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Short Science Fiction Collection 23

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: 4:22:04
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

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• 01 – Bolden’s Pets by Floyd L. Wallace – 00:45:02
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 43.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 30MB]
  Read by: Bev J. Stevens
• 02 – A Filbert Is A Nut by Rick Raphael – 00:20:02
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 19.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 12MB]
  Read by: Linda Dodge
• 03 – The Hated by Frederik Pohl – 00:22:50
  Source: E-text
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 15MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 04 – The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells – 00:45:32
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 43.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 30MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 05 – Regeneration by Charles Dye – 00:23:30
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 22.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 16MB]
  Read by: Wendel Topper
• 06 – Rex Ex Machina by Frederic Max – 00:06:22
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 6.1MB]
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  Read by: Synergy
• 07 – Tales of Space and Time; The Star by H. G. Wells – 00:32:22
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 31.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19MB]
  Read by: Linda Dodge
• 08 – The Success Machine by Henry Slesar – 00:25:13
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 24.2MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 16MB]
  Read by: Troy Bond
• 09 – Unspecialist by Murray F. Yaco – 00:28:47
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 27.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 19MB]
  Read by: Wendel Topper
• 10 – What’s He Doing In There? by Fritz Leiber – 00:12:24
  Source: E-text
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  [mp3@128kbps - 11.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 7.90MB]
  Read by: Gregg Margarite

Cataloged on August 04, 2009