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Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 007

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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 and technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories 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
• Wikipedia – Short Science Fiction Index
• LibriVox’s Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 007 Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire collection (118 MB)
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes

Total running time: 4:04:42

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• 2 B R 0 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut – 00:17:59
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Alex Clarke
• … After a Few Words … by Gordon Randall Garrett – 00:17:52
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Corey M. Snow
• The Beast of Space by F. E. Hardart – 00:29:53
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Bryden Jones
• The Bell Tone by Edmund H. Leftwich – 00:11:36
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  Read by: Alex Clarke
• Cat and Mouse by Ralph Williams – 01:02:34
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Betsie Bush
• Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin – 00:34:30
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: Bryden Jones
• Droozle by Frank Banta – 00:17:24
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  Read by: Mooseboy Alfonzo
• An Incident on Route 12 by James H. Schmitz – 00:10:05
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  Read by: James Christopher
• The Man Who Hated Mars by Gordon Randall Garrett – 00:31:34
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: David N. Castle
• The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahy – 00:11:15
  Source: E-text
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  Read by: David N. Castle

Cataloged on December 05, 2008