Science Fiction
Potemkin Village
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Fletcher Pratt
Tolstoia, a colony on Venus, is populated by followers of the 19th century Russian novelist, Count Leo Tolstoi. They have developed their ow…
The Messiah Of The Cylinder
Read by Brian Fullen
Victor Rousseau
In the year 1914, two scientists, Pennell and Lazaroff, dine at the home of Sir Spofforth and his daughter Esther. Spofforth administers fun…
El Doctor Menudillo
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José Zahonero
"El doctor Menudillo" o "El doctor Hormiguillo" se trata de un cuento de ciencia ficción, en el que un cientifico…
My Lady Greensleeves
Read by Ben Tucker
Frederik Pohl
In a future where everyone is assigned profession-based classifications, defying your place in society can land you in prison. Captain Liam …
Two Tales about Aviation
Read by Phil Benson
Rudyard Kipling
Two science fiction stories in which Rudyard Kipling imagined a future world controlled by the Aërial Board of Control with its motto, …
Michael Wall Goodnight Mr Zero
Science Fiction story. Liverpool, just before Christmas. Bernard has built a computer which will answer any question. Bernard makes a robot …
Cue for Quiet
Read by Ben Tucker
Thomas L. Sherred
After too many years, T. L. Sherred returns with a story that gets our SPACE SPECIAL rating. It's the story of a man with a headache—who fou…
Planet of Shame
Read by Robert H. Cherny
Bruce Elliott
The Planet of Shame, by Bruce Elliott, is a semi-comical science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. Set in the quasi-distant future o…
Susan Jane Harrison Alaska
Alaska by Susan Jane-Harrison Against the backdrop of Alaska, boy meets girl across a bar. It might be the start of a romance, but this is a…
A Republic Without A President, and Other Stories
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Herbert Ward
Set in the 1890's "A Republic Without a President and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories that looks at American polit…