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Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 005

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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 1960 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.

Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.

• Wikipedia - History of Science Fiction
• Wikipedia - Science Fiction
• LibriVox’s Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 005 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire collection - 91.6MB
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 3:10:40

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• 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - 00:16:19
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  Read by: Hoosemon
• The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson - 00:51:48
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Alex C. Telander
• Circus by Alan Edward Nourse - 00:15:52
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: RK Wilcox
• Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper - 00:21:06
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  Read by: Alex C. Telander
• Egocentric Orbit by John Cory - 00:06:01
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  Read by: Elanor
• A Matter of Magnitude by Al Sevcik - 00:13:18
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  Read by: RK Wilcox
• Quiet, Please by Kevin Scott - 00:06:17
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  Read by: Jerome Lawsen
• Summit by Mack Reynolds - 00:12:07
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  Read by: RK Wilcox
• The Untouchable by Stephen A. Kallis - 00:10:34
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  Read by: Jerome Lawsen
• The Yillian Way by John Keith Laumer - 00:37:18
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: John Larmour

Cataloged on April 17, 2008