Short Science Fiction Collection 009
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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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 that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.
Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input. (4 hr 25 min)
Chapters
2 B R 0 2 B | 16:45 | Read by smokemonkey |
The Cosmic Express | 25:37 | Read by Jerome Lawsen |
The Day Time Stopped Moving | 42:40 | Read by Tom Weiss |
Earthmen Bearing Gifts | 6:04 | Read by Alan Winterrowd |
Impact | 54:25 | Read by Tom Weiss |
Longevity | 4:02 | Read by Betsie Bush |
The Measure of a Man | 24:35 | Read by Barbara King Gardner |
No Moving Parts | 44:33 | Read by Tom Weiss |
The Nothing Equation | 21:46 | Read by Daniele |
The Stoker And The Stars | 24:38 | Read by Jason Mills |
Reviews
good collection, some repetitive stories from previous collecti
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Dadrew
some recordings are of poor quality, absolutely understandable, but lots of pops, static and some background noise in some stories.
Great stories.
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Captain Felix
2BORNOT2B was a good story...so was the Stalker & the Stars.
These just keep getting better. Thank you readers!
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Chubber
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Gernot Larsen
An interesting collection of stories on this volume
Some great stories
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Akku
The final story, the stoker and the stars is 5 stars (if not 6!) wonderful story and a tremendous reading. some readings suffer variable recording quality. some absolutely marvelous tales. ends on a very high note :)
some good stories
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Gerard Kelly
worth listening to .readers good apart from one with heavy accent making listening very difficult.
Short Science Fiction Collection 009
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David R. Smith
Stories are a good listen and are mostly well read - Thanks!