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Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 014

by Various

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.

Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

• Wikipedia – History of Science Fiction
• Wikipedia – Science Fiction
• Wikipedia – Short Science Fiction Index
• LibriVox’s Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 014 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book – 105MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes

Total running time: 3:49:27

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• Beyond Pandora by Robert J. Martin – 00:05:04
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  Read by: James Christopher
• Blessed Are the Meek by G.C. Edmondson – 00:12:56
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  Read by: Alex Clarke
• I Like Martian Music by Charles E. Fritch – 00:15:03
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• It’s a Small Solar System by Allan Howard – 00:07:28
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• Operation R.S.V.P. by H. Beam Piper – 00:21:43
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  Read by: William Haseltine
• Pandemic by J.F. Bone – 00:52:29
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• The Professional Approach by Charles Leonard Harness and Theodore Lockhard Thomas – 00:43:59
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  Read by: Joelle Peebles
• Test Rocket! by Jack Douglas – 00:07:32
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  Read by: Alex Clarke
• Vanishing Point by C.C. Beck – 00:11:47
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  Read by: Dan Gurzynski
• The Worshippers by Damon Knight – 00:51:26
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite

Cataloged on April 27, 2009