Science Fiction

Astounding Stories 20, August 1931

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Captain S. P. Meek


This issue containsTHE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by Ralph Milne FarleyMarooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at t…

Preferred Risk

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Frederik Pohl


The Company insures you against everything. Everything except war, that is. But they've put an end to wars (or so they claim). The Compan…

Out of the Iron Womb!

Read by Paul Harvey


Poul William Anderson


Behind a pale Venusian mask lay hidden the arch-humanist, the anti-tech killer ... one of those who needlessly had strewn Malone blood acros…

MindWebs - Beyond the Wall of Sleep


Various


An excellent reading of H. P. Lovecraft's short story, Beyond the Wall of Sleep.

The Secret Beneath the Ice

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Andrew M. Crusoe


When a thoughtship and its pilot finally reach Avani, the shimmering gem of the western spiral arm, they barely have a chance to marvel at i…

The British Barbarians

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Grant Allen


After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and …

The Thing in the Attic (version 2)

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James B. Blish


"Honath and his fellow arch-doubters did not believe in the Giants, and for this they were cast into Hell. And when survival depended u…

Sparkling Death

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Mark Butler


Mankind has conquered the stars, spreading out to populate the galaxy. Despite technological advancements the human desire for greed and pro…

The Blue Star

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Fletcher Pratt


The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in…

Queen Of The Martian Catacombs

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Leigh Douglass Brackett


This is the very first story with the Conan-like barbarian hero, Eric John Stark. There were more written by Brackett and all just as exciti…

The War of the Worlds (Version 5)

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H. G. Wells


An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying race of Martians who devastate the Earth and f…

Tools and Means

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John Mierau


Meet Tom Brogan. An ordinary guy. With a sister in a coma. Seeing visions of a mass murderer. Becoming one himself. Tom knows the voices in …

Anchorite

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Randall Garrett


Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards patern…

Badge of Infamy (version 2)

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Lester Del Rey


Set in the early 22nd century: Dr. Daniel Feldman, stripped of rank and status and named pariah for violating Medical Lobby rules, stows aw…

The Sphere Of Travel (TSOT2)

Read by Steve Simons


Steve Simons


This story is rated 12 as there is a romantic theme and also death, but nothing explicit, it's still a clean story. We find the team of Davi…

Badge Of Infamy

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Lester Del Rey


Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, s…

But, I Don't Think

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Randall Garrett


The title is obscure and a bit unsettling I admit; what could it possible mean? Randall Garrett wrote a story here that had me blissfully …

The Deleted Ones

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Martin Kolacek


The Earth is no longer ruled by humans but by Pleasurebots, androids created for pleasure. The main hero, a former human terrorist, is thrus…

Gold In The Sky

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Alan E. Nourse


Discover the betrayal, murder, fortunes made and lost by miners in Mars's asteroid belt. - Summary by kirk202

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