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Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 004

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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, originally published between 1931 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.

Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

• Wikipedia - Science Fiction
• Wikipedia - History of Science Fiction
• LibriVox’s Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 004 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book 162.3MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 5:37:54

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• Beyond Pandora by Robert J. Martin - 00:05:21
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  Read by: Jerome Lawsen
• The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright - 00:41:34
  Source: E-text 20838
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  Read by: John Larmour
• The Misplaced Battleship by Harry Harrison - 00:58:53
  Source: E-text 22541
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  Read by: Barny Shergold
• Missing Link by Frank Herbert - 00:43:02
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  Read by: Kim Cutler
• The Quantum Jump by Robert Wicks - 00:22:40
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  Read by: Jerome Lawsen
• The Repairman by Harry Harrison - 00:32:16
  Source: E-text 22073
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  Read by: Rowdy Delaney
• Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty - 00:19:00
  Source: E-text 23161
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  Read by: lucylou40
• Stairway To The Stars by Larry Shaw - 00:42:41
  Source: E-text 23159
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  Read by: R. J. Davis
• Traders Risk by Roger Dee - 00:34:32
  Source: E-text 23103
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  Read by: Susan Umpleby
• Wizard by Larry M. Harris - 00:37:55
  Source: E-text 24375
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  Read by: Alex C. Telander

Cataloged on March 07, 2008