! Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We’re hearing from a lot of you lately, Paul writes, "Being a sci-fi fan my whole life I was often times disappointed reading old time stories. While your performances are excellent, that's not the main thing that makes the stories so good. It's your choice of stories. Keep up the good work." Thanks. Paul Braun - Dairy farmer from Wisconsin. Thanks Paul!

Good to hear from Jack Ford again, "Happy New Year, hope all is well. I very much enjoyed #50 the super short stories bundle, please do more as and when you see fit." Thanks, Jack in England. Thank you, Jack!

And Dane Scott says, “I've been greatly enjoying your podcasts. What a wonderful way to share all these buried treasures with the world. I just posted information about your podcast to my big Facebook group, "Keep Watching the Skies," and also to my more-specialized sci-fi audio group, "The Seeing Ear ."

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We’re happy to report that The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the 8th most listened to science fiction podcast in the Netherlands, #9 in South Africa, #33 in Germany, #57 in Canada and we’ve moved up to #54 in the United States. Thank you for listening, rating, and sharing The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We appreciate you. 

Ray Bradbury began writing at a young age and published his first story at the age of 20. He went on to write hundreds of short stories and novels, and his work has been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and stage productions. This is the 4th Ray Bradbury Short story on our podcast, two weeks ago one of his stories was included in the Super Short Sci-Fi stories episode, and we’ve also featured The Monster Maker and Morgue Ship.

In the Winter of 1948 if you plunked down 20 cents on the counter you could walk away with the Winter edition of Planet Stories Magazine where you would find Asleep in Armageddon on page 58…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…The most fitting place for a man to die is where he dies for man. Yet Willie chose a sterile, alien world that wouldn't even see a man for millions of years.... Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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The dark star passed, bringing with it eternal night and turning history into incredible myth in a single generation! A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Like the author we’ll hear from next week, Isaac Asimov, today’s author, Fritz Leiber had a long and successful sci-fi career. But he also had a fascinating life.

Fritz Leiber was born on December 24, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, to the actors Fritz Leiber and Virginia Bronson Leiber. For a time, he seemed inclined to follow in his parents' footsteps. At just 17 years old he was touring with his parents' Shakespeare company, Fritz Leiber & Co., before entering the University of Chicago.

He appeared alongside his father in uncredited parts in several movies in the 1930s including 1939’sThe Hunchback of Notre Dame. His first novel, Conjure Wife, published in 1943 has been made into feature films four times under other titles.

Two Leiber short stories were filmed for TV for Rod Serling's Night Gallery. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes and The Dead Man.

His first short fiction story, Riches and Power, was published in 1934. He would go on to write around 200 short stories and 10 novels. There’s much more to the Fritz Leiber story which we’ll save for another podcast.

Today’s story was published in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. You’ll find our story on page 56. A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber...

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Consider the problems of miners who work on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, 390,000,000 miles from earth: isolated on a world so different from our own, surrounded by beings who know nothing of our traditions, how might these men teach their alien work-mates how we celebrate Christmas? Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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How does a plumber, construction worker, carpenter, power plant engineer, shipyard welder and longshoreman become a science fiction writer? Rog Phillips seems like the kind of guy you’d want to sit down and have a beer with, a hard-working blue-collar guy. Born in 1909 in Spokane Washington, Roger Phillip Graham wasn’t only a man with many different jobs, he was also a man of many names. In fact, Phillips had more pseudonyms than any sci-fi writer that we’ve discovered so far. Twenty of them!

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He wrote more than 160 short sci-fi stories published in the 1940s and 50s, and 3 more in the early 60s. His first published work was a detective story, "Murder Note," credited to Charles Mann. “Murder Note” appeared in the Winter 1943 issue ofThe Masked Detective. Raymond Palmer, the editor of Amazing Stories started Rog on his science fiction career with a $500 advance in 1945 for his first story, "Let Freedom Ring! That was a hefty sum in 1945, worth more than $7,000 today.

Today’s story can be found in the March 1952 edition of If Worlds of Science Fiction, you can find it on ebay for $12.99. The Old Martians by Rog Phillips.

Phillips, the blue-collar guy, turned sci-fi writer once taught a writing course to prisoners at San Quentin.

He died of heart failure in California in 1966 days after his 57th birthday.

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast It was a nice little world; everything about it reminded Steve of Earth—except for the people. They looked as human—as steel could make them!... Thanks for listening and we hope you’ll join us next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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She Brought Death to All Who Walked Behind Her! The Black Ewe by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Welcome to this special edition of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. No, it hasn’t been a week since our last episode, but I couldn’t wait to share today’s story with you.

I’ll admit I like every one of the stories we narrate, but this one is one of my all-time favorites. 

Fritz Leiber began spinning dark and delicate webs of science fiction and fantasy in 1939, when his first tales began appearing in the long defunct publication, 
Unknown. Leiber has been described as an actor, author and world traveler, and recognized as one of the all-time titans of science fiction.

From the May 1950 issue of  Startling Stories Magazine, turn to page 117 for Fritz Lieber’s, The Black Ewe…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The inhabitants of Dunhill V were gigantic. They were peaceful and good natured until something happened to upset them–and then their wrath was truly terrific! Planet of the Angry Giants by Robert Silverberg. 

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Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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More great reviews from Spotify, Travis had this to say, “This podcast has become my very favorite, I listen to it every day and look forward to each episode, the narrator is relaxing and one of the best I have ever heard, I cannot wait to hear more!” Thank you, Travis!

Commenting on the Harry Harrison story, The Misplaced Battleship, Tony Wade says, “Interesting story. Top-notch production. A truly great podcast by any measure. The best sci-fi podcast around. Have you done “Nightfall” by Asimov?” Thanks for the awesome review, Tony.  Unfortunately, Nightfall by Isaac Asimov is still under copyright which means we can’t record it; however, you will be happy to know that we have more Isaac Asimov stories on the way.

And a little-known fascinating fact about Asimov, when he was a teenager, he idolized author Jack Williamson who we featured yesterday with his story The Cosmic Express. Asimov was thrilled to receive a postcard from Williamson, which congratulated him on his first published story and offered these words "welcome to the ranks". How cool is that?

Our story can be found in Amazing Stories in June 1961 on page 36, Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith.That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Today’s story can be found in the August 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. Turn to page 55 for Rat Race by George O. Smith…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discover asteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discoverasteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Ross Rocklynne made his debut on the podcast 6 months ago with “Distress Signal”. He’s back today with an unusual story about chickens in space. We’ll find our story in the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 34 for Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Henry Slesar makes his debut on the podcast today. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Slesar launched his 21 year career as a copywriter at the age of 17, right out of high school at the prestigious advertising agency Young and Rubicam. Some say Slesar coined the term “coffee break”.

Slesar experienced a lot of success in his lifetime. He wrote hundreds of short stories, over 40 in 1957 alone. Alfred Hitchcock hired him to write for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1974, he won an Emmy Award as the head writer for CBS Daytime's The Edge of Night where he was the head writer for 16 years. 

From the pages of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in October 1956, specifically page 37, comes the strange story we’ve all been waiting for, A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Author Philip K. Dick needs no introduction. From the second issue of Science Fiction Stories Magazine in 1954 turn to page 69 for, The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We’ve discovered another vintage sci-fi author that we know almost nothing about. We don’t know when or where Lyman D. Hinckley was born, the only thing we do know about him is that he wrote today’s story and another 4 years later under the name L. D. Hinckley.

Our story can be found in the Summer 1955 issue of Planet Stories Magazine turn to page 44 for Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Fritz Leiber has an interesting time travel tale for us today. From Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in April 1951, our story can be found on page 3, Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The Supreme Scientist on a planet more than 500 light-years away from earth recognizes trouble when he sees it. Can a representative from this far away planet communicate with an earthling in time to save humanity? No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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The Supreme Scientist on a planet more than 500 light-years away from earth recognizes trouble when he sees it. Can a representative from this far away planet communicate with an earthling in time to save humanity? No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We are so thankful for you and every one of our listeners around the world. Thanks to you our podcast is growing and we are so thankful to be receiving so many emails and comments.

Andre'a, from Melbourne Australia left us this comment on Spotify, “Absolutely love this podcast! The narrator successfully places the listeners into the story every time. Thank you.”

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Commenting on Slay-Ride on Spotify Tif Lövé says, “That was one psychotic story—loved it! I listen while cleaning house, when tv sci-fi would be too distracting, always great audio short stories. Glad I found your podcast!”

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If not for our friend Jesse Willis, who knows more about vintage sci-fi than anybody I know, there are a lot of stories we narrate that we would never have discovered. This is one of the many. From Time To Come in 1954, No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They were a peaceful people and somehow

couldn't stand the thought of executing their only criminal. The answer was to discover a—Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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They were a peaceful people and somehow couldn't stand the thought of executing their only criminal. The answer was to discover a—Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Time for another Time Travel Tale! From the December 1957 issue of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy we’ll find our story on page 74. If you can’t stand the idea of executing a criminal–find somebody who will! Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg …

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A week of scary stories for Halloween begins, It seemed to be human... but it was inside out, all its organs exposed... the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the stomach digesting... and now, the Thing began to come toward him... its mouth working hideously! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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A week of scary stories for Halloween begins today, It seemed to be human... but it was inside out, all its organs exposed... the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the stomach digesting... and now, the Thing began to come toward him... its mouth working hideously! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We were live on YouTube about a month ago when one of our listeners asked us what we were doing for Halloween, and it had never crossed my mind. Well, thanks to that YouTube live we have a week’s worth of Halloween stories for you. We would love to communicate with you, so you never miss it when we go live, and that’s why we started a newsletter. You can sign up using the link in the description and it’s important to know that it’s a double opt in. Which means that when you fill out the form, please check your email and click on the link, if you don’t, you’re not subscribed.

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We’re going to kick off a week’s worth of scary stories with author Robert Silverberg. At one time in their career or another most authors used pen names and Silverberg was no exception.

In fact, he used more than 40 pen names that we know of. Today’s story was written by Silverberg as Alex Merriman. From Monster Parade Magazine in March of 1959, the first story in the issue can be found on page 8. It looked human–except it was inside out! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we go back 116 years, They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson.  That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Thank you for your great comments on Spotify! Commenting on A Practical Man’s Guide by Jack Vance kimspostbox had this to say, “I really enjoyed this Jack Vance story. I give it a 5-star review for the narration and sharing the history of the author. It brings in interesting material. Great stuff. Kim A. UK”

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TJ Carroll says, “The Hanging Stranger comes together like a wonderful combination of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Stephen King's The Fog. It ends on a deliciously macabre note absent of all hope. 10/10.”

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English author William Hope Hodgson was born in 1877 in the hamlet of Blackmore End in Essex, the son of the Reverend Samuel Hodgson, a priest, and Lissie Sarah Brown. Hodgson was a runaway at the age of 13 in an attempt to be a sailor. He was returned to his family but managed to convince his father to allow him to be apprenticed as a cabin boy.

In 1902, Hodgson appeared on stage with handcuffs and other restraining devices supplied by the Blackburn police department and applied the restraints to Harry Houdini, who had previously escaped from the Blackburn jail.

Hodgson was interested in physical fitness and wrote several articles on the subject but found it difficult to make a living. Inspired by authors Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne, Hodgson turned his attention to fiction. Hodgson's first short story was "The Goddess of Death" in 1904. Today’s story was published three years later.

From the November 1907 issue of The Blue Book Magazine turn to page 136 for The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we go back to 1907, A sordid tale of jealousy and murder. He suspected his wife was having an affair and unleashed a plan to discover the truth. Would the truth destroy his family and lead him down the path to insanity? The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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A sordid tale of jealousy and murder. He suspected his wife was having an affair and unleashed a plan to discover the truth. Would the truth destroy his family and lead him down the path to insanity? The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Our week of Scary Stories for Halloween continues with another tale from 1907.

Ambrose Bierce was a short story writer, journalist, poet, and a veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Meigs County, Ohio in a log cabin in 1842. How and where did his life come to an end? We don’t know. In 1913, Bierce told reporters that he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. He disappeared and was never seen again.

First published in Cosmopolitan in January 1907, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He was told the brightly colored red room in Lorraine Castle was haunted. Despite vague warnings from the three custodians who reside in the castle, he is not a believer in such things and ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm. The Skull by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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From the September 1952 If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine this is The Skull by Philip K. Dick…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fineair and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you tocurve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T! Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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He was told the brightly colored red room in Lorraine Castle was haunted. Despite vague warnings from the three custodians who reside in the castle, he is not a believer in such things and ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil. The Red Room by H. G. Wells, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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This is our third story by H. G. Wells on the podcast joining The Plattner Story and The Door in the Wall, and it will not be his last.

Our story first appeared in March of 1896 in a monthly publication called The Idler. Turn to page 290 for The Red Room by H. G. Wells…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He roamed the streets of the city at night, striking terror into the hearts of young girls... from his body a strange blue light glowed... in his hand was an iron bar, stained and crusted with blood… Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Commenting on the replay from our most recent live broadcast on YouTube helius2011 says, “Greetings from the UK! I hope I can join a live show at some point. Scott, thank you for creating the best sci-fi channel and bringing back so many wonderful vintage sci fi stories.”

Thanks, Helius2011! That’s one of the reasons we created our newsletter, so we can let you know when we’re going live.

Commenting on Robert Silverberg’s Hero From Yesterday zaccooke had this to say, “Have heard before but Scott's reading is best.”

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Laurence M. Janifer makes his debut on the podcast with a story from Monster Parade Magazine in March 1959. Turn to page 36 for Curse of the Blue Man by Laurence M. Janifer…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Werewolves are supposed to haunt lonely, back-country roads. That seems a little silly, when you consider that most beasts of prey go where the game is thickest. Now at night, in the larger cities… The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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We’re up to 98 ratings on Spotify with an average of 4.9 and an average of 5 stars on Apple Podcasts with 144 ratings. Thank you for everything you do to support The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Author Frank M. Robinson has been on the podcast once with an intriguing story about the first man to travel the Moon and back, in Wanted: One Sane Man.

Today’s story can be found in the very first issue of Fantasy Fiction Magazine in February 1953. There were only 4 issues of the magazine before it went out of business, all of them in 1953. Turn to page 117 for The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson…

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we wrap up a story a day in October with the oldest story we’ve ever narrated, by far, from 1833, 190 years ago. Would you choose to live forever if you could? What would it be like to outlive all your friends and family, including your spouse? The Mortal Immortal written by Mary Shelley. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Would you choose to live forever if you could? What would it be like to outlive all your friends and family, including your spouse? The Mortal Immortal written by Mary Shelley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We have come to the end of a story a day and the month of October. Starting Thursday, we will publish three stories a week with releases every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Philip K. Dick returns to the podcast in two days.

Now for the oldest story we have ever narrated and the author who many believe wrote the first true work of science fiction.

Mary Shelley was born in London in 1797. She did not have an easy life. Her mother died 11 days after giving birth to her. Her father remarried but she and Mary didn’t get along. IN 1814 Mary began a romance with one of her father’s political followers, Percy Shelley, even though he was already married. She and Perry faced ostracism, constant debt and the death of their prematurely born daughter.

Mary Shelley is best known for her novel Frankenstein which was originally released anonymously on the first of January 1818. Why was it published anonymously? Because she was afraid that the nature of the subject matter would cause such an outrage if written by a woman that she would lose her children. At the time it would have been very shocking for a woman to write a novel about murder and horror.

In addition to several novels, Shelley wrote more than 20 short stories. This is the first, but will not be the last time you will hear one of her stories on our podcast.

First published in 1833 in The Keepsake, The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley…

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Almost everyone had a bomb shelter. You had to have one, in fact, you needed the latest model because the Russians were always developing new weapons that could penetrate the old bomb shelters. Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Almost everyone had a bomb shelter. You had to have one, in fact, you needed the latest model because the Russians were always developing new weapons that could penetrate the old bomb shelters. Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Thank you for your support of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We’re adding new listeners around the world every week, we’ve now got 101 ratings on Spotify, with an average rating of 4.9, and Geoff didn’t just buy us a coffee yesterday he bought $25 worth of coffee! There’s a link in the description if you’d like to buy us a coffee.

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Philip K. Dick is the most popular author on our podcast. Today we present a story that could have happened during the cold war. From the pages of Star Science Fiction Stories number 3 in 1955, Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick…

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Trying to connect hillbilly Bud Gregory with the atomic dust destroying America was like joining simple math and nuclear physics, but Dr. Murfree found the answer! The Gregory Circle by Murray Leinster. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Trying to connect hillbilly Bud Gregory with the atomic dust destroying America was like joining simple math and nuclear physics, but Dr. Murfree found the answer! The Gregory Circle by Murray Leinster, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We are thankful for all our listeners, and we love to hear from you. We received this comment on YouTube, “Hi there, my name is Bernhard. I live in Amsterdam. From my youth I am crazy about scifi. Every night before I go to sleep, switch the pc on, listen to your great voice, and fantastic stories. Thanks a lot, keep it coming! Bless you!” Thank you, Bernhard, for listening to us and for your comment.

If you have something to say, send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com. We would love to hear from you!

Sometimes an author likes a character he or she creates so much that they continue to use them in story after story. Such is the case with Murray Leinster’s use of the fictional character Bud Gregory, who appeared 3 times in Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine in 1947 and again in 1948.

From the April 1947 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine let’s turn to page 50 for The Gregory Circle by Murray Leinster…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Carthule was not the Earthman's god, but Carthule protected him while he was a guest in the temple—even if he tore the temple down! The Guest Rites by Robert Silverberg. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Carthule was not the Earthman's god, but Carthule protected him while he was a guest in the temple—even if he tore the temple down! The Guest Rites by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Our latest 5-star rating and review was posted on Apple Podcasts Canada. Sgt. Spiff says, “A treasure trove of classic Sci-Fi! You could spend a lot of time hunting around various podcasts for a smattering of classic takes, or you could just subscribe to this one and get it all in one place! This podcast provides a rich and well-curated collection of stories from well-known and lesser-known authors. All of them expertly introduced, narrated, and produced. This collection holds its own against the efforts of sci-fi editing luminaries like Neil Clarke. Thank you for such an incredible array of stories. Keep them coming!”

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We received many comments and emails regarding last week’s episode by Murray Leinster featuring the memorable character, Bud Gregory. Gregory appeared a total of 4 times in Thrilling Wonder Stories and, thanks to your response, Bud Gregory will be back on the podcast.

It’s no secret we are fans of author Robert Silverberg, he’s back today with a story from Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in February 1957. Our story can be found on page 112, The Guest Rites by Robert Silverberg…

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A ten-year-old boy grows up fast when history catches up with the human race. Tony and the Beetles by Philip K. Dick. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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A ten-year-old boy grows up fast when history catches up with the human race! Tony and the Beetles by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

It’s been a while since we checked our ranking in countries around the world. We were pleasantly surprised and shocked, really, to discover that in the last 30 days The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has been the #1 Science Fiction Podcast in Ireland, Kenya, Lebanon and Costa Rica!

We’re #2 in Estonia and Vietnam, #3 in South Korea, #4 in New Zealand, #6 in India, Turkey and Russia and #7 in Brazil and Japan.

Thank you for making us one of the most popular science fiction podcasts in the world. We will continue to work hard to improve The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and deliver to you stories from your favorite authors and some authors that you’ve never heard from before.

Your support is amazing, thank you for all you do. Please continue to rate, review, and share the podcast wherever you choose, and we cannot thank you enough for your support.

Our latest 5-star rating and review comes to us from OxDoc who says, “Such fun! Thanks so much for your respect of the material and quality of your work. I live in a Daoist monastery and enjoy listening while doing work on the land. 🙏☯️💙”

Spotify Premium listeners in the United States can now listen to 15 hours worth of audiobooks for free every month, joining listeners in the UK and Australia. May we suggest some vintage lost sci-fi for your listening pleasure?

Every science fiction audiobook we’ve narrated can be found on Spotify.

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Philip K. Dick is back on the podcast today with a tale about war and a young boy living on a faraway alien planet whose life is turned upside down when Earthmen face the unthinkable. From Orbit Science Fiction Magazine No. 2 in 1953, our story begins on page 60, Tony and the Beetles by Philip K. Dick…

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops—even though he was aware this was—The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak­­­­­­. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops—even though he was aware this was—The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak­­­­­­, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Special thanks to Gregory who bought us a coffee. “Thanks for taking us with you to other places, other realities. Always a nice escape from the day.” Thanks Gregory.

We're adding Sci-Fi Trivia to the podcast!! You could look up the answer but how much fun is that? What classic 1936 short story by C.L. Moore features the character "Jirel of Joiry" in a quest to obtain a powerful artifact? The answer in our next podcast.

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Winner of three Hugo Awards a Nebula and a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, Clifford D. Simak was one of the most awarded science fiction authors of his time. It’s easy to fall in love with his writing. From Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in January 1958 turn to page 108 for, The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak­­­­­­…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It’s very difficult to find a good, sound, legal way of stopping an aggressor–when the victims always anxiously invite him to come in and take over! The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smith. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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It’s very difficult to find a good, sound, legal way of stopping an aggressor–when the victims always anxiously invite him to come in and take over! The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We’ve received the question. “Are you on Twitter?” more times that we can count since we started The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and now, we are. You’ll find us at Twitter.com forward slash

lost underscore sci underscore fi. Or you can use the link in the description. If you want to comment, repost, and share on Twitter that would be great.

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Another new 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts Australia. Frankencute says, “My Favourite Podcast of All Time. Great audio to great books ♡.” Thanks, Frankencute!!

If you think we deserve it, we would love it if you would leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts and/or a 5 star rating on Spotify.

Here’s the answer to our Sci-Fi Trivia question! What classic 1936 short story by C.L. Moore features the character "Jirel of Joiry" in a quest to obtain a powerful artifact? The answer, "The Dark Land".

Should we ask a trivia question in every episode or once a week? Send an email and let us know what you think, scott@lostscifi.com or if you’re listening on YouTube comment on this video. We will let you decide.

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Our story can be found in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine in March 1948. Let’s go to page 62 for The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smith…

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, "Destroy the Invader," the orders read—and Captain McPartland's expendable spacer flashed into suicidal battle. Invader From Infinity by George A. Whittington. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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"Destroy the Invader," the orders read—and Captain McPartland's expendable spacer flashed into suicidal battle. Invader From Infinity by George Whittington, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

George Whittington has been on the podcast before, about 14 months ago, with Space-Lane of No-Return. After an extensive search we could only find 4 short sci-fi stories that he had written from 1944 to 1946.

Our story can be found on page 29 in the Winter 1944 issue of Planet Stories Magazine. Invader From Infinity by George Whittington…

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In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They tried Gordon Kent for murder–but who was really responsible? The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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They tried Gordon Kent for murder–but who was really responsible? The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We get a lot of comments on our YouTube Channel. This comes to us from HEAVYMETALmovie1981 “MORE scary werewolf stories please!!”

We hear you and we have added Black Hound Of Death by Robert E. Howard to our list of stories to narrate. By the way if you know a scary werewolf vintage science fiction story, please send an email to scott@lostscifi.com. Thanks, HEAVYMETALmovie1981!!

And this from rodneydangerman9616, “I've been a consistent listener for a while now...my thought (because it was requested in the video description) is that it should be one (confounding and quasi-obscure) question per week. I assume it would be easier on y'all (production team, that is) and, perhaps, it would give an ample amount of time for the audience to respond. Just my two cents. Love your work, Scott! You and Ian (from HorrorBabble) are, in my humble opinion, truly two of the best narrators on YT!!!”

Thanks, rodneydangerman9616!! Ian from HorrorBabble is an amazing narrator so to be mentioned with him is a huge compliment.

If you have something to say, we would love to hear it! Comment on our YouTube channel or send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.

Theodore Sturgeon was born Edward Hamilton Waldo in Staten Island, New York, in 1918. His name was legally changed to Theodore Sturgeon at age eleven after his mother's divorce and subsequent marriage.

Sturgeon's 1953 science fiction novel More Than Human won the 1954 International Fantasy Award as the year's best novel, and the Science Fiction Writers of America ranked "Baby Is Three" number five among the "Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time" up to 1964. Ranked by votes for all of their pre-1965 novellas, Sturgeon was second among authors, behind only Robert Heinlein.

He was good and he was prolific! He wrote almost 200 short stories and the screenplays for two Star Trek episodes, and two of his stories were adapted for The New Twilight Zone.

Today’s story by Sturgeon was in Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine in June 1947 and can be found on page 55, The Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon…

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Next Week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay. Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing the price he would have to pay. Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 

We continue to experience incredible growth with new listeners every week and to say thank you every audiobook on lostscifi.com is on sale. Listen to this, 1950s science fiction audiobooks 1 thru 4, that’s 89 stories and more than 48 hours is only $14.97 when you use the promo code sale. https://lostscifi.com/1950s-science-fiction-audiobooks/  That’s more than 48 hours for only $14.97. Use the promo code sale, lowercase letters only, and you will save on everything on lostscifi.com.

We discovered a review on the podcast player Castbox from Jonathan Russell, “This show is great! If you like sci-fi you need to give this a listen. The narrator does a great job and the audio quality is top notch. You can tell Mr. Scott Miller puts a lot of love and effort into this project.”

Thanks Jonathan. We appreciate your comment. Comment wherever you listen and if you like you can tell us what you think by sending an email to us at scott@lostscifi.com.

Philip K. Dick is back on the podcast today with a short sci-fi story from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe Magazine. Turn to page 101 for Beyond The Door by Philip K. Dick… 

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In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The atomic bomb meant, to most people, the end. To Henry Bemis it meant something far different—a thing to appreciate and enjoy. Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable, in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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The atomic bomb meant, to most people, the end. To Henry Bemis it meant something far different—a thing to appreciate and enjoy. Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 

We are thankful for you and for all our listeners around the world. There are a lot of ways you can support our podcast, just listening to the podcast is one way and there are many others.

Conrad Chaffee chose to buy us $25 worth of coffee! “Fantastic podcast. Only one request: after each story, I’d love to hear your thoughts about it. What did you think of it? Why’d you choose it? Even if it’s only 30 seconds, I think this would be a huge bonus for all the listeners out there. Keep up the good work!” Thanks Conrad! We appreciate you and we’ll give your suggestion a shot starting today.

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Here’s our trivia question for today, Who authored the 1869 short story that introduced the first known fictional description of a space station? The answer in two days. 

Today’s story was also an episode of The Twilight Zone. In season 1 episode 8, Burgess Meredith played Henry Bemis in the story written by Lynn Venable. Venable is only the second female author we have featured on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, and there will be many more. I had to watch the Twilight Zone episode after narrating the story and yes there are some changes from the original story but the core of the story remains intact.

Venable was born in New Jersey in 1927. She married at 18 and moved to Dallas, Texas where she lived for more than 40 years. She only wrote 7 short stories and all were published from 1952 to 1957.

Open your copy of the January 1953 edition of IF Worlds of Science Fiction magazine to page 95 for Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable… 

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Here you go Conrad, and everybody else of course, I chose to narrate this story for a number of reasons, one of which is that we are responding to many of our listeners requesting stories written by women. It happens to be a great story and even before I watched The Twilight Zone episode I could clearly see the world that she painted so perfectly. Also I happen to be a fan of and fascinated with apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction. 

In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Having mastered probability lanes, man found an indefinite number of Earths—and everyone could have a planet all to himself, if he wanted. But there was one joker in the deal… Living Space by Isaac Asimov, that’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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Having mastered probability lanes, man found an indefinite number of Earths—and everyone could have a planet all to himself, if he wanted. But there was one joker in the deal… Living Space by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 

Thanks to YouTube listener Sackanutz who recently bought us $10 worth of coffee, “Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!” We did and thank you. There’s a link in the description if you’d like to buy us a coffee. It is greatly appreciated.

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Tis the season for gift giving for a lot of people around the world. Why not get something for yourself from our store. We’ve got t-shirts and hoodies, beer mugs, coffee mugs and more. There are four designs to choose from and there’s a link in the description if you want to take a look. 

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Here’s the answer to our trivia question, Who authored the 1869 short story that introduced the first known fictional description of a space station? The answer, Edward Everett Hale who wrote “The Brick Moon.”

Our story can be found in the May 1956 Science Fiction Magazine. You’ll find the sci-fi goodness on page 3. Living Space by Isaac Asimov… 

Why did I narrate this story? Two words, Isaac Asimov. We receive a lot of requests for Asimov’s stories and we do everything we can to keep our listeners happy. Although the idea of one family living on an entire planet seems farfetched it does seem like a request some people would make on an overcrowded earth if technology made it possible. This story has the feel of Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle in some ways and the government lying to its citizens, while it may be infuriating, isn’t anything that comes as a shock. I enjoyed narrating Living Space and I hope you enjoyed listening to it.

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Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, another Philip K. Dick story by request, The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools. Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick, that’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools. Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 

Another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, this one from Archoneponymous who says, “Great Narration. This podcast has excellent stories told well.” Thank you Archoneponymous!

This 5 star review is from the Podcast Addict app, posted by Jesse Willis, “I UNRESERVEDLY RECOMMEND THE LOST SCI-FI PODCAST. Host and narrator Scott Miller is an excellent audiobook narrator. His choice of stories is top tier. There are new episodes twice a week, all episodes are complete and unabridged audiobooks! His is the best new podcast of the 2020s.”

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Your reviews are one of the reasons our podcast continues to grow, so thank you, and if you haven’t already given us a 5 star review, we would love it if you would, if you think we deserve it of course.

Leber8tr bought us $25 worth of coffee and had this to say, “Great story telling! Thank you for hours and hours of audio entertainment.” Thank you Leber8tr! There’s a link in the description if you’d like to contribute.

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There was no fanfare when this story was released since nobody knew who Philip K. Dick was at the time. It wasn’t the first story he had written but it was the first story that was ever published in a science fiction magazine. Let’s open the pages of the July 1952 issue of Planet Stories Magazine to page 69 for Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick… 

You can’t ever go wrong narrating a story by Philip K. Dick, who remains the most popular author on our podcast with Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov gaining ground. Clever and fun are the words I would use to describe Beyond Lies the Wub. I narrated the story simply because I enjoyed it and it was written by PKD. 

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Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen. Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells. Alien Equivalent by Richard R. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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Martians were weak, sensitive, a dying race, frail and impotent before the superiority of master Earthmen. Only in the sly and mentally skillful game of Duchal might sons of the red planet emerge gloriously from their shells. Alien Equivalent by Richard R. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Thanks to Rob who sent us an email telling us that the Feedspot website has a list of the 100 Best Sci-Fi podcasts and we’re not only on the list but The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast comes in at #2. Thanks for letting us know Rob!

The author of today’s story Richard R. Smith is making his debut on our podcast. Like many, he is one of those vintage sci-fi authors we know very little about. He wrote about 25 short stories, almost all of them from 1954 to 1958 and he used a few pseudonyms. He wrote erotic novels using the name Ann Taylor.

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From Planet Stories Magazine in the summer of 1955, our story can be found on page 53, Alien Equivalent by Richard R. Smith…

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Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It is a tough decision to make—whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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It is a tough decision to make—whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. 

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Fredric Brown is a favorite of ours and many of his stories are super short, for example Earthmen Bearing Gifts which is only 6 minutes long, The House which is just over 7 minutes, and Blood which is less than 3 minutes long. By the way there are 3 super short Fredric Brown stories at the beginning of a previous episode titled 8 Super Short Sci-Fi Stories. Today’s story is a little longer. It first appeared in the December 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction beginning on page 88, Hall of Mirrors by Fredric Brown… 

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Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A fallen satellite of the Planet Venus is the lure which leads three hunted beings to the mysterious island of smiling death! The Moon That Vanished

by Leigh Brackett. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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A fallen satellite of the Planet Venus is the lure which leads three hunted beings to the mysterious island of smiling death! The Moon That Vanished by Leigh Brackett, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

The Moon That Vanished marks the debut of the woman known as "The Queen of Space Opera.” Born in Los Angeles in December 1915 Leigh Douglass Brackett wasn’t just an author.

Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by her novel No Good From a Corpse that he had his secretary call in "this guy Brackett" to help William Faulkner write the script for the 1946 movie The Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

She was one of the screenwriters for the 1959 John Wayne movie Rio Bravo which also starred Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson.

And she wrote the first version for a little movie, “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back”. She died soon thereafter and because it was an unfinished script her draft was revised and none of her ideas made it in the final script.

Her Science Fiction career began in 1940 when she wrote the short story Martian Quest. She would write short stories, novels and screenplays, with time off every now and then, until her death from cancer at the age of 62.

We’ll find our story in the October 1948 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine, turn to page 13 for, The Moon That Vanished by Leigh Brackett…

Why did I choose this story? Leigh Brackett has been on my radar for some time now and I wanted our first Brackett story to be a good one. She did write many short sci-fi stories but this one, as you know by now, is a little longer. For me The Moon That Vanished was a roller coaster ride with exotic locations and descriptive phrases far beyond most of the shorter stories we’ve narrated so far. I loved it and there will be more stories by Leigh Brackett on the podcast.

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, yet another story written by a woman, Like all her other plants from far-off worlds, Aunt Amy hoped the Venusian Rambler would win a prize. It hoped so too. Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair, That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Like all her other plants from far-off worlds, Aunt Amy hoped the Venusian Rambler would win a prize. It hoped so too. Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

American fantasy and science fiction writer Margaret St. Clair makes her debut on the podcast today. She was born in Hutchinson Kansas in 1911. Her father, US Representative George Neeley died when she was 7, but left her and her mother well provided for. A decade later she and her mother moved to California and after graduating from the University of California she married writer Eric St. Clair.

She first tried her hand at detective and mystery stories before finding her passion writing fantasy and science fiction. Almost all of her more than 120 short stories appeared in pulp magazines in the 1940s and 1950s.

Back in the summer of 1950 if you had 20 cents you could have gotten your hands on today’s story, which appeared in Planet Stories magazine. Let’s head over to page 30 for, Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair…

Why did I narrate Flowering Evil? One word, three letters, one syllable, fun! There are some authors that write stories that are easy to narrate and when you find one, you narrate it. I also chose to share this story because I have been searching for more stories written by women. There are more on the way.

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Exiles on Mars face a barren future until Leonard Mark brings a glimpse of freedom. The Visitor by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Exiles on Mars face a barren future until Leonard Mark brings a glimpse of freedom. The Visitor by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Another new 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. This one was written by Jedi1Josh who says, “Great Podcast. I’d like to hear more super short stories. Also is there any chance of doing an episode where you read All You Zombies by Heinlein?”

Thanks for your review and requests Josh. We are working on another episode featuring super short stories. As for All You Zombies, to the best of my knowledge that story is not in the public domain so we can’t record it. Sorry to disappoint.

We would love it if you’d leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts if you think we deserve it. And we love to hear from you. Send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.

We’ve narrated a few Ray Bradbury stories and shared them on the podcast and I liked all of them, but I LOVE this one. From the yellowed and tattered pages of the November 1948 issue of Startling Stories our story can be found on page 131, The Visitor by Ray Bradbury…

I narrated The Visitor not only because it was written by Ray Bradbury, it’s more than that, the idea that greed and envy can mess up a good thing is such a simple but meaningful concept, and a great lesson. I searched for a long time and I couldn’t find this story available anywhere which is another reason I narrated The Visitor.

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Walter Sills labored for years as an unknown laboratory worker—but at fifty he makes his great discovery! Fame, riches are to be his fate—until interference looms up in the form of a few unlikable characters — and Nature herself! The Magnificent Possession by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Future Fiction Magazine published its first issue in November 1939, two issues later in July 1940 the new science fiction magazine featured stories by Dennis Clive, John Coleridge and Neil R. Jones on the cover, but didn't mention Isaac Asimov. Of the 7 authors in that issue, the 20 year old Asimov would have a career that outlasted and outshined all the others. Today’s story can be found on page 71, The Magnificent Possession by Isaac Asimov…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Perhaps you’re read how Everest has now been climbed? But have you heard of Planetary Survey? Here’s the real truth about it. Everest has been climbed twice. Everest by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Perhaps you’re read how Everest has now been climbed? But have you heard of Planetary Survey? Here’s the real truth about it. Everest has been climbed twice. Everest by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

We receive a lot of suggestions and we listen to what you have to say. The idea to add super short stories was yours, we’ve done longer stories too, based on your suggestions. Today we bring you the shortest story we’ve ever featured, all by itself, because you asked for it. And if you’ve noticed that we’ve been narrating a plethora of stories by Isaac Asimov lately, well, you’ve asked for that too!

Universe Science Fiction Magazine began publishing in June 1953, its third issue is dated December 1953 and features a short story about Mt. Everest. Edmund Hillary became the first person to climb the gigantic mountain just a few months before this story was printed. Let’s turn to page 30 for Everest by Isaac Asimov…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The castaway was a wanted man — but he didn’t know how badly he was wanted! The ShipShape Miracle by Clifford D. Simak.

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The castaway was a wanted man — but he didn’t know how badly he was wanted! The Shipshape Miracle by Clifford D. Simak, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Today we go back in time only 60 years ago to the pages of If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine in January 1963. Turn to page 32 for The Shipshape Miracle by Clifford D. Simak…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line. What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!! The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young.

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The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line. What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!! The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Special thanks to Josh Jennings who bought us $25 worth of coffee! Josh had this to say, “Your podcast has - in the course of the week or so since I discovered it completely at random - become one of my favorites. As a sci-fi fan (and writer), and a literary audiophile, I’m getting all the itches scratched at once! Your narration is a downright pleasure - your voice has hints of the great George Guidall and that god among audiobook readers, the late Frank Muller, and yet is its own sublime signature unto itself. Thank you for doing what you do, and I hope you continue for many years to come. And now, enough from me…back to the podcast.”

Josh we are so thankful for you, the coffee and the comment! To even be mentioned in the same sentence with two of the greatest audiobook narrators of all time, George Guidall and Frank Muller is as great a compliment as a narrator could ever hope to receive. I am truly honored by your kindness and will work hard to live up to such high praise. Thank you Josh.

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This is the first story we’ve ever narrated by Robert F. Young. Young was born in June 1915 in tiny Silver Creek New York on the shore of Lake Erie. The population of this tiny little town when he was born was about the same as it is today, 2,600. The little-known author wrote for more than 30 years and he wrote until he died in 1986. He penned almost 200 short stories and is perhaps best known for the story, “The Dandelion Girl”.  We narrated this story because it’s different, as you are about to find out, and because we are always looking for authors that we haven’t featured previously.

Our story can be found in the July 1962 issue of Amazing Stories magazine, open your copy to page 62 for, The Blonde From Barsoom by Robert F. Young…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A short story of a grisly ride through a blizzard with a corpse! The Last Drive by Carl Jacobi.

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A short story of a grisly ride through a blizzard with a corpse! The Last Drive by Carl Jacobi, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Carl Richard Jacobi was an author and resident of Minneapolis Minnesota his entire life.

Born in Minneapolis in 1908 Jacobi was a voracious reader as a youngster reading Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells. He was a writer early in life. In junior high he created his own dime novels and sold them to fellow students.

After college he followed a career path chosen by many aspiring writers, that of a newspaper reporter for the Minneapolis Star.

His first short story, Mive, first appeared in Minnesota Quarterly in 1928. Jacobi would write more than 100 short stories in his career which spanned more than 60 years. His 6th published story appeared in the June 1933 issue of Weird Tales. Turn to page 778 for The Last Drive by Carl Jacobi…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A magnificent race had died in that nova. The enigma was: why? The Star by Arthur C. Clarke.

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A magnificent race had died in that nova. The enigma was: why? The Star by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

More 5 star reviews on Apple Podcasts. This appears on Apple Podcasts Great Britain and was written by PrometheusUK, “Great stories and superb narration. This podcast is now the one I check first when I want something to relax to each night. The top quality narration really brings the stories to life.. please keep them coming!” Thank you PrometheusUK we will narrate these vintage sci-fi stories as long as we are able and we are hopeful that will be a very long time!

Scallywag Dave in Apple Podcasts Great Britain says, “A Breath of Fresh Air. I love these old Sci-Fi stories, which for me are just the right length to listen to at the end of an evening, and also wonderfully narrated. Thank you for giving these stories a new platform and bringing them to our airwaves.” Scallywag Dave thank you for your review.

Your 5 star review exposes The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast to new listeners around the world. So, thank you. We have this crazy idea and we’re curious if anyone would like to give this a shot. Record a video review of the podcast so we can use it on social media. If you have some of our merch that would be cool to showcase while you’re giving your review. It doesn’t have to be fancy, or perfect, keep it around a minute and have fun doing it. Then send your video to scott@lostscifi.com.

Arthur C. Clarke won the Hugo Award for todays story in 1956. The story was used as part of a Christmas episode of The Twilight Zone in 1985, as TV adaptations go there were changes to the original story. In this case the most noticeable change was the ending was different.

The Star appeared in the very first issue of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in November 1955 and the story is mentioned on the cover. When you turn to page 120 you’ll find a full page image and the text begins on page 121, The Star by Arthur C. Clarke…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A lot of glib fiction has been written about life on other planets, with space ships dropping down among alien races, zap guns decimating the enemy, while Our Hero goes after a Beautiful Princess. But Mr. Clarke takes the realistic approach. Encounter in the Dawn by Arthur C. Clarke.

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A lot of glib fiction has been written about life on other planets, with space ships dropping down among alien races, zap guns decimating the enemy, while Our Hero goes after a Beautiful Princess. But Mr. Clarke takes the realistic approach. Encounter in the Dawn by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. This time from Australia, Zapzoom FBC says, “Great. This is a great podcast. The narrator is a great reader. All stories are extremely good.” Thanks Zapzoom and thanks to all of you have who given us a 5 star rating and review this year from all over the world.

Arthur C. Clarke is back on the podcast today with a story of space travelers connecting with, well we don’t want to spoil it for you. From Amazing Stories Magazine in June and July 1953 our story can be found on page 4, Encounter in the Dawn by Arthur C. Clarke…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, John Thurmon swore he'd be the first man on the moon. But he wasn't. He was only the first murderer. The First Man On The Moon by Alfred Coppel.

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John Thurmon swore he'd be the first man on the moon. But he wasn't. He was only the first murderer. The First Man On The Moon by Alfred Coppel, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

In recent weeks with the addition of commercials in our podcast some listeners have told us they have chosen to lower their rating, solely based on commercials and not because they dislike the podcast.

Because of that I’m going to take a few seconds and explain why those commercials are there. Upon my death my wife will not receive my social security and will be left with no income. That bothers me, so two years ago I started narrating these stories with the hope that audiobook sales would provide her with some money. Then I added the podcast with the desire that it too might eventually generate some money so that my wife could live out the rest of her days with dignity.

That’s one of the reasons why we value you and every listener we have, and everything you do to help us promote the podcast, we appreciate every one of you who buys us a coffee, or purchases merchandise from our store. You are helping me fulfill the promise I made to my wife to take care of her. 

I love my wife and my promise to provide for her when I’m gone is something I take very seriously. Thank you for your understanding and your support.

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To say I love our story today would be a huge understatement. From Planet Stories magazine in the spring of 1950, our story can be found on page 36, The First Man on the Moon by Alfred Coppel…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Johnson knew he was annoying the younger man, who so obviously lived by the regulations in the Colonial Officer's Manual and lacked the imagination to understand why he was doing this… The Most Sentimental Man by Evelyn E. Smith.

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Once these irritating fare-wells were over with, he could begin to live as he wished and as he’d dreamed… The Most Sentimental Man by Evelyn E. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Today marks the first appearance of Evelyn E. Smith on the podcast. Smith was born in New York City in 1922. She wrote more than 50 short stories, almost all of them appeared in science fiction pulp magazines in the 1950s. She is probably best known for her Miss Melville Mystery series in the 1980s and early 90s.

Peruse page 68 in the August 1957 publication of Fantastic Universe magazine and you will find The Most Sentimental Man by Evelyn E. Smith…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Sometimes the queerly shaped Venusian trees seemed to talk to him, but their voices were soft. They were loyal people… Happy Ending by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds.

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A world had collapsed around this man—a world that would never shout his praises again. The burned-out cities were still and dead, the twisted bodies and twisted souls giving him their last salute in death. And now he was alone, alone surrounded by memories, alone and waiting… Happy Ending by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

It is good to be back after a trip to the beach here in Costa Rica where we met sci-fi fans everywhere, including two young women from Canada, Adele and Paige and Erik and Pia from Germany. Welcome to the ever growing list of listeners around the world to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Thanks for making us one of the most listened to science fiction podcasts in the world, and thanks for making us #1 in Belgium and #2 in Hungary.

We’ve featured stories by Fredric Brown and by Mack Reynolds before but they wrote this story together. From Fantastic Universe magazine in September 1957, our story can be found on page 105, Happy Ending by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, An odd story, made up of oddly assorted elements that include a man, a woman, a black cat, a treasure—and an invisible being that had to be seen to be believed. All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton.

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An odd story, made up of oddly assorted elements that include a man, a woman, a gray cat, a treasure—and an invisible being that had to be seen to be believed. All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Thank you for making us one of the most popular science fiction podcasts in the world. According to Apple Podcasts we are #2 in Romania, and #3 in Portugal.

More 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts, this from NJ Short Story Fan, “Excellent Podcast. Thank you for narrating “The First Man on the Moon” - it reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode “I Shot an Arrow into the Air.” However, I think you left out the end of Alfred Coppel’s story. There is an epilogue that explains the presence of the figure as Sargon of the spacefaring Lemurians. Thank for bringing these wonderful stories from the Golden Age of Sci Fi to life. I don’t mind the ads, please keep doing what you are doing.” Thanks for your review!

Oops! Thank you for letting us know about our omission at the end of “The First Man on the Moon” NJ Short Story Fan, we also received an email from Matthew McWhorter informing us of our mistake. We will record the ending and add it to the podcast and let you know here when the correct version is available. For those of you who listen on YouTube we’re not sure what we’re going to do. If you have a suggestion please email us an scott@lostscifi.com, or comment on The First Man on the Moon.

Andre Norton makes her debut on the podcast today. Born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland Ohio in 1912. Most of her stories appear under the pen name Andre Norton, but she also used Andrew North and Allen Weston. To say she was a pioneer for women writing science fiction would be a huge understatement. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, to be SFWA Grand Master, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

She chose to write most often under Andre Norton because she thought there was prejudice against female writers and most people thought she was a man.

She would write more than 30 novels and more than 50 short stories. What you are about to hear was the second short story that published more than 70 years ago. Taken at face value the author of today’s story is Andrew North, but we know better. From the pages of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction, August–September 1953 let’s turn to page 129, All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Caught in a storm he is thrown far from home and his very existence is in doubt. Castaway by Arthur C. Clarke.

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Caught in a storm he is thrown far from home and his very existence is in doubt. Castaway by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

In the UK in 1938 a new magazine appeared, Fantasy would publish an issue that year and two the next and then disappear. It reappeared in 1946 with 3 issues over the next two years and, poof, it was gone again, this time for good.

Our story appeared in the April 1947 issue but it was credited to Charles Willis. Almost 20 years later it reappeared in a collection of science fiction stories called Strange Signposts. You’ll find it on page 303, Castaway by Arthur C. Clarke…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, What really happened to the traveling salesman and the farmer’s daughter–and why? Here’s the ultimate, horrifying answer… Jokester by Isaac Asimov.

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From Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in December, 1956 let us go to page 39 and discover Jokester by Isaac Asimov…

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She was the guardian of the worlds, but HER world was dead. The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

The first story we ever narrated by Andre Norton, All Cats Are Gray, was so popular that we decided to do another one of her stories as soon as possible.

I had never heard of the publication Fantasy Book which, like many publications of the time, didn't last long. Fantasy Book published 8 issues from 1947 thru 1951 and disappeared for more than 30 years with an issue in 1985 and another in 1986.

From Fantasy Book Volume 1 Number 3 in July, 1948 our story is found on page 8, The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A touching tale of an Astronette–and why the gentle rain from Heaven has the quality of mercy. I Bring Fresh Flowers by Robert F. Young.

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Robert F. Young makes his second appearance on the podcast with a beautifully written story first published in Amazing Stories Magazine in February 1964, not quite 60 years ago.

Let’s turn to page 107 for I Bring Fresh Flowers by Robert F. Young…

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The general was bucking for his other star–and this miserable contraption bucked right back! Doorstep by Keith Laumer, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Doorstep marks the debut of Keith Laumer on the podcast. Laumer was born in Syracuse New York in 1925. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force during World War II and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service.

He is perhaps best known for the character James Retief, a cynical spacefaring diplomat, who is based or at the very least inspired in part on Laumer’s service as a diplomat. We will meet Mr. Retief in future episodes of the podcast.

Was today’s story influenced by Laumer’s time in the military? We’ll let you decide. Let’s peruse the pages of the February 1961 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine and on page 64 we will find Doorstep by Keith Laumer…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The fey Mr. Young continues his scholarly researches in the scientific origins of our myth and legend with this tale of an agile—and avaricious—one-man Boarding Party. Boarding Party by Robert F. Young.

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The fey Mr. Young continues his scholarly researches in the scientific origins of our myth and legend with this tale of an agile—and avaricious—one-man Boarding Party. Boarding Party by Robert F. Young, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

There are a lot of reasons we choose to narrate a story. Sometimes it has everything to do with the popularity of the author. Other times we’re looking to bring an author to the podcast that we’ve never shared before, such was the case recently with Evelyn E. Smith, Leigh Brackett and Andre Norton. And sometimes we narrate a story because one of our listeners requested it.

But today you will hear a story because we think it’s fun. It’s as simple as that. Our fun story appeared in Amazing Stories Magazine in September 1963. You’ll find it on page 23, Boarding Party by Robert F. Young…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Who was it that lost out in the end? Pursued, or pursuer, on this hideous little rock in space. Final Victim by Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse.

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Who was it that lost out in the end? Pursued, or pursuer, on this hideous little rock in space. Final Victim by Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Ray Bradbury has been on the podcast several times, in fact, his story The Creatures That Time Forgot is one of the most popular stories we’ve ever done. His co-author, however, Henry Hasse, is making his debut. Hasse, born in 1913, is probably known best for being the co-author of Ray Bradbury's first professionally published story, "Pendulum", which appeared in November 1941 in Super Science Stories. Hasse co-authored two more stories with Bradbury: "Gabriel's Horn” in 1943 and today’s story "Final Victim" in 1946. He wrote more than 40 short stories and 1 novel.

From Amazing Stories Magazine in February 1946, our collaboration between Mr. Bradbury and Mr. Hasse can be found on page 114, Final Victim by Ray Bradbury and Henry Hasse…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, When atomic destruction threatens, the call goes out for Bud Gregory, the wizard of the Great Smokies, who alone can save the situation!

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When atomic destruction threatens, the call goes out for Bud Gregory, the wizard of the Great Smokies, who alone can save the situation! The Nameless Something by Murray Leinster, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Bud Gregory is back on the podcast! If the name Bud Gregory sounds familiar it’s because he is the star of “The Gregory Circle” which can be heard in an earlier episode. Today he returns in the second installment of the Bud Gregory saga which can be found in Thrilling Wonder Stories Magazine in June 1947. Turn with me to page 116, The Nameless Something by Murray Leinster…

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Kiley felt all-powerful with the alien guiding him in the looting of a world. Now the whole galaxy was his if he could remember to—Never Trust A Thief! by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in February 1958, you’ll find our story on page 100, Never Trust A Thief! by Robert Silverberg…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He did the same thing at the same time every night for 20 years. Then he realized something was wrong, something was very wrong. The Street That Wasn’t There by Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak.

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Comet magazine began publishing in December 1940 and 5 issues later in July 1941 it was done. Open your copy of the last publication of this short-lived magazine to page 18 for The Street That Wasn’t There by Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, George and Lydia Hadley were the perfect parents, or so it seemed. They gave their children everything and in return their children gave them a little something. The Veldt by Ray Bradbury.

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George and Lydia Hadley were the perfect parents, or so it seemed. They gave their children everything and in return their children gave them a little something. The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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There are some stories we wish we had narrated sooner and this is one of those stories. Originally appearing as The World the Children Made in the September 23, 1950, issue of The Saturday Evening Post, it was republished as The Veldt in the 1951 anthology The Illustrated Man. Follow along on page 26. Do you wonder what goes on in your children’s minds? The Hadleys did–and they dared enter the forbidden doorway to The World The Children Made.

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Hell in reverse temperature–that’s what Jimmy and Roy were going through in their little space-ship! Ring Around the Sun by Isaac Asimov.

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Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories were two publications that were published under various names from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1950 to 1960. Most of the issues failed to sell a lot of copies because they didn't offer many great stories. But today’s short story is an exception.

From Future Fiction Magazine in March 1940 Ring Around the Sun by Isaac Asimov…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It’s distinctly ungood to wake up in the middle of a war. Anybody knows that. Breakfast at Twilight by Philip K. Dick.

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Philip K. Dick is back on the podcast today at the request of Les Allison. We go live on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter every Thursday and two weeks ago we started something that we plan on doing for a very long time. One of our listeners are randomly selected and given the opportunity to choose a vintage sci-fi short story they want us to record. There are links in the description to our YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages so you can join in the fun. Thursday February 8th we will be live at 8 PM in London for our European listeners, but you can join us no matter where you live.

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From Amazing Stories Magazine in July 1954 our story can be found on page 25, Breakfast at Twilight by Philip K. Dick…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The planet hid itself from the Earthmen—and what lay behind the mask was fierce and deadly! The Masked World by Jack Williamson.

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Let’s go back in time more than 60 years. From Worlds of Tomorrow Magazine in October 1963 you will find our story on page 160, The Masked World by Jack Williamson…

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The Sexual Morality Act was fierce to buck, but the Algolian sex surrogate was ... er ... even fiercer!… Accept No Substitutes by Robert Sheckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Robert Sheckley has been on our podcast twice previously with Watchbird and Seventh Victim. He’s an under appreciated author and one of my favorites.

Today’s story first appeared in Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in March 1958. On the cover of the magazine it says, “She was made for love, a rowdy story by Robert Sheckley.” Let’s turn to page 46 for, Accept No Substitutes by Robert Sheckley…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The aliens looked cute as Koalas. But there was a little matter of a graveyard of dead space-ships. The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson.

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The aliens looked cute as Koalas. But there was a little matter of a graveyard of dead space-ships. The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

One of the reasons we named it The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast was because we wanted to narrate stories that had never been narrated before and were little known, if known at all. Our story today, written by Gene L. Henderson, is one of those lost sci-fi short stories.

Who was he, where was he born? Questions we cannot answer. We do know that he wrote 9 short stories from 1951 to 1954 and one in 1964. In addition we know that this will not be the last story he wrote that we will narrate.

From the very first issue of Fantastic Universe Science Fiction Magazine dated June/July 1953 let’s go to page 119 and discover the story of, The Small Bears by Gene L. Henderson…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance! Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson.

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The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance! Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Thanks for another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts! DSBoston1 says, “ Great! Although the original Star Trek is almost considered “vintage”; by now, these stories go back even further. Short compelling tales, read perfectly by Scott with no unnecessary bells and whistles. You can of course tell that these were written in a very different time. But, that’s part of the educational process, learning about the roots of sci-fi and how its changed. Thank you Scott.”

Thank you for your fantastic review. We appreciate you and every listener we have in more than 130 countries around the world. Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing, sharing and supporting our podcast!!

Today's story comes from Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in February 1951. On page 102 we will find, Two Weeks in August by Frank M. Robinson…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, She was sad and lonely, this 18 year old college freshmen. So when he paid attention to her she reluctantly did the very things her mother warned her about. Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson.

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She was sad and lonely, this 19 year old college freshmen. So when he paid attention to her she reluctantly did the very things her mother warned her about. Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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We go live every Thursday on YouTube, our Facebook page and Twitter. A few weeks ago we started doing something that has proven to be really popular. We randomly select a listener every Thursday and they get to choose a story they want us to narrate. J. M. Jennings won and chose today’s story. Richard Matheson wrote it.

You might recognize the name because of his novel I am Legend, which has been adapted for the big screen three times, or his short story Duel which Steven Spielberg turned into a TV movie. Then there’s The Shrinking Man which became the movie The Incredible Shrinking Man, Hell House, The Legend of Hell House on film, Steel filmed as Real Steel, What Dreams May Come and there are more.

From the publication Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 in January 1955, Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Tons of sinuous muscle, buried in fetid Venusian slime, he knew how to survive. Equipped with an ageless brain and lightning instincts, he also knew how to die! Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton.

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Tons of sinuous muscle, buried in fetid Venusian slime, he knew how to survive. Equipped with an ageless brain and lightning instincts, he also knew how to die! Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Today marks the debut of author Bryce Walton on the podcast. Walton was born in 1918 in tiny Blythedale, Missouri, population about 300 when he was born.

He wrote nearly 100 short stories but wasn’t recognized as one of the great sci-fi authors of the 1940s and 50s. However, he was credited several times as a writer for Alfred Hitchcock Presents which aired from 1955 to 1962.

From Planet Stories Magazine in Winter 1946, turn to page 77 for, Savage Galahad by Bryce Walton…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury.

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They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Ray Bradbury was one of the most successful and acclaimed authors of his time, and it is no surprise he is one of the most popular authors on our podcast. From Planet Stories Magazine in Fall 1950, turn to page 29 for, Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The story of a modern Icarus, who tasted the freedom of the sky. He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton.

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Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he'd slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he'd bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian! Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Today’s episode of the podcast marks the debut of Poul Anderson. Anderson was no ordinary science fiction author. He has been called ''one of the five or six most important writers to appear during the science-fiction publishing boom of the decade following the end of World War II.''

To call him prolific would be a vast understatement. His wife, Karen, said she did not know how many books he wrote, saying. ''We lost count after 100.'' As for short stories, I stopped counting at 150.

Poul William Anderson was born on November 25th, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, to Anton and Astrid Anderson. His father had anglicized the spelling of the family name, originally Andersen. He told his wife she could name their first child, and she chose Poul.

His father died in a car crash when Poul was 11. His mother took him and his brother first to Denmark, then to Maryland, and finally to a 40-acre farm in southern Minnesota.

While growing up in Minnesota Poul found himself spending all of his tiny allowance on subscriptions to science fiction magazines. And so, his love of science fiction began.

A former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, he won numerous awards, including three Nebula and seven Hugo awards. In 1997 the association named him a Grandmaster and he was inducted into the Science Fiction Fantasy Hall of Fame.

He had a few short science fiction stories published in the 1940s, but his career really took off in the 1950s when more than 70 of his stories appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, Super Science Stories, Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy and other publications.

Today’s story appeared in March 1951 in Planet Stories magazine. Let’s turn to page 5 for 
Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson…

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After space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder! The Hated by Frederik Pohl. 
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The story of a modern Icarus — David Rand was a freak of nature, a glorious, winged freak, who had experienced the freedom of the sky and could no longer be tied to the ground. He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Did you know that we are live on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter every Thursday? And every Thursday a listener is randomly selected and we narrate a story they want to hear?

We will be live Thursday February 22nd at 8 PM in New York. There’s a link in the description to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter so you can join us and the different times for major cities in the US and Canada.

Our winner a couple of weeks ago, “customgod” chose the story you’re about to hear. Edmond Hamilton was born in Youngstown Ohio in 1904 and this is his first appearance on the podcast. His career as a science fiction writer began with the publication of "The Monster God of Mamurth" in the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales Magazine.

Weird Tales would publish 79 works of fiction by Hamilton from 1926 to 1948, making him one of the magazine's most prolific contributors.

In 1942 Hamilton began writing for DC Comics, specializing in stories for Superman and Batman. He wrote more than a dozen novels and almost 200 short stories.

On New Years Eve 1946 Hamilton married science fiction author Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury was his best man. Hamilton died in February 1977, his wife died a year later.

From the July 1948 issue of Weird Tales Magazine our story is found on page 70, He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Groff ruled the world through Fear. Fear of his awful power ... his twisted, mad brain. For one day that brain would crack. When it did, the World would dissolve in cataclysmic Chaos. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings.

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