The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast &#8211; Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

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Did you know we take requests? If you have a favorite vintage sci-fi short story, or a favorite author you’d like to hear on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.

This is our third story on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast written by Alan Edward Nourse.

If you are a fan of Apocalyptic science fiction you’ll enjoy The Fifty-Fourth of July, unusual title for sure, which can be found in Episode 5 and it’s one of my favorite stories. Wanderlust can be heard in Episode 14 along with Three Spacemen Left To Die! written by Russ Winterbotham.

Today’s story, Journey For The Brave, appeared in the April 1954 offering from Ziff-Davis publishing’s Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy. You’ll find our story on page 78, Journey For The Brave by Alan E. Nourse…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Hank was spinning quite a space lie—something about earrings wearing their owners. The crew got a boot out of the yarn—until they got to thinking. And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds Sep 06, 2022

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Prescott stood to make a young fortune if he could capture a martian zloor—dead or alive! Was there a catch to it? Only for the hunter!...A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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This is our second story from Mack Reynolds on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Episode 9 featured Reynold’s story, The Martians and the Coys. Mack’s father, Verne La Rue Reynolds, twice ran for President of the United States. His father was the Socialist Labor Party Candidate in both 1928 and 1932.

Although so far we’ve only narrated two Mack Reynolds sci-fi short stories we have plans to bring you many more including, Gun For Hire, The Galactic Ghost and Not In The Rules.

Today’s story comes from the January 1954 edition of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy which is on sale now on eBay along with a paperback, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th series for $15.95. Let’s turn to page 92 and enjoy A Zloor For Your Trouble by Mack Reynolds.

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Courage will be a big qualification for the pilot who flies the first moon rocket. But who decides if a man is brave—or a coward?... That’s next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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Space-Lane of No-Return by George Whittington - George Whittington Science Fiction Audiobooks Aug 30, 2022

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You were bored—keeping the endless, dull space-lanes clear. You wanted excitement, danger, to see the weird planets of the System. You wanted—And then it happened, all the swift, blazing danger of the void—and you found yourself being blasted out of existence. Space-Lane of No-Return by George Whittington, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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We are back in familiar territory, another author we know almost nothing about. In fact, all we know about George Whittington is that he wrote four short science fiction stories, that we could find, with the first released in 1944, two in 1945 and one in 1946 and then, at least as far as we can tell, he was gone!

Let’s go back in time 76 years ago and go through the pages of the Summer 1946 edition of Planet Stories magazine and enjoy Space-Lane of No-Return by George Whittington…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Prescott stood to make a young fortune if he could capture a Martian zloor—dead or alive! Was there a catch to it? Only for the hunter!... That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury Aug 23, 2022

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"Get Gunther," the official orders read. It was to laugh! For Click and Irish were marooned on the pirate's asteroid—their only weapons a single gun and a news-reel camera… The Monster Maker 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.

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Ray Bradbury turned out more than 600 short stories during his celebrated career, so far, we’ve narrated seven of them and this is our second Ray Bradbury short story on our podcast. You’ll hear Bradbury’s Morgue Ship in Episode 19. All seven of the short stories written by this amazing author that we’ve narrated so far have one thing in common, they all take place in space.

Today’s story comes from the spring 1944 edition of Planet Stories magazine. The story featured on the cover is Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon by Nelson S. Bond. Two other authors are mentioned on the cover, Leigh Brackett and Robert Abernathy. Interestingly there is no mention of Ray Bradbury on the cover.

A camera is one devil of a poor weapon with which to capture a pirate’s fortress. Let’s turn to page 39 for The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… You were bored—keeping the endless, dull space-lanes clear. You wanted excitement, danger, to see the weird planets of the System. You wanted—And then it happened, all the swift, blazing danger of the void—and you found yourself being blasted out of existence.

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Rescue Mission by Robert Silverberg Aug 16, 2022

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Snaring both Earthmen in a mind-web was easy for the mutant telepath. But once you've caught your prey—how do you get rid of them?... that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

This is our second sci-fi short story from Robert Silverberg in the last 3 weeks.

Let’s go back to December 1957 to the pages of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy for Rescue Mission, written by Robert Silverberg…

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Human Is by Philip K. Dick Aug 09, 2022

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Her husband changed, but she’d married for better or worse… legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick is back, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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What can be said about Philip K. Dick that hasn’t already been said hundreds if not thousands of times? This is the 4th short sci-fi story by Philip K. Dick we’ve featured on our podcast. You can find Sales Pitch in episode 16, The Eyes Have It in episode 11 and The Hanging Stranger in episode 1.

Human Is first appeared in the Winter 1955 edition of Startling Stories magazine. Let’s turn to page 67 for Human Is by Philip K. Dick…

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Six Frightened Men by Robert Silverberg Aug 02, 2022

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Robert Silverberg is an accomplished author, prolific, award winning, you may have noticed I said is, not was, because unlike all the authors we’ve featured so far on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast he’s still with us. Born in 1935, Silverberg has won the Hugo and Nebula awards many times, was named to the science fiction hall of fame in 1999, and in 2004 was designated as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. It’s been said that when you include introductions, reviews and editorials to his vast number of novels and short stories it would total more than 1,200.

At last report the 87-year-old Silverberg and his wife Karen live in the San Francisco bay area.

The magazine where our story originates originally credited Randall Garrett for Six Frightened Men, perhaps because Robert Silverberg contributed another story to this issue, Woman’s World.

From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1957 turn with me to page 76 for Six Frightened Men by Robert Silverberg…

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Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel Jul 26, 2022

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Welcome to our new listeners in Homer Alaska, Wenatchee Washington, Mankato Minnesota, Lincoln Nebraska, Chile, Grenada, Israel, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and the Isle of Man. Thanks for listening to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We love hearing from you, send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.

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Today’s author is a man of mystery. Erik Fennel, that’s Erik with a k, wrote 10 short science fiction stories from 1947 to 1957 and that’s all we know about him.

From Planet Stories Magazine in the spring of 1950 Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel…

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… It was an unexplored planet and anything could happen—yet none of us expected to face a creature impossible to fight, let alone kill....

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Fee of the Frontier by H. B. Fyfe Jul 19, 2022

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Horace Browne Fyfe Jr. also known as H. B. Fyfe, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1918. He had his first sci-fi short story published in 1940 but released only one other story until 1947. Where was Fyfe and what was he doing all those years? Well, he was in the US Army serving his country during World War II.

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From 1947 to 1967 H. B. Fyfe was a busy man, turning out almost 60 stories. Today’s offering is the first of 14 stories published in the 1960s.

From Amazing Stories Magazine in August 1960 Fee Of The Frontier by H.B. Fyfe…

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The Flight of the Eagle by Alfred Coppel Jul 14, 2022

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It was a new and mysterious plant. It could make its own weather; it was sentient, and it prospered on Venus. ButEarth needed it desperately. And Bat Kendo, the radar-mutant, was told to bring it in… that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

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