The most dangerous game, said one writer, is Man. But there is another still more deadly! Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is growing like crazy, thanks to you, so we’re delivering two bonus episodes this week, to say thank you. In two days, we’re featuring the work of Harry Harrison and two days after that, Philip K. Dick returns.Thousands of you listen to us on podcast players like Apple, Spotify and Overcast and thousands more enjoy us on YouTube. Recent YouTube comments include this from Bob, “Thank you so much for these fabulous stories! I have a solitary job as a night custodian. I thoroughly enjoy these stories and the wonderful voice, who narrates them, as I work the graveyard shift. Thank you so much! Bob in Oregon” Thank you Bob!0therun1t21 says, “Well read! I love these stories, had to subscribe. Thank You!” Thank you for your comment 0therun!Dimitrikorsakov2570 had this to say, “Your narration is so damn good. You're so easy and pleasant to listen to.” Thanks Dimitri! Leave us a comment on YouTube or send us an email, [email protected]. In the last couple of months, we’ve heard from Robert Sheckley twice, Watchbird and Beside Still Waters. Our Sheckley story today comes from the pages of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in April 1953. Let’s go to page 38 for Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley…In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, James diGriz lives a life of crime, and he’s good at it. Perhaps not as good as he thinks he is! The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison. And two days later we’ve got a story for you from Philip K. Dick. That’s this week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One man's retreat is another's prison... and it takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home! Spacemen Die At Home by Edward W. Ludwig, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We appreciate your 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. Gtree10 says. “Always a joy when a new story drops. Such a wonderful podcast, being able to listen to these great lost sci-fi stories from a range of authors (some well-know, some unknown). The reader does an incredible job bringing the stories to life. I eagerly look forward to next show dropping."Thank you Gtree10!!Kaydon Tye says, “A must listen to for sci-fi fans! I found the lost sci-fi podcast shortly after having a conversation about Philip K Dick with the attendant at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena Montana and looked for more about him. Being a big fan of classic and vintage literature I was pleasantly surprised to find your podcast. I was thrilled to see Philip K Dick as the pilot episode. I’ve been enjoying the narrator bring to life the story like an old time radio drama. From “The Plagiarist of Rigel IV” to “The Mind Digger” I hang on to every word to the end. I give the sci-fi podcast five stars and say it is a must listen for sci-fi fans.”Thanks Kaydon Tye!!If you like what we’re doing you can help us by leaving a 5 Star review, if you think we deserve it, on Apple Podcasts. Or you can give us 5 stars on Spotify and you can leave a comment on our YouTube channel.Born in Tracy, California in July 1920, Edward William Ludwig had 16 short science fiction stories published in the 1950s, 6 in the 60s, 1 in the 70s and 2 short sci-fi stories in the 80s. We know he died in 1990 at the age of 69 and that’s about it. The story we’re about to hear was his 5th published story in the 1950s. Turn to page 75 in the October 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine for Spacemen Die At Home by Edward W. Ludwig…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The most dangerous game, said one writer, is Man. But there is another still more deadly! Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.If you like vintage science fiction stories from Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, H.G. Wells, Harlan Ellison and others, you will love The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast!Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The climate was perfect, the sky was always blue, and–best of all–nobody had to work. What more could anyone want? Planet of Dreams by James McKimmey Jr., that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks for your 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. SouthernSands says. “What a gem! This podcast has been a fantastic find. The golden age Sci-fi stories have always been a great mix of cautionary tale and hope for the future. Scott Miller is the perfect narrator to bring them to life. Thanks, and keep up the great work.” Thank you SouthernSands!!TealCoffeeMug says, “Great. I am really enjoying your podcast. I’ve enjoyed sci-fi since I was a kid. You do a great job of choosing interesting stories and reading them. Keep it up please.”Thanks TealCoffeeMug!!And thanks to all of you who have rated us on Spotify. We now have 48 ratings with an average rating of 4.9!!Today’s author, James McKimmey Jr. is a favorite of mine. He’s not a famous sci-fi author but I like narrating his stories.We’ll find our story on page 67 in the September 1953, If Worlds of Science Fiction, Planet of Dreams by James McKimmey Jr. …Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, One man's retreat is another's prison ... andit takes a heap of flying to make a hulk a home! Spacemen Die At Home by Edward W. Ludwig. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible—and inescapable!. Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Clifford D. Simak worked as a newspaperman for most of his life and only became a full-time science fiction author after his retirement. However, what he accomplished part time was more than most. He won 3 Hugo Awards and a Nebula and The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third Grand Master. Simak was born in Millville, Wisconsin in 1904. He was a public school teacher until leaving to work at the Minneapolis Star and Tribune until he retired at 72. He became interested in sci-fi after reading H. G. Wells.His first short story, “The World of the Red Sun” appeared in the December 1931 issue of Wonder Stories magazine. He would go on to write more than 120 short stories. Let’s turn to the pages of Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1951. We’ll find our story on page 81, Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The climate was perfect, the sky was always blue, and–best of all–nobody had to work. What more could anyone want? Planet of Dreams by James McKimmey Jr. That’s next week with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History was repeating itself; there were moats and nobles in Pennsylvania and vassals in Manhattan and the barbarian hordes were overrunning the land. The Barbarians by Algis Budrys, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.“He was in some ways the best writer of his kind around. He made sentences come alive better than most writers. I’m not talking just about science fiction writers.” The words of writer, editor, and literary agent Frederik Pohl–at 89 about Algis Budrys.Budrys was born in 1931 in what was then East Prussia, Germany. At the end of his life Budrys still remembered what he had seen from the second-story window of his parents’ apartment on a spring day in 1936. Adolf Hitler, “in an open black Mercedes with his arm propped up. I’m sure he had an iron bar up his sleeve, because he couldn’t have kept his arm that particular way for so long otherwise.”In 1936, when his father failed to get the Paris posting he’d requested, he was assigned to New York instead. Budrys’s parents, desperate to survive in Depression-era America, ended up running a chicken farm in rural New Jersey.“My big breakthrough came when Miss Anderson, who owned the general store in Dorothy, New Jersey, gave me a bunch of unsold magazines, including Astonishing Stories, edited by Frederik Pohl,” Budrys said. And his love for science fiction began.He wrote 10 novels and about 135 short stories.When you turn to page 58 in If Worlds of Science Fiction in February 1958 you might be surprised to see John Sentry’s name as the author, but you will know the man who wrote The Barbarians is Algis Budrys… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible—and inescapable! Second Childhood by Clifford D. Simak. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A zoo is a place where some people make sport of lower animals. That included Kemper, but for him people were the lower animals! The Man Who Liked Lions by John Bernard Daley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We are going live on YouTube in 2 days on Thursday, July 20th at 4 PM US Eastern time. We’ll be narrating some of Harry Harrison’s The Stainless Steel Rat, answer any questions you have, and everything else is up to you. If you want to send us questions in advance please do so, [email protected]. That’s in two days, July 20th at 4 PM in New York, Atlanta and Toronto, 3 PM in Chicago, 1 in Los Angeles and Seattle, and 9 PM in Leicester, Manchester and London. It should be fun; I hope you will join us. There’s a link to our YouTube channel in the description https://www.youtube.com/vintagescifiaudiobooksJohn Bernard Daley makes his debut on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast today. Daley was born in Pittsburgh in 1918 and died at age 92 in 2011. He wrote three short sci-fi stories in the 1950s and that’s all we know about him. This story is the very definition of Lost Sci-Fi. Turn to page 70 in the October 1956 issue of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine for The Man Who Liked Lions by John Bernard Daley… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, History was repeating itself; there were moats and nobles in Pennsylvania and vassals in Manhattan and the barbarian hordes were overrunning the land. The Barbarians by Algis Budrys.That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Only Shervane dared to learn the mind-shattering truth of that incredible barrier!” The Wall of Darkness by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Last week was a record for us, more podcast listeners, and more YouTube listeners than ever before. We also received more emails, comments, ratings, and reviews. Thanks for your support.keithstump1712 commented on a YouTube video, “These stories are greatly welcome here in the High Andes of Peru during our long winter nights.” Thanks Keith. Stephen sent us an email, “Greetings from Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada!”It's been a delight to discover your podcast and storytelling. These stories have been keeping me company on my commute to work. Keep up the wonderful work bringing these old stories back to life and inspiring our imaginations.” Thank you, Stephen.We love your comments on our YouTube channel and the emails you send us on lostscifi.com­ or [email protected] take requests, and many of you have requested that we go live on YouTube so next Thursday, July 20th at 4 PM US Eastern time we’ll be live on YouTube. We’ll do some narrating, answer any questions you have, and for the most part leave it up to you. If you want to send us questions in advance please do so, [email protected]. That way you can get your question answered even if you can’t be with us live. That’s next Thursday, July 20th at 4 PM US Eastern time, 1 in Los Angeles and Vancouver, 3 PM in the Andes Mountains in Peru, and 9 PM in London. It should be fun; I hope you can join us. Arthur C. Clarke has been on the podcast before with “A Walk in the Dark”. Today’s story can be found on page 66 of “Super Science Stories” in July, 1949, 74 years ago. “The Wall of Darkness” by Arthur C. Clarke… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A zoo is a place where some people make sport of lower animals. That included Kemper, but for him people were the lower animals! The Man Who Liked Lions by John Bernard Daley. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is a combination of two requests. You asked for more super short science fiction stories and you asked for longer episodes. So, why not both? We’ve got 9 kinda short sci-fi stories for you in an episode that’s almost two hours long! That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Special thanks to Love the Vibe for yet another 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. “My two cents. Scott Miller lifts everything to a higher—more artistic—level. Probably would elevate the humble phone book to Shakespearean heights!!!! Many thanks.” Thank you, Love the Vibe. If you haven’t already left a review on Apple Podcasts we’d appreciate it if you would. And for our Spotify listeners if you’d give us a 5-star rating on the Spotify app, if you think we deserve it, that would be awesome.We begin with a story from “Weird Tales - A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual” in July 1938. Let’s go to page 91 for Escape from Paul Ernst.Our next story was written by one of those guys we know almost nothing about. In addition to 6 short science fiction stories in the 1950s, Robert Zacks wrote TV episodes for 7 shows in the 50s. From “Startling Stories Magazine” in May 1952, the first story ever published written by Robert Zacks, From Outer Space August Derleth grew up in Sauk City, Wisconsin. He wrote his first fiction story at 13. His stories were rejected 40 times over 3 years before he sold “Bat’s Belfry” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1926. “Birkett’s Twelfth Corpse” can be found in “Strange Stories Magazine” in August 1940.Evan Hunter has been on the podcast before. He wrote one of my favorites, “The Plagiarist From Rigel IV”. “Only one question seemed important in this huge space venture: Who was flying where?” We’ll find our story on page 57 of the May 1952 issue of “If Worlds of Science Fiction”, Welcome, Martians! Up next a short tale about a strange entity on a distant world. Our strange story was written by Henry Kuttner and this is his first short sci-fi story on the podcast. He sold his first story, “The Graveyard Rats” to “Weird Tales Magazine” in 1936. Kuttner contributed several stories to the Cthulhu Mythos genre including today’s story. Open your January 1937 copy of“Weird Tales Magazine” to page 93 for “The Eater of Souls”  Our next story was written by I. M. Bukstein. An exhaustive search for the author found absolutely nothing. “No, sir, we wasn't fooled by them lights in the night sky. Illusionations, we call 'em. Funny though, Willie disappeared that night!” From “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” in October 1952, turn to page 112 for “Hey Ma, Where’s Willie”Fredric Brown is known for his mastery of the super short sci-fi stories.Would you try to save your wife from a killer? Seems like a. simple question, but to Mandy's husband, it was one to stump the experts. We’ll find our story on page 100 of “Black Mask Magazine” in November 1948. Cry Silence We heard from Fritz Leiber only a week ago. “This is how it all began—the terrible civil strife that devastates our world!”  Turn to page 57 in the debut issue of “Worlds of Tomorrow Magazine”, in April 1963 for “X Marks the Pedwalk” Robert Sheckley, made his debut on our podcast just two days ago. We’ll find our story on page 19 of the October-November issue of “Amazing Stories Magazine.” Beside Still Waters“ Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strange how often the Millenium has been at hand. The idea is peace on Earth, see, and the way to do it is by figuring out angles.  Watchbird by Robert Sheckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We added 3 episodes to the podcast last week, and we’re doing it again this week, to say thank you for the explosion of new listeners and to reward you, our listeners who have been with us for a long time.I had never read a science fiction story by Robert Sheckley until Jesse recommend him. Sheckley was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York on July 16th, 1928. After graduating high school, he hitchhiked across country to California.He worked several jobs, joined the Army and left military service just two years later. Sheckley graduated from New York University in 1951 and within months his career as a writer took off. In late 1951 he sold his first story, “Final Examination” to “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” magazine. He wrote more than 120 short stories in the 1950s and he continued writing until he died in 2005.He not only wrote short stories and novels but TV series episodes too. His 1953 short story “Seventh Victim” was the basis for the Italian film The 10th Victim. It starred Ursula Andress. You will hear “Seventh Victim” in a few weeks here on the podcast.The movie “Robots” which came out a few weeks ago starring Shailene Woodley is based on the Robert Sheckley short story “The Robot Who Looked Like Me”The short story you’re about to hear was adapted for the short-lived TV series Masters of Science Fiction. We’ll find our story in the February 1953 publication, “Galaxy Science Fiction” magazine. Turn to page 74 for Watchbird by Robert Sheckley…In 2 days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, you asked for it and we’re doing it. A combination of two requests. You asked for more super short science fiction stories and you asked for longer episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. So, why not both? We’ve got 9 kinda short sci-fi stories for you in an episode that’s a little over two hours! That’s in 2 days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inhabitants of Dunhill V were gigantic. They were peaceful and good natured until something happened to upset them–and then their wrath was truly terrific! Planet of the Angry Giants by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Welcome to our new listeners in Leicester England, Luxembourg, Omaha Nebraska, Inglewood California, Vancouver British Columbia and Annadale Minnesota.More new 5 star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. Mo_San says, “By far the most bang for your buck short stories podcast. I’ve listened to a ton of short story podcasts over the years, I can safely say, this is a keeper. I come every week to listen to the latest gem posted on this podcast. The narrator makes it extra special with his performance taking the listener to the universe of the story.” Thanks Mo_San!And this 5 star rating and review on Apple podcasts comes to us from Zr357, “Outstanding!!! This is hands down the best sci-fi podcast on the planet!! The narration is out of this world!!” Thank you Zr357!This is our third podcast this week and we’re doing three more podcasts next week. It’s our way of saying thank you to the hundreds of new podcast and Youtube listeners from all over the world. We appreciate you and we listen to you. Send us an email anytime about anything at [email protected] things were happening in August 1959. On August 7th Explorer VI became the first satellite to transmit a live photo of Earth from space. Also, in August 1959 Super Science Fiction magazine featured two stories by Robert Silverberg even though his name isn’t listed in the credits. Silverberg used a pen name for Monsters That Once Were Men which was featured previously on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. He used the pen name Dirk Clinton for the second story in the issue. Turn with me to page 62 for Planet of The Angry Giants by Robert SilverbergNext week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, a request from Jesse, Strange how often the Millenium has been at hand. The idea is peace on Earth, see, and the way to do it is by figuring out angles.  Watchbird by Robert Sheckley. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She Brought Death to All Who Walked Behind Her! The Black Ewe by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Welcome to this special edition of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. No, it hasn’t been a week since our last episode, but I couldn’t wait to share today’s story with you.I’ll admit I like every one of the stories we narrate, but this one is one of my all-time favorites. Fritz Leiber began spinning dark and delicate webs of science fiction and fantasy in 1939, when his first tales began appearing in the long defunct publication, Unknown. Leiber has been described as an actor, author and world traveler, and recognized as one of the all-time titans of science fiction.From the May 1950 issue of  Startling Stories Magazine, turn to page 117 for Fritz Lieber’s, The Black Ewe…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The inhabitants of Dunhill V were gigantic. They were peaceful and good natured until something happened to upset them–and then their wrath was truly terrific! Planet of the Angry Giants by Robert Silverberg. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them! The Mind Digger by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks for your support of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. One of the ways you can support our podcast is by purchasing a 17-hour audiobook, Science Fiction Grand Masters for a special low price of only $2.97 when you use the coupon code podcast, lowercase letters only at https://lostscifi.com.  You can keep it for yourself or gift this audiobook to anyone you choose by using their email address and creating a password, then sharing that password with them so they can access all 17 hours for only $2.97 when you use the coupon code podcast, lowercase letters only at https://lostscifi.com.You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts even if you don’t normally listen to us on Apple or by leaving a comment on one of the videos on our YouTube Channel.Thanks to miss hitler who left us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, “A Million miles from here. The stories take me away from this every day world and let’s my imagination shine through!” Another 5-star review from NT MriGuy, “Far out! I’m really enjoying your story telling of vintage sci-fi. I have been pleasantly entertained by your back stories and amounts of historical information. So informative, entertaining and enlightening! Thank you for this gem! T from Texas” Thanks to both of you for your reviews!Our author, Winston Marks, is one of the reasons we started narrating vintage sci-fi and one of the reasons we call these stories lost sci-fi. About two years ago I started thinking about narrating science fiction because I’m a sci-fi fan. I did some research and discovered thousands of vintage sci-fi short stories that had never been available as audiobooks. Seemed a shame that these amazing stories weren’t available, so I decided to call these stories lost sci-fi, started selling these sci-fi short stories and a few months later The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast was born. Winston Marks could be the poster boy for Lost Sci-Fi. I like his writing and yet I couldn’t find any of his short stories available in audio.  A writer strives for realism–but to this boy it came easy. He lived his scenes! We’ll find our story on page 77 in the April 1958 Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy,  The Mind Digger by Winston Marks…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, I have no idea why, but next week’s story is one of my favorites, She Brought Death to All Who Walked Behind Her! The Black Ewe by Fritz Leiber. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. The Gun by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.In the last week we have added hundreds of new listeners all over the world and last week’s episode featuring The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury had more listeners in its first week, by far, than any other episode of the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Thank you for making that happen.Our story comes from Planet Stories magazine in September 1952. More space on the cover is devoted to author Mark Ganes and his feature story  Evil Out of Onzar than any other story that appeared in the magazine. Who is Mark Ganes? I don’t know. I couldn’t find any information about him, nor could I find any other story that he’d ever written. The cover lists five of the seven authors in the issue. One of the guys who wasn’t mentioned. A relatively unknown author, at the time, named Philip K. Dick. Turn to page 46 for The Gun…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast,  There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them! The Mind Digger byWinston Marks...  that’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mad, impossible world! Sun-blasted by day, cold-wracked by night—and life condensed by radiation into eight days! Sim eyed the Ship—if he only dared reach it and escape! ... but it was more than half an hour distant—the limit of life itself! The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the #1 Science Fiction Podcast in the Cayman Islands and Costa Rica, #3 in Belarus, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Poland and India. You continue to share and recommend us and you are growing this podcast and we thank you.So many of you have asked how you can help support The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast financially, so we’ve come up with a solution. Instead of just taking your donations we want to give you something. Go to LostSciFi.com and you will find a 17-hour audiobook, Science Fiction Grand Masters for a special low price of only $2.97 when you use the coupon code podcast, lowercase letters only. You can keep it for yourself or gift this audiobook to anyone you choose by using their email address and creating a password, then sharing that password with them so they can access all 17 hours for only $2.97 when you use the coupon code podcast, lowercase letters only. We’ll have a new audiobook at a special price in a few weeks.Your request for longer stories brings us to the longest podcast we’ve ever done. Let’s go back in time almost 77 years ago. Turn to page 94 in the fall 1946 issue of Planet Stories Magazine,  The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, the return of Philip K. Dick,  Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. The Gun by Philip K. Dick. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder! The Hated by Frederik Pohl, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.5 Star reviews continue to pour in from all over the world. DiverBR via Apple Podcasts Brazil gave us 5 stars and writes “I’m glad I found this. Hi from Brazil. This podcast is awesome. A great selection of stories from the golden age of science fiction that I would probably never have heard about if it weren't for this podcast. The narrator does an excellent job, with a clear and calm voice. Indispensable for true science fiction fans.” Thanks for listening and for your review DiverBR.Another 5-star review, this time from bwdesmo. “A legitimate top tier pod. I can’t do justice to how good this podcast is, truly. The host has an affect and vocal style that’s just perfect. The stories are buried gems, sure, there’s problematic vocabulary but you have to enjoy it in the spirit it’s offered. I LOVE seeing how creative people from 40-50 years ago, imagined how the world would exist. It’s just glorious and I love it.” Thanks, bwdesmo!Your reviews and 5-star ratings are making a difference in the number of listeners to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, and we thank you. If you haven’t already left us a review on Apple Podcasts, please do so. And thanks for your 5-star ratings on Spotify!You’ll find today’s story in the January 1958 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. If you have a copy of the magazine, you’ll see ­­the author is listed as Paul Flehr, even though it was written by Frederik Pohl. It’s possible that The Hated was credited to one of Mr. Pohl’s many alternate names because the first 46 pages of the magazine were taken up by a Frederik Pohl novella titled The Knights of Arthur. Right after that, starting on page 47, The Hated by Frederik Pohl …Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, a longer podcast thanks to your requests. It’s our first podcast that’s a little longer than two hours. We go back 77 years to the fall of 1946, Mad, impossible world! Sun-blasted by day,cold-wracked by night—and life condensed byradiation into eight days! Sim eyed theShip—if he only dared reach it andescape! ... but it was more than half anhour distant—the limit of life itself!The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he'd slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he'd bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian! Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Today’s episode of the podcast marks the debut of Poul Anderson. Anderson was no ordinary science fiction author. He has been called ''one of the five or six most important writers to appear during the science-fiction publishing boom of the decade following the end of World War II.''To call him prolific would be a vast understatement. His wife, Karen, said she did not know how many books he wrote, saying. ''We lost count after 100.'' As for short stories, I stopped counting at 150.Poul William Anderson was born on November 25th, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, to Anton and Astrid Anderson. His father had anglicized the spelling of the family name, originally Andersen. He told his wife she could name their first child, and she chose Poul.His father died in a car crash when Poul was 11. His mother took him and his brother first to Denmark, then to Maryland, and finally to a 40-acre farm in southern Minnesota.While growing up in Minnesota Poul found himself spending all of his tiny allowance on subscriptions to science fiction magazines. And so, his love of science fiction began.A former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, he won numerous awards, including three Nebula and seven Hugo awards. In 1997 the association named him a Grandmaster and he was inducted into the Science Fiction Fantasy Hall of Fame.He had a few short science fiction stories published in the 1940s, but his career really took off in the 1950s when more than 70 of his stories appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, Super Science Stories, Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy and other publications.Today’s story appeared in March 1951 in Planet Stories magazine. Let’s turn to page 5 for Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, After space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder! The Hated by Frederik Pohl. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For twenty long unholy years Hurtz, the pilot, dreamed of retirement ... and found his "acre of heaven" on a Death Star. Death Star by James McKimmey Jr., that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We have several new 5 star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. This was written by TCBermy, “Classics from the Masters. Great stories! I listen every week, sometimes the stories are shorts by a famous master of vintage Sci-Fi. Sometimes they are great stories by someone you never heard of. The narrator is perfect, I imagine sitting in front of a classic radio.” Thank you TCBermy!!And this from scifyfi, “Fantastic. The best stories with the absolute best reading. It’s like an audio drama read by one person with voices to match many different characters. So glad I gave this a listen. Now it’s all I listen too. Some episodes more than once.” Thank you scifyfi!!Your reviews on Apple Podcasts are greatly appreciated, if you haven’t already been to Apple Podcasts to give us a review please do so.As TCBermy said in his review, “Sometimes they are great stories by someone you never heard of.” He just described James McKimmey Jr. He didn’t write a lot of science fiction and he isn’t very well known. Born in 1923 he grew up mostly in Red Cloud, Nebraska and then graduated from Omaha Central High School. After selling his first short story, he said, "I cared to do nothing as an occupation except write fiction."Turn to page 68 in the September 1953 edition of “Planet Stories magazine” Death Star by James McKimmey Jr.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he'd slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he'd bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian! Duel on Syrtis by Poul AndersonThat’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wives always try to cure husbands of bad habits, even on lonely asteroids! The Addicts by William Morrison, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi podcast has hit #2 on Apple Podcasts in the Cayman Islands, #3 in Belarus, and we’ve recently been #3 in Poland, Denmark, #6 in Brazil and #9 in Australia! Thanks to all our loyal listeners wherever you are. We have several more 5-star reviews on Apple Podcasts. This review comes from SasquatchSieber, “Best Classic Sci-Fi Out There! Greetings from Okinawa, Japan. I am hooked on this podcast! I love how the owner gives us history of the author. His voice is perfect for the stories! I have binge-listened to all the podcasts and now cannot wait for each weeks­­­­­ additions!” Thanks SasquatchSieber!And this 5 star rating and review comes to us from ThatsMeMomLetMeIn via Apple Podcasts Ukraine, “Always a highlight in my weekly listen. I don’t remember how exactly I found this podcast, but I fell in love with it right away, probably after the first two paragraphs of the narrated story I listened to first. I have a rather big list of podcasts I’m subscribed to, but whenever I see an update from the Lost Sci-Fi, it immediately gets to the first position in my listening queue. Great selection of SciFi works, unparalled narration where everything only adds up to creating a very enjoyable listening experience: the narrator’s deep and clear voice, just the right speed of the narration, and a perfect balance between narrating and voice acting. Are there any plans to include works originally written in languages other than English?” Thank you ThatsMeMomLetMeIn for your review. Most vintage sci-fi was written in English and then translated into foreign languages and distributed around the world. But who knows what the future holds? A free way to support The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is by leaving a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show and it helps others discover us. And you can also give us a 5-star rating on Spotify, as 19 others have done so far, if you think we deserve a 5-star rating of course.Author William Morrison, who was really Joseph Samachson, has been on our podcast 4 times before today. He also wrote comic books, and he created the Martian Manhunter. You can find out more about Joseph Samachson aka William Morrison in the episode which featured two of his stories, “Unwelcomed Visitor and Spoken For”.Morrison also wrote under the pen name Brett Sterling. His work, as Sterling, appeared in the Spring 1943 issue of “Captain Future – Man of Tomorrow”. You’ll find his book length novel, “Worlds to Come” in that issue and I’ve included a link to it in the description. It’s the first time we’ve done that so please let me know if you like it. [email protected] link https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/CF_1943_1.pdfYou’ll find today’s story in the January 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. Turn to page 122 for The Addicts by William Morrison...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, For twenty long unholy years Hurtz, the pilot, dreamed of retirement ... and found his "acre of heaven" on a Death Star. Death Star by James McKimmey Jr.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ralph Banks editor of Popular Crafts Monthly, was a short stocky man with a round pink face, a crisp crew cut, an intensely energetic manner.When a letter from the Smithsonian Institute came across his desk it caught his attention, A Practical Man's Guide by Jack Vance, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks to K Vomer for another 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts, “Very enjoyable! Lots of vintage sci-fi stories! Love the narrator’s voice. Also­ – he gives a little snippet about the history of the writer or what magazine it came from. It’s fun to hear what people have imagined for the future and what life on other planets would be like. Double thumbs up!” Thanks K Vomer! Your reviews and ratings are always appreciated.John Holbrook Vance, better known as Jack Vance, was born and raised in California. Vance struggled to make ends meet as a young man and worked a number of jobs to survive, a bell-hop, in a cannery, and on a gold dredge, before entering the University of California, Berkeley where he studied mining engineering, physics, journalism and English. He worked for a while as an electrician in the naval shipyards at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He left that job about a month before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.He started writing science fiction in the 1940s and his first published story was “The World-Thinker” in Thrilling Wonder Stories in the summer of 1945. He would go on to write about 50 short stories in the 40s, 50s and 60s and numerous novels.One of his best-known titles, “The Dying Earth”, began as a collection of short stories in 1950 and eventually expanded to become a whole series of books set in a far-off future. He won numerous awards: among them three Hugo awards, a Nebula and a World Fantasy award for lifetime achievement. In 1997 he was made a Grand Master of sci-fi, by the ScienceFiction Writers of America.A 2009 profile in the New York Times Magazine described Vance as "one of American literature’s most distinctive and undervalued voices."Our story written by the highly acclaimed author is featured in the second edition of Space Science Fiction Magazine, Volume 1 Number 2 in August 1957. And there would be no more Space Science Fiction Magazine. Two issues and that’s it. If you’re interested, you can pick up a copy of the August 57 Space Science Fiction Magazine on Ebay for $35.Turn to page 102 for A Practical Man's Guide by Jack Vance...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Wives always try to cure husbands of bad habits, even on lonely asteroids! The Addicts by William Morrison.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fear and misfortune stalk the strange byways of a lonely planet. A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks to uncle shaun for his 5 star review on Apple Podcasts! “Just what I wanted! This is a superb Sci-Fi podcast. I love everything about it. Keep ‘em coming!” Thanks uncle shaun, we will. We now have 98 ratings on Apple Podcasts in the US. We would love to get to 100 ratings and we could use more reviews too, if you would be so kind. Even if you listen to us using some other player you can go to Apple Podcasts and give us a 5 star rating, if you think it’s deserved and leave a review. We’ll leave a link to Apple Podcasts US, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands in the description. Those are the countries where most, but certainly not all, our listeners come from. If you live somewhere else and need a link please send us an email, [email protected]. - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-stories-every-week/id1611620789Canada - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-stories-every-week/id1611620789U.K. - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-stories-every-week/id1611620789Australia - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-stories-every-week/id1611620789Today marks the debut of Sir Arthur Charles Clarke on our podcast. Most people know him from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely regarded as one of the most influential films of all time. Clarke was born in England in December 1917. He said his interest in science fiction began with the November 1928 issue of Amazing Stories magazine at the age of 11, which he read in 1929 after it had been shipped from the United States. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke remembered buying this life changing magazine at Woolworth’s and said, “How I used to haunt that once-famous store during my lunch hour, in search of issues of Amazing, Wonder, and Astounding, buried like jewels in the junk-pile of detective and western pulps!”Clarke did have some stories published between 1937 and 1945, those stories were published in fanzines. His first professional sale was published in Astounding Science Fiction in April 1946. He was still a member of the Royal Air Force at the time he sold his first two stories to Astounding in 1945. Rescue Party sold first, followed by Loophole which was the first story actually published. Over the next few years his stories appeared regularly in leading pulps, and he always acknowledged them as his ‘launch pad’ to become a writer.He wrote around 100 short science fiction stories during his career and dozens of novels. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The remarkable thing about Atummyc Afterbath Dusting Powder was that it gave you that lovely, radiant, atomic look—just the way the advertisements said it would. In fact, it also gave you a little something more!Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We received more emails and comments last week than ever before and you overwhelmingly said longer episodes would be a good thing. So, in a few weeks look for either a Ray Bradbury not so short story or a Philip K. Dick story. Send us an email, [email protected] or leave a comment and tell us which vintage sci-fi author you prefer.Thanks to you our podcast is now #4 in Poland for Science Fiction Podcasts. Thanks to our listeners in Warsaw and Gdansk and all of Poland.We received our first email from Zambia recently, “I found your channel a couple of months ago on YouTube and I love how you narrate and listen to you almost every morning. I have a hard time finding Jack Vance books maybe you could narrate some of his work. Please and thank you. Namukale” Well, Namukale, your request is my command, you will hear Jack Vance in two weeks.Winston Marks returns to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast today for his 4th appearance and just 3 weeks after “The Water Eater”’.Today’s story can be found in the April 1954 “If Worlds of Science Fiction” magazine. The very first story in the magazine is Philip K. Dick’s “The Golden Man” which you will hear in a future episode.Turn with me to page 29, Breeder Reaction by Winston Marks...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Fear and misfortune stalk the strange byways of a lonely planet. A Walk in the Dark by Arthur C. Clarke.That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Homer was a shy Faderfield bachelor; his visitor was a beautiful Pleiades girl. At any rate she was a girl, and Homer had a problem—A Matter of Ethics by Russ Winterbotham, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks to Mur Dam for his 5 star review a few days ago on Apple Podcasts Great Britain, “Killer sci fi. Eagerly awaiting each new episode. Every one is a gem.” Thanks Mur Dam. We thank all of you for your reviews, ratings and comments. Send us an email and let us know how we’re doing or make a request for a vintage sci-fi story or author that you want to hear on the podcast. We are considering some longer stories on the podcast and we’d like your feedback please. If we added some vintage sci-fi that is an hour and a half up to almost two hours long would you listen? Please send us an email and let us know [email protected] or leave a comment.We’ve got requests to fulfill coming soon. We will hear from Arthur C. Clarke in 2 weeks and Jack Vance a week after that, both by request.We’ve heard from today’s author, Russ Winterbotham before, you may remember “Three Spacemen Left To Die!” from last year. That story was paired with “Wanderlust” by Alan E. Nourse.We’ll find our story in the April 1955 “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” magazine. Turn to page 78. Her mission on Earth was scientific; yet Homer saw her curves as a social crisis! A Matter of Ethics by Russ Wintherbotham...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The remarkable thing about Atummyc Afterbath Dusting Powder was that it gave you that lovely, radiant, atomic look—just the way the advertisements said it would. In fact, it also gave you a little something more!Breeder Reaction by Winston MarksThat’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marooned! On the cold satellite of a dying sun, light-years away from home.... For Rex there was only one escape. But Carl called it murder! Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ross Rocklynne said his love of science fiction began at the age of 12 when he said a Black janitor introduced him to the genre. Rocklynne remembered the story that turned him into a life-long fan, it was the first installment of E.E. Smith’s "The Skylark of Space" in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories.In 1939, he attended the firstWorld Science Fiction Conventionin New York City where met and became life-long friends withRay Bradbury, among others.Rocklynne’s professional writing debut, “Man of Iron” was published in Astounding Stories magazine in August 1935. He was 22. He followed that up with 7 more stories in the 1930s. The peak of his writing career occurred in the 1940s when he had 60 short science fiction stories published. There were 15 more in the 50s.Rocklynne stopped writing in 1954 because he developed an extremely painful affliction of the face and jaw. He found that he could forget the pain only when he was involved in some kind of physical activity or when socially engaged with others. When he was alone the pain tended to monopolize his attention and thus made writing very difficult, if not impossible.So, what do you do when you can’t do what you love? Well, Ross Rocklynne supported himself as a cab driver and dispatcher for the next 15 years. He resumed writing with about a dozen stories in the late 60s and early 70s.Today’s story was his first and only offering in 1947. It appeared just before his friend Ray Bradbury’s story Rocket Summer in the Spring 1947 edition of Planet Stories Magazine. Turn to page 35 for Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Homer was a shy Faderfield bachelor; hisvisitor was a beautiful Pleiades girl. At anyrate she was a girl, and Homer had a problem—A Matterof Ethics by Russ WinterbothamThat’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most experiments were dropped because they failed—and some because they worked too well! The Water Eater by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Our latest 5-star review comes from Bedford Nick on Apple Podcasts in the UK. “Great discovery - Just found this and it’s a real gem. I love the enthusiasm and the narration. I find it a great escape.” Thanks Bedford Nick!The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has climbed into the top 10 Science Fiction Podcasts in Ireland at #9! We’re #19 in France and #20 in Canada. Thank you for listening, rating, and sharing The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.And we love getting your emails, we received this from Noel in Edmonton AB Canada… “Thanks for the terrific podcast. I’m new to the show and am loving both the choice of stories and the narration. I also enjoy the introductory comments, which add colour to each episode.When I hear you talk about lost or forgotten authors it makes me think of James White, who wrote some of my favourite sci-fi short stories ever. He was, I believe, a British sci-fi writer in the 1960’s. I have never heard anything of his on audio.Keep up the great work!” Thanks Noel, we’re looking for James White stories that we can add to the podcast thanks to you.Winston Marks wrote a couple of short stories in the early 1940s and then disappeared for more than a decade. He showed up on the sci-fi scene again in 1953 when magazines published 4 of his short stories include The Water Eater.If Winston Marks sounds familiar it’s possibly because we’ve featured him twice before. You may remember “Never Gut-shoot A Wampus” and “So They Baked A Cake”.From the old, yellowed pages of Galaxy Science Fiction in June 1953 our story can be found on page 56. The Water Eater by Winston Marks…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Marooned! On the cold satellite of a dying sun,light-years away from home.... For Rex there was only one escape. But Carl called it murder! Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whether the story of Gottfried Plattner is to be credited or not, is a pretty question in the value of evidence. On the one hand, we have seven witnesses—to be perfectly exact, we have six and a half pairs of eyes, and one undeniable fact; and on the other we have—what is it?—prejudice, common sense, the inertia of opinion. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Special thanks to kumarido. Kumarido is the latest person to give us a 5 star rating and a very nice review on Apple Podcasts. “This is everything I ever wanted in a podcast. Great reading, great stories and a narrator who is a bit of a historian. He’s saving these works from oblivion as many of them may never be published again. If you like Sci Fi or if you are even mildly interested in speculative fiction you will enjoy this”Thank you kumarido. Did you know your ratings and reviews, comments and compliments encourage others to listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast? They do! If you think we deserve it please rate, review, and share our podcast. And we received an email from Kristen Sierra at Shilshole Bay Marina, “Hi from the sailing vessel Bristol Blue in Ballard Washington (Seattle).I have been listening to your podcast for two weeks. Great work!” Thanks Kristen, if you sail south for a few days you can come visit us in Costa Rica! Your emails are always appreciated, [email protected]’s author, H. G. Wells is one of two men most often referred to as the father of science fiction. Can you guess the other? We’ll give you the answer at the end of our story.Herbert George Wells was an English writer born in London in 1866. Wells was a visionary who saw the arrival of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, and satellite television long before they were invented. He coined the term “time machine” almost 130 years ago which is still used today. His science fiction novels, The Time Machine 1895, The Island of Dr. Moreau 1896, The Invisible Man 1897 and The War of the Worlds 1898 remain popular today and all have been seen on the big screen at least twice.Wells was busy writing novels but still found time to write almost 90 short stories. First published in the UK in 1897, The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells…So, besides H.G. Wells who is also often referred to as the father of science fiction? The answer, Jules Verne.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast,  Most experiments were dropped because they failed—and some because they worked too well! The Water Eater by Winston Marks.That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants! Piper in the woods written by Philip K. Dick… that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Piper in the Woods is the 10th Philip K. Dick story here on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. While it won’t be the last story by Philip K. Dick, in the coming weeks were going to bring you stories by several authors who haven’t been heard from so far on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Vance and Ross Rocklynne to name a few.Special thanks to Lifeonmarz via Apple Podcasts Canada on February 16th 2023. Lifeonmarz gave us a 5 star rating and a glorious review. “Scott Millers readings of these science fiction stories by well known and not so well know authors is fantastic. So glad I found this podcast.”Thank you Lifeonmarz. Your ratings and reviews, comments and compliments encourage others to listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, so if you think we deserve it please rate, review, and share our podcast. As always, your emails matter to us, [email protected]’ve got a rare treat for you today, from the inside cover of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in February 1953, just over 70 years ago, Philip K. Dick in his own words… “Once, when I was very young, I came across a magazine directly below the comic books called STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES. I bought it, finally, and carried it home, reading it along the way. Here were ideas, vital and imaginative. Men moving across the universe, down into sub-atomic particles, into time; there was no limit. One society, one given environment was transcended. It was Faustian; it carried a person up and beyond.I was twelve years old, then. But I saw in it the same thing I see now: a medium in which the full play of human imagination can operate, ordered, of course, by reason and consistent development. Over the years science fiction has grown, matured toward greater social awareness and responsibility.I became interested in writing science fiction when I saw it emerge from the ray gun stage into studies of man in various types and complexities of society.I enjoy writing science fiction; it is essentially communication between myself, and others as interested as I in knowing where present forces are taking us. My wife and my cat Magnificat are a little worried about my preoccupation with science fiction. Like most science fiction readers, I have files and stacks of magazines, boxes of notes and data, parts of unfinished stories, a huge desk full of related material in various stages. The neighbors say I seem to “read and write a lot”. But I think we will see our devotion pay off. We may yet live to be present when the public libraries begin to carry the science fiction magazines, and someday, perhaps, even the school libraries.” Philip K. Dick in his own words.Let’s turn to page 88 for  Piper In The Woods…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Whether the story of Gottfried Plattner is to be credited or not, is a pretty question in the value of evidence. On the one hand, we have seven witnesses—to be perfectly exact, we have six and a half pairs of eyes, and one undeniable fact; and on the other we have—what is it?—prejudice, common sense, the inertia of opinion. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells...That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shaan made the longest crawl in history—to avoid crawling before tyrants!... The Martian Shore written by Charles L. Fontenay... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Charles Louis Fontenay was born in Brazil in 1917, and raised in Tennessee from infancy, where he worked as a newspaperman for about half a century. He eventually became an editor for the Nashville Tennessean. In September 1954 Fontenay, the science fiction writer, was published for the first time in If Worlds of Science Fiction magazine with the short story, Disqualified. Seems he liked writing sci-fi and If Worlds of Science Fiction liked his work because he was back in the magazine a month later. Fontenay wrote a handful of novels and almost 40 short stories in the 1950s.We’ll find today’s story on page 78 in the April 1957 edition of Infinity Science Fiction magazine. The Martian Shore by Charles L. Fontenay...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Philip K. Dick is back. Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants!That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way? Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is proud to be the #1 Science Fiction Podcast in Demark. Thank you to all our listeners in Denmark for making us #1.Reviews, emails and comments are coming to us from all over the world every week. Daniela left a review on Audible UK that I just discovered.Daniela says, “Brilliant! Great narrator and choice of stories” “Very happy with discovering this podcast! it is obvious that the narrator loves sci- fi and the introduction to each story makes it an even better experience. I have been a huge sci fi fan since childhood and still thanks to this podcast learn new interesting facts about the authors as well as discovering authors I haven't read before. Thank you for creating this wonderful podcast! I hope more sci fi fan learn about it as it is brilliant!”Thanks, Daniela, for you awesome review!Ray Giordano says, “Those were some great yarns from yesteryear and quite good narration to boot. Thanks!” Thank you Ray!And soundwaveshadlow says, “Excellent story listening in Ireland 🇮🇪” Thanks soundwaveshadlow we’re proudly podcasting in Costa Rica and happily sharing these amazing vintage sci-fi stories with the world.The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is a lifetime honor awarded no more than 6 times every 10 years by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to no more than one living writer of fantasy or science fiction. There have been 25 awards given out so far to vintage sci-fi authors and of course, today’s author, Ray Bradbury is one of the 25. I just discovered a new to me Bradbury short story from 1948, read it and will be narrating it soon. Not sure when it will find its way to the podcast but I think you will love it when you hear it.Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920, and grew up in a small town where he spent much of his childhood reading books from the local library. He was particularly drawn to the works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe. At the age of twelve, Bradbury had a life-changing experience that would set him on the path to becoming a writer.One day, Bradbury attended a carnival where a magician named Mr. Electrico performed a show. During the performance, Mr. Electrico touched Bradbury on the forehead with an electrified sword and shouted, "Live forever!" The experience left Bradbury feeling invigorated and inspired. After the show, Bradbury went home and began writing stories in his notebook. He spent countless hours writing, and by the time he was a teenager, he had written dozens of short stories. Bradbury credited Mr. Electrico with sparking his love for storytelling and inspiring him to pursue a career as a writer.In his own words this is what Ray Bradbury had to say about this life changing event, “The next day, even while attending an uncle’s funeral, I could not forget Mr. Electrico. As our car headed home for the family’s post-funeral wake, to my parents’ consternation I leaped out and raced down the hill to the carnival. I carried with me a ball-in-vase trick I had ordered through the mail from Johnson Smith & Co. as an excuse to see Mr. Electrico. I had to find out just how to “Live forever!”Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The men of the Norgan System had a tough decision to make concerning the planet in A93. Yet there was no hesitation. Can you blame them? Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.As we begin our 2nd year of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast we do so with incredible momentum. More people around the world are listening to us in more countries than ever before. We thank you for that, you are sharing the podcast on social media which helps us attract even more listeners. Thank you.And we’re getting more emails and comments too. This comes to us from a country where we are experiencing tremendous growth.“Greetings from Israel, I am a candid listener to the podcast, and I wish to congratulate the great narrator with his acting skills. I greatly enjoy the stories' introductions about the authors and their life. I suggest the narrator indicate in the introduction the reason for picking that specific story from the others. Especially I enjoy stories that I find relevant/correlate to our times. My favorite is #22 Paradise Planet by Richard S. Shaver. I find it corresponding with the pandemic/cure we had last year. And #016: Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick which corresponds with the coming AI technology. Blessings and greetings. Dudi”Send us an email [email protected] you Dudi for your email and your kind thoughtful comments. I’d love to say that there’s a grand plan behind the selection of one story over another but that isn’t typically the case. Oftentimes I get a request for a certain story or author. One of the reasons I started narrating these stories is that many of them had never been available as audiobooks. Being a sci-fi fan, I want to change that so everyone can enjoy them. When I found today’s story and started doing research, I could find nothing else written by Bjarne Kirchhoff. In fact, I couldn’t find out anything about Bjarne Kirchhoff. And that is the reason I narrated it and the reason it’s on podcast.Starting on page 69, from Planet Stories magazine in the summer of 1948, Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, a Science Fiction Grand Master returns… The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way? Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury.That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They were like creatures painted by a drunken artist, ghastly, utterly repulsive caricatures of humanity! Yet, twisted though they were, they were still human...  Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Our 1st Anniversary week comes to an end with a superb story Silverberg scribbled softly. Okay maybe I went a bit too far looking for words that started with S. So sorry. In the early 1950s, Robert Silverberg was a young science fiction fan who was eager to break into the field as a writer. He started submitting stories to various magazines but was repeatedly rejected.Undeterred, Silverberg wrote a story called "Gorgon Planet" and it appeared in “Nebula”, Scotland's first science fiction magazine under the name Bob Silverberg in 1954. It was the first of more than 600 paid short stories. As was the case with many sci-fi stories back then, "Gorgon Planet" appeared again. It was published in “Super-Science Fiction” magazine 4 ½ years later with the title “The Fight With The Gorgon.” Same story, different title.Silverberg’s career took off in 1956 when he sold more than 50 short stories.Today’s story comes from Super-Science Fiction Magazine in August 1959. The story is credited to one of Silverberg’s pen names, Eric Rodman. Our story can be found on page 18, Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The men of the Norgan System had a tough decision to make concerning the planet in A93. Yet there was no hesitation. Can you blame them? Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did he have a right to feel this way? Was this really forbidden by law—this wonderful frightening emotion! And, His plans were thorough. Every risk had been closely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure, and thrust his warped power around the entire, antagonistic EMV triangle. The Robot Who Wanted To Know by Harry Harrison and Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We’ve got two short sci-fi stories for you today during our 1st Anniversary Celebration. Author Harry Harrison makes his debut on the podcast with a short story I really love. Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1925 and released his first short sci-fi story in 1951. After finishing High School in 1943, Harrison was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.He was a prolific writer who wrote more than 50 novels and about 100 short stories. He wrote the novel "Make Room! Make Room!" which was the basis for the 1973 film starring Charlton Heston "Soylent Green." I LOVE that movie.First up on our 1-year anniversary doubleheader a story from the March 1958 issue of Fantastic Universe magazine. Did he have a right to feel this way? Was this really forbidden by law—this wonderful frightening emotion! Our story begins on page 91, The Robot Who Wanted To Know by Harry Harrison…The second half of our 1st Anniversary double feature takes us back to 1951 and it’s the second story we’ve showcased from Alfred Coppel. His plans were thorough. Every risk had beenclosely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure. Planet Stories magazine included this Coppel story in its November 1951 publication. Turn to page 73 for Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel…In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…They were like creatures painted by a drunken artist, ghastly, utterly repulsive caricatures of humanity! Yet, twisted through they were, they were still human... Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg. That’s next in two days as we wrap up our 1st anniversary week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, today we begin celebrating our 1st anniversary with three episodes, featuring 4 stories in 5 days! Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned? The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr. that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks for all your emails and comments. We received this very flattering email from dragonstein yesterday. “I just found this series and I absolutely love it! I have been binge listening! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love vintage sci-fi, there is something magical and special which sets it apart from contemporary sci-fi. You have also introduced me to authors I never knew existed. I would really love for you to read some stories from Asimov's "The complete robot". Thank you so much again and please keep up the excellent work!”Thanks, dragonstein! We’re glad you discovered us too. By the way we will accommodate your request with an Asimov story that happens to be one of my favorites. Is this vintage sci-fi story the inspiration for The Terminator? We always enjoy your emails, send us an email, [email protected] or comment on our YouTube channel. We’re kicking off our 1st anniversary week with a story from an author whose work has largely been forgotten by today’s readers. This even though his writing career spanned several decades, during which he wrote over 100 science fiction and fantasy short stories, as well as a handful of novels. And the only audiobooks credited to Irving Cox Jr. we can find are audiobooks that we’ve narrated. We started narrating vintage sci-fi because of authors like Irving Cox Jr., who wrote great stories that had been forgotten. Stories that had never been available as audiobooks.There’s been a lot of talk lately about Artificial Intelligence and its potential role in publishing books. But that’s not as new as you might think. Today’s author, Irving Cox Jr., was an early advocate for the use of computers in writing and publishing, and even wrote a computer program in the 1960s, 80 years ago, that could generate random plot outlines for science fiction stories. We don’t know if he ever used it.Our story today comes from the pages of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in October 1955. Greg had shown Man the way into space–and, ironically, the end of a way of life! Starting on page 82, The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr…In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast our 1st anniversary celebration continues. Did he have a right to feel this way? Was this really forbidden by law—this wonderful frightening emotion! And His plans were thorough. Every risk had beenclosely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure, and thrust his warped power around the entire, antagonistic EMV triangle.The Robot Who Wanted To Know by Harry Harrison and Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel.That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was tired of people—a "human interest" columnist, who specializes in glamorizations of the commonplace and sordid is likely to get that way. So... this starship seemed to offer the ideal escape from it all. “…So They Baked A Cake by Winston Marks”, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We always love hearing from our listeners, Stavros says, “All I can say is a huge thank you for your uploads, by mistake I discovered you, and by you, I discovered PKD, after hearing some of your uploads, I ordered Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. I think PKD is my favorite author. Greetings from Greece. Keep up the great job!” Thanks Stavros, we’re happy to discover another of our new listeners in Greece!And from DeathWithinTenSteps, “Great content, my new go-to channel for sci-fi. Greetings from Sweden” Thanks DeathWithinTenSteps, we appreciate your comment and we’re glad to have yet another new listener in Sweden. We’d love to hear from you, send us an email, [email protected] or comment on our YouTube channel.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we celebrate our 1st Anniversary with 3 episodes in 5 days!Today’s story comes from the pages of “Dynamic Science Fiction” magazine. Dynamic published only 6 issues in its brief history. Launched in December 1952, there were 4 issues in 1953 and then the January 1954 edition which would be its last. You can buy a good to very good copy of the last issue at AbeBooks.com for only $10. Link is in the description, https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=dynamic+science+fiction+january+1954It is the last story, in the last edition of “Dynamic Science Fiction” magazine and can be found on page 59. "...So They Baked A Cake" by Winston Marks…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…we celebrate our 1st anniversary with three episodes, featuring 4 stories in 5 days! Greg was sure the kids had no right being in control of a planet; after all what had they learned about life? Still, what had he learned? The Pioneer by Irving Cox Jr.That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was the dawn of a golden age of transportation. Terran Development was ready to market a fourth dimension “vehicle” which afforded almost instantaneous travel. For instance, Henry Ellis commuted 160 miles to work in five steps and a few seconds. Then, one morning, he met some people on the way… Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick…, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Your emails and comments mean so much to us. From our YouTube channel RELAXING MUSIC says “Best voice over actor I’ve heard!!!” Considering there are so many brilliant and talented narrators that is such a huge compliment. Thank you! And from Michael in Paignton; Devon. UK. “Enjoying Lost Sci-Fi, thank you keep them coming…” Michael, thank you and we will keep them coming. In fact, in two weeks we will celebrate the 1st Anniversary of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with 3 episodes in 5 days! We’d love to hear from you, send us an email, [email protected]’re proud to say The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the #1 Science Fiction podcast in 3 countries, Indonesia, Luxembourg and our adopted home of Costa Rica. We’re #2 in Greece, #3 in the Czech Republic and Netherlands, #4 in Malta, #6 in Denmark, #8 in Ireland, #11 in New Zealand and Slovakia and #12 in France.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all know that every android has its little idiosyncrasies. But what can a civilized human being do about it when his perfect servant drives him crazy?… Your Servant Sir by Sol Boren, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has been getting a lot of attention in the Republic of India since we started. We’ve been moving up the charts for months and now The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is the #2 Science Fiction Podcast in India. Thank you for listening and sharing our podcast and helping us grow. We’re also in the top 10 in Denmark, Greece, Netherlands and Costa Rica.For those of you who enjoy the info about the author I’m afraid we searched and searched and didn’t uncover anything about today’s author. So, let’s get right to our story. Turn with me now to page 68 of If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine in October 1956 for Your Servant Sir by Sol Boren…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… It was the dawn of a golden age of transportation. Terran Development was ready to market a fourth dimension “vehicle” which afforded almost instantaneous travel. For instance, Henry Ellis commuted 160 miles to work in five steps and a few seconds. Then, one morning, he met some people on the way… Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick…That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The little old man had a new slant on the mystery of what really happened to the great dinosaurs… Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks to the thousands of you who listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast every week and we always look forward to your comments, suggestions, and requests. TG Dom Nemo writes “love the added background info! I'm afraid, by now, I just take your great narration for granted.” Thank you, and we appreciate the compliment! Dr. Kush - Retired and from the District of Columbia, D.C. had this to say, “Best Audiobook Narrator Ever. Thanks, I have been listening to you all weekend. You make them very enjoyable.” Thanks Dr. Kush, that is high praise!If you’ve got something to say we’d love to hear it, send us an email, [email protected] two months ago we heard from this legendary author with the story “Christmas on Ganymede.” He returns today with a terrific titillating time travel tale. When this story was published in 1950 the average cost of a new car was $1,510, gasoline for your new ride was 18 cents a gallon and a fellow by the name of James Dean got his big break in a Pepsi commercial. Not the singer and the sausage guy, Jimmy Dean. The Rebel Without a Cause actor James Dean. From the pages of Future Science Fiction Magazine in November 1950, Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…We all know that every android has its little idiosyncrasies. But what can a civilized human being do about it when his perfect servant drives him crazy?… Your Servant Sir by Sol Boren. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The most fitting place for a man to die is where he dies for man. Yet Willie chose a sterile, alien world that wouldn't even see a man for millions of years.... Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.The Lost Sci-Fi podcast continues to grow with 100’s of new listeners around the world in the last month. Welcome to our new listeners in Japan, Argentina, Ghana, Israel, Spain, India, Taiwan, Latvia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand and all over the UK, the US and Canada. Special thanks to those of you in The Netherlands who have taken us to the #3 Science Fiction Podcast in your country, which I believe is the highest ranking we have ever achieved in any country. Thank you!Please keep sharing, rating, commenting, and emailing us. We got an email from Jacy, host of the FIX IT Home Improvement podcast and YouTube channel saying that he is enjoying the podcast and that he mentioned The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast on the episode of his podcast that debuted 2 days ago. Thanks, Jacy! You can email us anytime at [email protected] I discovered today’s story about 6 months ago, I loved it and then I started searching for more stories from author Mike Ellis. I couldn’t find any, in fact, I couldn’t find out anything about him. Let’s go to page 74 in the April 1955, If World of Science Fiction Magazine for Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…The little old man had a new slant on the mystery of what really happened to the great dinosaurs…Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T! Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We’re hearing from a lot of you lately, Paul writes, "Being a sci-fi fan my whole life I was often times disappointed reading old time stories. While your performances are excellent, that's not the main thing that makes the stories so good. It's your choice of stories. Keep up the good work." Thanks. Paul Braun - Dairy farmer from Wisconsin. Thanks Paul!Good to hear from Jack Ford again, "Happy New Year, hope all is well. I very much enjoyed #50 the super short stories bundle, please do more as and when you see fit." Thanks, Jack in England. Thank you, Jack!And Dane Scott says, “I've been greatly enjoying your podcasts. What a wonderful way to share all these buried treasures with the world. I just posted information about your podcast to my big Facebook group, "Keep Watching the Skies," and also to my more-specialized sci-fi audio group, "The Seeing Ear ."Thanks Dane. If you want to share our podcast on Facebook, Twitter or wherever please do and if you want to communicate with us please send us an email, [email protected]’re happy to report that The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the 8th most listened to science fiction podcast in the Netherlands, #9 in South Africa, #33 in Germany, #57 in Canada and we’ve moved up to #54 in the United States. Thank you for listening, rating, and sharing The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We appreciate you. Ray Bradbury began writing at a young age and published his first story at the age of 20. He went on to write hundreds of short stories and novels, and his work has been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and stage productions. This is the 4th Ray Bradbury Short story on our podcast, two weeks ago one of his stories was included in the Super Short Sci-Fi stories episode, and we’ve also featured The Monster Maker and Morgue Ship.In the Winter of 1948 if you plunked down 20 cents on the counter you could walk away with the Winter edition of Planet Stories Magazine where you would find Asleep in Armageddon on page 58…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…The most fitting place for a man to die is where he dies for man. Yet Willie chose a sterile, alien world that wouldn't even see a man for millions of years.... Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm. The Skull by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We’ve received another 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. User1234xyz writes, “These podcasts are the “perfect storm” for people like me, who love classic stories from the pages of the old sci-fi periodicals and appreciate when they are really well done. Thank you for your fine efforts and for sharing your talents with us all.” Thanks User1234xyz!The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the #5 Science Fiction Podcast on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, #11 in Bulgaria, #17 in Australia, #33 in New Zealand, #37 in the Czech Republic, #45 in the UK, #47 in New Zealand, #48 in Greece, #55 in the Netherlands, #64 in the United States and #69 in Slovakia.There are thousands of Science Fiction podcasts, so thank you for making us successful by listening, sharing, rating and commenting on our podcast. Thank you!From the September 1952 If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine this is The Skull by Philip K. Dick…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fineair and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you tocurve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T! Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is without a doubt the most unusual episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, featuring 8 short sci-fi stories for you by Fredric Brown, Ray Bradbury, Harry Fletcher, Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick.  That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.A few weeks ago Blind Voyager said and I quote, “It would be fun to do an episode of several short, very short sci-fi stories." Thanks for your request Blind Voyager and today’s episode would never have happened if not for you!I came across several interesting short stories months ago but it’s tough to sell a 4 minute audiobook and the thought of a super short podcast didn’t appeal to me either. However, when we got the request from Blind Voyager the light bulb went on and I began planning today’s podcast.After you have a chance to listen, and you will want to listen all the way to the end, let us know what you think by commenting and tell us if we should do another episode of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with several super short sci-fi stories. You can always send us an email, [email protected] first story today can be found in the June 1960 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown…That’s "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown… up next another story by Brown which first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories in August 1960, "The House"…That’s "The House" by Fredric Brown and now our last Fredric Brown story for today, from Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954, "Experiment"… Let’s go back to October 1944, you could buy Super Science Stories for 15 cents and if you did you would have found, "And Then—The Silence" by Ray Bradbury...In 1953 Harry Walton wrote a short story that was published in the March/April 1953 edition of Fantastic using the pen name Harry Fletcher, "A Star Falls on Broadway"... If you’d picked up a copy of the April 1942 Astounding Science Fiction you would have discovered this super short story by Isaac Asimov, "Time Pussy"...The next two stories by Philip K. Dick didn’t appear in a science fiction magazine when they were written. And they weren’t credited to Philip K. Dick. These stories were published in the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Dick was only 13 years old when he wrote The Black Arts which appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday September 16th, 1942 and credited to Philip Dick. "The Black Arts"...Philip Dick was a little older when this next story appeared in the newspaper, he had just turned 16, when the Berkeley Daily Gazette published "Santa’s Return" on Tuesday January 4th 1944.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm. "The Skull" by request by Philip K. Dick. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robinson Crusoe ... Gulliver ... Paul Bunyan; the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey… The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Special thanks to podcast listener Bill Farley who requested the story you’ll hear today. Yes, we do take requests for stories or authors that you’d like to hear on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. In fact, next week we’ve got another request for you, a rather unusual request.The Star Mouse first appeared in the Spring 1942 issue of Planet Stories Magazine. Turn with me now to page 28 for The Star Mouse, written by Fredric Brown…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… once again by request a special episode, filled with several super short science fiction stories. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it. The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Thanks for listening to the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with new listeners around the world every week. To show our appreciation we’re offering the biggest and best collection of vintage science fiction short stories ever!More Than 56 hours of Vintage Science Fiction, 100 sci-fi short stories, 56 hours 34 minutes for only $9.97!Click on this link and you’ll be taken directly to the checkout page, or if you prefer go to https://lostscifi.com. This offer is for a limited time only. 56 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.97.Thanks to podcast listener blablahyaddayadda for their recent 5-star rating and comment on Apple Podcasts, “Exceptional. The best scifi podcast I’ve come across. Fantastic stories are one thing, but I can’t count the number of times I have been disappointed by the quality of the voice acting. I am very happy to say, that the standard of both contained within these episodes is top notch. As is often the case, there are often elements within classic scifi that don’t age particularly well for numerous reasons, but they are few and far between. I think I will be blasting through the entire catalogue in no time and left waiting in anticipation for the next weekly addition. Great work!” Thanks blablahyaddayadda for your glowing review. We would love it if you’d be kind enough to leave us a review wherever you listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast or send us an email, [email protected] Ernst was born in West Peoria, Illinois on the 7th of November 1899. Ernst wrote 4 short stories that were published in 1928 and 29, then picked up the pace considerably with more than 120 stories in the 1930s, with only 3 more in the 1940s. He is not the same Paul Ernst as the Paul Ernst born in 1886 who wrote detective novels in the 1930s.Our story today comes from the November 1931 edition of Astounding Stories magazine. You can purchase a copy of the magazine on eBay for $120 or on AbeBooks.com for only $75. Written more than 91 years ago, The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Robinson Crusoe ... Gulliver ... PaulBunyan; the story of their adventuresis nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey. The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown. That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Consider the problems of miners who work on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, 390,000,000 miles from earth: isolated on a world so different from our own, surrounded by beings who know nothing of our traditions, how might these men teach their alien work-mates how we celebrate Christmas? Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Christmas on Ganymede is the first Isaac Asimov short sci-fi story on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Listener Sleepy Williams requested something from Asimov and since we’re getting close to Christmas it seemed like a good time for this story. Asimov was born in Russia on January 2, 1920, his family immigrated to the United States in 1923, and he became a naturalized US citizen in 1928.He discovered science fiction through the magazines sold in his father's candy store.During World War II, he was employed as a chemist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. That’s when that he became acquainted with Robert Heinlein and L. Sprague de Camp, two other future science fiction writers.Asimov briefly served in the Army in 1946, and following his discharge, he received his Ph.D. and began teaching biochemistry at Boston University’s School of Medicine. Asimov soon started writing short stories and then his first novel, Pebble in the Sky, in the 1940s and ’50s. For the next 40 years, Asimov wrote hundreds of science fiction works.The 2021 Apple TV series Foundation is based on his writing, as is the 2004 movie I, Robot starring Will Smith and the 1999 Robin Williams movie Bicentennial Man.Asimov was given theScience Fiction Writers Association Grand Master Award in 1987 and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1997.A discussion of his accomplishments in sci-fi would take hours, so we’ll save more of the Isaac Asimov story for another episode of the podcast.Christmas on Ganymede was written in December 1940, first published in the January 1942 issue of Startling Stories Magazine. The Yuletide Season Brings Turmoil on Jupiter’s Moon and Ill Will Toward Everybody When Olaf Johnson Gets Sentimental! Our Christmas tale begins on page 83, Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it. The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dark star passed, bringing with it eternal night and turning history into incredible myth in a single generation! A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Like the author we’ll hear from next week, Isaac Asimov, today’s author, Fritz Leiber had a long and successful sci-fi career. But he also had a fascinating life.Fritz Leiber was born on December 24, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, to the actors Fritz Leiber and Virginia Bronson Leiber. For a time, he seemed inclined to follow in his parents' footsteps. At just 17 years old he was touring with his parents' Shakespeare company, Fritz Leiber & Co., before entering the University of Chicago.He appeared alongside his father in uncredited parts in several movies in the 1930s including 1939’sThe Hunchback of Notre Dame. His first novel, Conjure Wife, published in 1943 has been made into feature films four times under other titles.Two Leiber short stories were filmed for TV for Rod Serling's Night Gallery. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes and The Dead Man.His first short fiction story, Riches and Power, was published in 1934. He would go on to write around 200 short stories and 10 novels. There’s much more to the Fritz Leiber story which we’ll save for another podcast.Today’s story was published in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. You’ll find our story on page 56. A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Consider the problems of miners who work on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter, 390,000,000 miles from earth: isolated on a world so different from our own, surrounded by beings who know nothing of our traditions, how might these men teach their alien work-mates how we celebrate Christmas? Christmas on Ganymede by Isaac Asimov. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somewhere on that asteroid of sin lurked the crime king of the Universe. Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.More than 48 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $19.97, right now on LostSciFi.com. 1950s science fiction volumes 1 thru 4 contain 89 vintage sci-fi short stories from the 1950s and you can get it for only $19.97 at lostscifi.com. There has never been a great collection of 1950s science fiction at such an unbelievable price. Go to lostscifi.com and wherever you live around the world the price will be adjusted to your currency. You won’t find a better collection at a better price.One of our favorite vintage sci-fi authors is back on the podcast today. We heard from Frederik Pohl a little more than 5 months ago with Let The Ants Try and we will no doubt hear from him again.Let’s go back in time 8 decades ago to the summer of 1942 and peruse the pages of Planet Stories magazine. Turn with me to page 32 for Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…  The dark star passed, bringing with it eternal night and turning history into incredible myth in a single generation! A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber, that’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the—Prison Of A Billion Years, written by C.H. Thames, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Author C.H. Thames is back on the podcast for the second time in less than a month. Today’s story can be found on page 104 in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, April 1956.Slade knew they needed no walls to hold him; outside lay nothing but eternity. Prison Of A Billion Years by C.H. Thames…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Somewhere on that asteroid of sin lurked the crime king of the Universe. Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He knew his wife was dead, because he'd seen her buried. But it was only one possibility out of infinitely many!... The Other Now, written by Murray Leinster, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Murray Leinster was a pen name for William Fitzgerald Jenkins a man who wrote a lot of science fiction, although he wrote more than sci-fi. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.Today’s story is the first of what will be many short sci-fi stories we will narrate written by Murray Leinster. Born in June 1896, Leinster was a high school dropout, and his first story was published when he was only 19. Although Leinster's first science fiction story, "The Runaway Skyscraper" is longer than any we’ve narrated so far at nearly 2 hours, it’s on our list of future Leinster stories we will narrate.Our story begins on page 53 of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in March 1951. The Other Now by Murray Leinster.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Adam Slade was a man who had nothing to lose by making a break for it. The trouble was, he knew that no one had ever escaped from the—Prison Of A Billion Years. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What will happen when the alien ships strike Earth? And later? Who will survive? What will life be like in that latter-day jungle? William F. Nolan pens this grim story of the days and the nights of Lewis Stillman—survivor ...He was running, running down the long tunnels, the shadows hunting him, claws clutching at him, nearer ... Small World by William F. Nolan, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.When I recorded Small World at the request of Mike Jones, thanks Mike, I had no idea that the author, William F. Nolan wrote the book, with George Clayton Johnson, that led to one of my favorite sci-fi movies, Logan’s Run. The 1976 movie featured Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett and Peter Ustinov. I enjoy going to movie locations and when I discovered that the scene where Logan and Jessica discover an old man played by Peter Ustinov, the first elderly person either of them has ever seen, was filmed at the Fort Worth Water Gardens, I had to go see it for myself.So, if it hadn’t been for you Mike Jones, requesting the short sci-fi story Small World, I would never have known that William F. Nolan also wrote Logan’s Run. Long before Logan, Nolan began writing short fiction stories in 1952 and he would continue to write into his 90s!He is credited with more than 180 short stories, today’s story, Small World is the 8th such story written by Nolan. Let’s go back in time 65 years to the pages of Fantastic Universe Magazine, August 1957, on page 98 you will discover Small World written by William F. Nolan...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He knew his wife was dead, because he'd seen her buried. But it was only one possibility out of infinitely many! ... The Other Now, written by Murray Leinster.That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.