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Short Science Fiction Collection 018

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 that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. – Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

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• Wikipedia – Short Science Fiction Index
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Total running time: 2:06:14

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• Belly Laugh by Gordon Randall Garrett – 00:06:25
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• Breakaway by Stanley Gimble – 00:13:47
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• Cully by Jack Egan – 00:13:32
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• Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown – 00:06:39
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• Mex by Laurence M. Janifer – 00:05:07
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• The Putnam Tradition by Sonia Dorman – 00:15:21
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• Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe – 00:36:25
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• Summit by Dallas McCord (Mack) Reynolds – 00:10:20
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• This is Klon Calling by Walt Sheldon – 00:09:20
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• Two Plus Two Makes Crazy by Walt Sheldon – 00:09:18
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Cataloged on June 03, 2009