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Short Science Fiction Collection 24

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: 4:59:26
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 – The Altar at Midnight by C. M. Kornbluth – 00:14:29
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 02 – The Defenders by Philip K. Dick – 00:49:24
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  Read by: mkargo
• 03 – Foundling on Venus by John & Dorothy de Courcy – 00:19:19
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 04 – The Leech by Phillips Barbee – 00:41:31
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• 05 – The Repairman by Harry Harrison – 00:37:37
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  Read by: Linda Dodge
• 06 – Second Landing by Floyd Wallace – 00:15:34
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  Read by: Linda Dodge
• 07 – The Talkative Tree by Horace Brown Fyfe – 00:22:45
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  Read by: Linda Dodge
• 08 – They Twinkled Like Jewels by Philip Jose Farmer – 00:37:41
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  Read by: Gregg Margarite
• 09 – Warm by Robert Sheckley – 00:23:10
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  Read by: Bellona Times
• 10 – Wind by Charles Louis Fontenay – 00:37:56
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  Read by: Linda Dodge

Cataloged on August 07, 2009