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Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 002

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 the second volume of reader-selected collection of short stories originally published between 1941 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.

Introduction by Cori Samuel with input from Wikipedia.

• Wikipedia - Science Fiction
• Wikipedia - History of Science Fiction
• LibriVox’s Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 002 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (114 MB)
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 3:58:02

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• 01 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr - 00:17:50
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  Read by: Bruce Bell-Myers
• 02 The Answer by H. Beam Piper - 00:24:46
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  Read by: Nicodemus
• 03 The Blue Tower by Evelyn E. Smith - 00:34:28
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  Read by: Betsie Bush
• 04 Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber - 00:33:00
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  Read by: Betsie Bush
• 05 The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson - 00:56:47
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  Read by: Nicodemus
• 06 Second Sight by Alan Edward Nourse - 00:26:45
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  Read by: Jodi Krangle
• 07 Solomon’s Orbit by William Carroll - 00:21:00
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  Read by: Anton
• 08 The Troubadour by Robert Augustine Ward Lowndes - 00:08:56
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  Read by: Cori Samuel
• 09 The Ultimate Experiment by Thornton DeKy - 00:08:54
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  Read by: Nicodemus
• 10 Untechnological Employment by E. M. Clinton, Jr. - 00:05:36
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  Read by: Tysto

Cataloged on November 30, 2007