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Short Science Fiction Collection 028

by Various

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

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Total running time: 4:49:54
In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Book Coordinator: Gregg Margarite
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Wendel Topper
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Lucy Burgoyne

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Attention Saint Patrick by Murray Leinster – 00:45:34
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 21.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 43.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 31MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 02 – Bad Medicine by Robert Sheckley – 00:38:20
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 18.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 36.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 23MB]
  Read by: Megan Argo
• 03 – Blessed Are the Meek by G.C. Edmondson – 00:12:53
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.27MB]
  Read by: Mark F. Smith
• 04 – Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? by Bryce Walton – 00:26:14
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18MB]
  Read by: Bellona Times
• 05 – Instinct by George O. Smith – 00:28:40
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 27.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18MB]
  Read by: Ric F
• 06 – Mex by Laurence M. Janifer – 00:05:12
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 4.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 3.22MB]
  Read by: soualhi1
• 07 – The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwyn – 00:20:42
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 19.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13MB]
  Read by: Mark Nelson
• 08 – Scrimshaw by Murray Leinster – 00:35:17
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 16.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 33.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 23MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 09 – The Servant Problem by Robert F Young – 00:59:52
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 28.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 57.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 34MB]
  Read by: tabithat
• 10 – Von Kempelen and his Discovery by Edgar Allan Poe – 00:17:10
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 8.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 16.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 11MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite

Cataloged on October 11, 2009