Short Science Fiction Collection 005
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, originally published between 1960 and 1963, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed. Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input.
Note: This collection originally included a tenth story, The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson. That recording was removed in November 2011 because of a copyright claim. (2 hr 18 min)
Chapters
2 B R 0 2 B | 16:19 | Read by Hoosemon |
Circus | 15:52 | Read by RK Wilcox |
Crossroads of Destiny | 21:06 | Read by Alex C. Telander |
Egocentric Orbit | 5:57 | Read by Elanor |
A Matter of Magnitude | 13:18 | Read by RK Wilcox |
Quiet, Please | 12:07 | Read by Jerome Lawsen |
Summit | 12:07 | Read by RK Wilcox |
The Untouchable | 10:34 | Read by Jerome Lawsen |
The Yillian Way | 37:18 | Read by John Larmour |
Reviews
Some good stories and readings
Akku
This is an older recording so some variability of recording sound quality is to be expected excused. Some very enjoyable listens in this collection
Short Science Fiction Collection 005
David R. Smith
Stories are a good listen and are mostly well read - Thanks!
Another nice collection.
Chubber
Just skip ask the ones you have heard before.
some duplicates but worth a listen
Northern Monkey
stop w/the excuses ! FOOL !
gregory gaston besson
this person talking of euro entries blah blah blah ! ur a fool ! want to learn about dark people being oppressedthrough the ages ?!? research the persian/ottoman empire middle astern historyof African slaves/Eunice. see how the African peoplewere treated by the Islamicworld. don't just swallowwhateveru see & hear. considerthe source ! this rant about a Whitehouse club of blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah ! & I really hope that this person gets their head out of their ass ! scify more so than most genres is eye opening to say the least. not being good with words I just hope who ever u are , u take a deep breath & think on what events likely scared u in ur past & allow some for of healing to begin. good stories can be helpful in healing. if u are rubbed some way or another by a story, it's likely due to it touching a nerve. think on it. FOOL 4ever ?