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Short Science Fiction Collection 046
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H. G. Wells
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Metaphysics
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Aristotle
Metaphysics (Ancient Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA; English: After the Physics) discusses topics including substance, accident, …
A Book of Nonsense
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edward Lear
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book …
My Brilliant Career
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Miles Franklin
Sybella: "There is no plot in this story, because there has been none in my life or in any other life which has come under my notice. I…
A Chautauqua Idyl
Read by Scarlett Martin
Grace Livingston Hill
The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.
The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B
The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B By Ed Harris Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away suns for the peaceful Inte…
New World Orders
Read by Edward G. Talbot
Edward G. Talbot
In the nineteen-sixties, a group of wealthy men concludes that it's already too late to stop global warming from destroying the planet. But …
A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Bill Nye
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Varied Types
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …
The Lamp Post Motel
Read by Joe Gold
Joe Gold
Are UFOs graduate students from the future, researching their past?
Students from the University of the Rings are doing field research in se…
Mr. Incoul's Misadventure
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Edgar Saltus
Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human…
Four Science Fiction Stories
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Alan E. Nourse
Four Science Fiction stories published in Science Fiction Adventures Magazine and Galaxy Science Fiction, written by Alan Edward Nourse (Aug…
The Finding of Haldgren
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Charles Willard Diffin
Chet Ballard answers the pinpoint of light that from the craggy desolation of the moon stabs out man's old call for help. (Summary by Charle…
The Powder of Sympathy
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Christopher Morley
Another collection of mostly short “soliloquys” from Christopher Morley, an American literary luminary, who introduces them thus: “… these p…
Short Science Fiction Collection 032
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H. G. Wells
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Gray Mills of Farley
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Sarah Orne Jewett
As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…
Short Science Fiction Collection 038
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H. G. Wells
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
Read by Ray Clare
Hilaire Belloc
“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after that went down with no degree. At College, while his friends were …
Nonsense Verses
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edward Lear
This is a collection of some of the delightful nonsense verses and stories by Edward Lear. A lot of them are also my favorites. The Jumblies…
How We Think
Read by Linda Andrus
John Dewey
A book written by an American education philosopher in which he proposed “This scientific attitude of mind might, conceivably, be quite irr…