Podcasts about Planet Stories

For ages Mankind labelled Mercury a dead world—a red-hot, seething outpost of hell. Too late Rawley learned of the hideous life that molten, steaming planet spawned! The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.A huge thank you to all our incredible listeners! Because of you, The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the #1 Science Fiction podcast in New Zealand—our 28th country to reach the top spot! We're beyond grateful for your support around the world. You've made this journey possible, and we're just getting started!Frank Belknap Long returns to the podcast today with a space faring tale tale sure to rev up your engines. Today's story appeared in the Winter 1941 issue of Planet Stories magazine on page 69, The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, When a driven man arrives at a cemetery world, what else can it be but journey's end—and the start of a new one? Dead Man's Planet by William Morrison.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://x.com/LostSciFiPodInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguyThreads - https://www.threads.net/@scottscifiguy=========================== ❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$100 Tony from the Future$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Someone, Eaten by a Grue, Jeff Lussenden, Fred Sieber, Anne, Craig Hamilton, Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Every Month Someone$15 Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Denis Kalinin, Timothy Buckley, Andre'a, Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Shisti and the Assistant Shisti of Mars chose Chicago, U.S.A., for their vacation spot. No worries; they were invisible. Plenty of rich food; the joint was loaded. A whole year of frolicking in store. Only one thing they overlooked—there was a curious convention going on. Con-Fen by James R. Adams. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.This episode marks the first time James R. Adams has appeared on our podcast. We'd love to share more about him—but truth be told, there isn't much known. He published five stories in the 1940s and the one you're about to hear in the 1950s. That's all we have… but sometimes, the stories speak for themselves.The last story in Planet Stories magazine in May 1953 can be found on page 104, Con-Fen by James R. Adams…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, If werewolves exist, they don't necessarily conform to all the superstitions people have. They may even know fear…. Infiltration by Algis Budrys. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

Karson was creating a superman to fight the weird super-monsters who had invaded Earth. But he was forgetting one tiny thing—like calls to like. The Avenger by Damon Knight. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.The very first Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association was presented to Robert Heinlein in 1975. Today's featured author, Damon Knight, received the honor twenty years later, in 1995. Following his death in 2002, the award was renamed the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, in recognition of Knight's legacy as the founder of the Association.The Spring 1944 issue of Planet Stories has already delivered two tales featured on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast—The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury and Fredric Brown's And the Gods Laughed. Today, we bring you another gem from that same issue, this time by an author named Stuart Fleming—though that wasn't his real name. Turn to page 31 for, The Avenger by Damon Knight…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, There is an infinite number of paths through a lens between an object point and its image point-and no matter how many changes of path you make, have you changed anything? Try and Change the Past by Fritz Leiber.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

Just because an event "has to" happen, some people think that, of course, it will happen. It ain't necessarily so! Ballard had but a few hours to solve the problem, and he knew that the answer was there, before his eyes—if he could see it in time! Momentum by Charles Dye. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.We are so thankful for your 5 star reviews and they are coming in faster than ever. RCraig had this to say on Apple Podcasts US, “ Sci-Fi at its best! This is the best of the best sci-fi podcasts. I love the stories and the narration and I highly recommend this podcast to anyone who like science fiction!” Thanks RCraig for the 5 stars and that awesome review. We would love it if you would leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, if you think we deserve it. And even though Spotify doesn't allow reviews you can give us 5 stars on Spotify, where we currently enjoy a 4.9 rating.Thanks for everything you do to support our podcast.Another podcast and another author makes his debut. Charles Dye was born in San Fernando, California, in 1925. His first published story, The Last Orbit, appeared in the February 1950 issue of Amazing Stories. He is credited with having written seventeen short stories and one novel. One of the stories Charles Dye is known for wasn't actually written by him. If you open Planet Stories magazine from July 1952, you'll find The Man Who Staked the Stars credited to Dye. However, the story was actually written by Katherine MacLean, who was briefly married to him. The reason MacLean gave Dye credit remains unknown.By the way, The Man Who Staked the Stars is a novella—a work of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a full-length novel, typically ranging from 17,500 to 40,000 words, according to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.Let's peel back the pages of Future combined with Science Fiction Stories in July 1951 to page 59, Momentum by Charles Dye…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, I don't normally do this but the story you will hear next on the podcast is one of my favorites, The last living man on a world rendered utterly lifeless by all–consuming fire– how could he start life alone? Adam and No Eve by Alfred Bester.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Have you ever been halfway through an entertaining piece of media, whether a movie, or a story, or say...a podcast episode... and suddenly  found yourself thinking, "Gee, is this a little culturally insensitive?" Well, that's how I felt listening to Ken's accent work during this week's story. To be clear, there is nothing racist about the story. It's just, sometimes an accent is so bad it's offensive... Anyway, this week, Ken gets to read "The Monster Maker" by Ray Bradbury. It's a wild adventure story reminiscent of some TTRPGs a certain member of this show's production staff has played recently. "The Monster Maker" was published 1944 in Planet Stories. Extensive research has found no evidence of an active copyright. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

The captain of the Martian Maid stared avidly at the torn derelict floating against the velvet void. Here was treasure beyond his wildest dreams! How could he know his dreams should have been nightmares? Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.He's not widely known, but he's one of our favorites—Alfred Coppel returns to the podcast today! You've enjoyed his thrilling space adventures before with Runaway, The First Man on the Moon, Wreck Off Triton, and The Flight of the Eagle.Now, from the Fall 1949 issue of Planet Stories, the treasure hunt begins on page 61, Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, What if a single mysterious figure could bring the world's armies to their knees and reshape society overnight? A future where science becomes the ultimate power—whether humanity is ready or not. Goliah by Jack London☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

Mr. Meek was having his troubles. First, the educated bugs worried him; then the welfare worker tried to stop the Ring Rats' feud by enlisting his aid. And now, he was a drafted space-polo player—a fortune bet on his ability at a game he had never played in his cloistered life. Mr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. Simak. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Another first for our podcast today, back to back episodes by the same author featuring the same character. Yesterday Clifford D. Simak's Mr. Meek got himself in a little trouble and today the mild mannered bookkeeper from Earth finds himself in another pickle.From Planet Stories magazine in the fall of 1944 our space-faring hero's journey begins on page 56, Mr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. Simak…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we will do something we have never done on the podcast, and something we may never do again.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

Adventure flamed in Mr. Meek's timorous heart, the surge of battle and singing blades. And so, with a rocket-ship for his steed and a ray-gun for his sword, he sallied forth ... carrying cavalier justice to the resentful shining stars. Mr. Meek—Musketeer by Clifford D. Simak. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.There have been a flood of 5 star reviews in countries all over the world recently. This 5 star review is from Paulzzzzzz on Apple Podcasts Great Britain, “Wondrous stories. I absolutely love the podcasts. Scott is such a wonderful voice actor and brings every character to life! Keep up the great work guys! From a fellow Astral Traveler.”Thanks Paulzzzzzz! We will never be able to thank you and all our listeners around the world enough for our success. Your reviews make a difference and help grow our audience, thank you!Clifford D. Simak has been on the podcast many times and he's back today with the first of two stories back to back. Let's turn back the clock almost 81 years ago to the Summer 1944 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Today's story can be found right after a story we featured on the podcast a long time ago, Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury. Go to page 58 and you will find, Mr. Meek—Musketeer by Clifford D. Simak…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Mr. Meek was having his troubles. First, the educated bugs worried him; then the welfare worker tried to stop the Ring Rats' feud by enlisting his aid. And now, he was a drafted space-polo player—a fortune bet on his ability at a game he had never played in his cloistered life. Mr. Meek Plays Polo by Clifford D. Simak.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

The tiny asteroid with the frightened girl and the wrecked spacer with the grim young man slowly spun closer and closer ... but the real danger came after the crash! Collision Orbit by Clyde Beck. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Special thanks to Paul Belcher for his 5 star rating and review on Apple Podcasts, “My New Favorite Podcast. I'm so impressed with this unassuming, yet extremely entertaining podcast. I love the narration, the little facts about each story, and the interesting mix of authors and different sub genres within the overarching sci-fi subject. It's been fun rediscovering classics and hearing some of the more obscure authors for my first time. Thanks Scott - I appreciate your hard work and dedication!” Paul we appreciate your spectacular review and thanks for listening!! If you haven't already left us a 5 star review, if you think we deserve it, we would appreciate it if you did.Like others we've featured on the podcast Clyde Beck was a science fiction fan before he was a sci-fi author. His short stories were published only four times, first in 1930, then in 1947, 1950 and 1953. Beck was born in California in 1912 and died there in 1986.Collision Orbit was published in Planet Stories magazine in the summer of 1950. Two other stories we've shared on the podcast appeared in that issue, Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair and The Enormous Word by William Oberfield. Turn to page 48, Collision Orbit by Clyde Beck…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, same title, different story, The mountain men who opened up the frontier in the west weren't settlers, they were trappers, traders, fighters and gunmen — the men who didn't fit back home. The kind of men who will be needed on the frontier of space… Collision Orbit by Katherine MacLean.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

After a crash landing while waiting for the rescue ship, Leonard Sale has food, water, air, everything he should need. Now, he just needs to get some sleep…  Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   The Vintage Episode for the week is “Frankenstein, Part 7 of 8”, by Mary Shelley. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.   If you have found value in the show, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. Help us to help other folks like you.   Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter today. I think you'll find we make it worth your while.     I feel like Ray Bradbury almost needs no introduction. As a kid in the 80s, I was astounded at the Disney film, Something Wicked This Way Comes. It ticked all the boxes to my young mind. When I was in high school, I discovered the richness of his storytelling in Dandelion Wine. When I discovered audiobooks, I heard him read to me The Martian Chronicles. He was a great friend of Ray Harryhausen, the great pioneer of stop motion fantasy and adventure films in the 70s and 80s. My father-in-law painted something for Mr. Bradbury, who wrote him back, saying that he had placed his art above his typewriter. Ray Bradbury died in 2012.   Today's story was originally written in 1948, in the winter edition of Planet Stories. After extensive research it appears the copyright was not renewed.   And now, “Asleep in Armageddon”, by Ray Bradbury.     Follow this link to order The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven     Follow this link to become a monthly supporter:     Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:     Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:       Follow this link to follow us on TikTok:

After a crash landing while waiting for the rescue ship, Leonard Sale has food, water, air, everything he should need. Now, he just needs to get some sleep… Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.   Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.   The Vintage Episode for the week is “Frankenstein, Part 7 of 8”, by Mary Shelley. Be sure to check it out on Tuesday.   If you have found value in the show, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. Help us to help other folks like you.   Please go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a monthly supporter today. I think you'll find we make it worth your while.     I feel like Ray Bradbury almost needs no introduction. As a kid in the 80s, I was astounded at the Disney film, Something Wicked This Way Comes. It ticked all the boxes to my young mind. When I was in high school, I discovered the richness of his storytelling in Dandelion Wine. When I discovered audiobooks, I heard him read to me The Martian Chronicles. He was a great friend of Ray Harryhausen, the great pioneer of stop motion fantasy and adventure films in the 70s and 80s. My father-in-law painted something for Mr. Bradbury, who wrote him back, saying that he had placed his art above his typewriter. Ray Bradbury died in 2012.   Today's story was originally written in 1948, in the winter edition of Planet Stories. After extensive research it appears the copyright was not renewed.   And now, “Asleep in Armageddon”, by Ray Bradbury.     Follow this link to order The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, by B. Traven     Follow this link to become a monthly supporter:     Follow this link to subscribe to our YouTube Channel:     Follow this link to subscribe to the Arsène Lupin Podcast:     Follow this link to follow us on Instagram:     Follow this link to follow us on Facebook:     Follow this link to follow us on TikTok:

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. IN THIS EPISODE: Originally published in Planet Stories, July 1962 - Beyond Lies the Wub tells the story of a space crew that encounters a massive, pig-like alien creature that they purchase as livestock for their journey. But as they prepare to slaughter the Wub for food, it reveals a surprising intelligence, speaking with them about philosophy, consciousness, and the nature of life itself. What begins as a routine acquisition turns into a thought-provoking and eerie encounter that challenges the crew's understanding of what it means to be sentient.SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Beyond Lies The Web” by Philip K Dick: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8tsfjvWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: October 25, 2024CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/BeyondLiesTheWub

Revolt was brewing on Venus, led by the descendant of the first Earthmen to land. Svan was the leader making the final plans—plotting them a bit too well. Double-Cross by Frederik Pohl, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks to Martin Brown who recently bought us a coffee! “Thanks for such great stories.” Thank you Martin we appreciate you. If you would like to buy us a coffee there is a link in the description. ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has now hit #1 in 25 countries around the world, most recently we were #1 in Poland and Pakistan. Thanks for listening to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and sharing the love on social media.We will discover today's story in Planet Stories magazine in the Winter 1944 issue, right after a Ray Bradbury story we featured a while back, Lazarus Come Forth. Peel back the pages until you get to page 112 where you will find a story that says the author is James MacReigh, but we know who the real author is, Double-Cross by Frederik Pohl…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, In a world on the brink of catastrophe due to an unknown lunar invader, one man's survival amidst universal apathy reveals the chaos that grips humanity. When the Moon Fell by Morrison Colladay.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@VintageSciFiAudiobooksFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fi=========================== ❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On one of the many moons of Saturn, a troop of Interplanetary Soldiers have been given scut-duty: digging in the dirt to find an element vital to the survival of Earth and other planets. They long to get back to the job they were trained for: fighting whatever enemy is before them. These hard-bitten grunts soon get more than they bargained for, when the enemy takes over the garrison they'd left just a few hours before! "Crisis on Titan" first appeared in Planet Stories magazine, and was adapted for this series by Pete Lutz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On one of the many moons of Saturn, a troop of Interplanetary Soldiers have been given scut-duty: digging in the dirt to find an element vital to the survival of Earth and other planets. They long to get back to the job they were trained for: fighting whatever enemy is before them. These hard-bitten grunts soon get more than they bargained for, when the enemy takes over the garrison they'd left just a few hours before! "Crisis on Titan" first appeared in Planet Stories magazine, and was adapted for this series by Pete Lutz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Morgue Ship had gleaned information from space that would end the three hundred year war, knowledge that would defeat the aggressor Martians—if Brandon could carry it to Earth. Lazarus Come Forth by Ray Bradbury, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.We'll find today's story in the Winter 1944 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Peruse the pages and you will see stories by Albert DePina, Joseph Farrell, Wilbur S. Peacock, Manfred A. Carter and others that we haven't shared on our podcast so far, and a story by a then 24 year old Ray Bradbury. Let's go to page 107 for, Lazarus Come Forth by Ray Bradbury…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, When Geiger counters all over America went into too-high gear, Dr. David Murfree knew there was only one man to see–Bud Gregory, the hillbilly genius of the atom! The Deadly Dust by Murray Leinster.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@VintageSciFiAudiobooksFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fi=========================== ❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Halloway stared down at Earth, and his brain tore loose and screamed, Man, man, how'd you get in a mess like this, in a rocket a million miles past the moon, shooting for Mars and danger and terror and maybe death. Defense Mech by Ray Bradbury, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.We continue to receive many requests every week for more Ray Bradbury stories. We don't want to disappoint you so Bradbury is back. Beginning on page 42 in Planet Stories magazine in the Spring of 1946, Defense Mech by Ray Bradbury…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts… but those of a frustrated machine are longer–and deadlier! Someday by Isaac Asimov.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@VintageSciFiAudiobooksFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fi=========================== ❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new characters in town strive to save the townsfolk from a sudden fire at the City Council! Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound, and Monument Studios. Dice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming. Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purpose. Hal - Plame, a charismatic, Goblin entertainer. Emily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish woman. Brook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilege. Stacy - Pathfinder 2e GamemasterPaizo Community Use Copyright Posting: Paizo Inc., Paizo, the Paizo golem logo, Pathfinder, the Pathfinder logo, Pathfinder Society, Starfinder, the Starfinder logo, GameMastery, and Planet Stories are registered trademarks of Paizo Inc. The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Tales, Pathfinder Battles, Pathfinder Legends, Pathfinder Online, Starfinder Adventure Path, PaizoCon, RPG Superstar, The Golem's Got It, Titanic Games, the Titanic logo, and the Planet Stories planet logo are trademarks of Paizo Inc. Dungeons & Dragons, Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and have been used by Paizo Inc. under license. Most product names are trademarks owned or used under license by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.

Ripped by an asteroid stray, the space-ship drifted helplessly … until suddenly, across the shuddering deeps, a strange voice called to her. Runaway by Alfred Coppel, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Alfred Coppel has been on the podcast before, with The First Man on the Moon, Wreck Off Titan and The Flight of the Eagle. Every one of them a story set in space and today's offering is more of the same, with a twist.In 1949 United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson signed the North Atlantic Treaty otherwise known as NATO and the Cold War entered a dangerous new chapter when the Soviet Union became the second country to develop the atomic bomb. Gasoline cost 26 cents a gallon, Bread 14 cents a loaf and a gallon of Milk would set you back 84 cents. And the Spring 1949 issue of Planet Stories magazine contained stories by Henry Hasse, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight and on page 31, Runaway by Alfred Coppel…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The essential requirements of a first-class triggerman are two: that he know how to pull the trigger–and when not to! By J. F. Bone☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

A group of unlikely heroes.....(wait for it)..... meet in a Tavern as they are drawn to a small town of Breachill in the country of Isger on the Pathfinder world of Golarion to answer "The Call of Heroes." "And until those Heroes show-up, these guys are gonna have to do." Special Thanks:Theme Music - "Together We Rise" by Wind Rose (used with permission) Sound Effects and additional music courtesy Table Top Audio, Ovani Sound, and Monument Studios. Dice for the cast of Wayfinder Legends provided by Esty Way Gaming. Wayfinder Legends is a Red Dirt RPG, LLC production.JOIN THE PARTY! CAST:Jeremy - Boddy, a Hobgoblin seeking a new purpose. Hal - Plame, a charismatic, Goblin entertainer. Emily - Inara, a confident and hot-headed, young Kellish woman Brook - Fawin, an Aiuvarin (half-elven) born into privilege. Stacy - Pathfinder 2e GamemasterPaizo Community Use Copyright Posting: Paizo Inc., Paizo, the Paizo golem logo, Pathfinder, the Pathfinder logo, Pathfinder Society, Starfinder, the Starfinder logo, GameMastery, and Planet Stories are registered trademarks of Paizo Inc. The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Tales, Pathfinder Battles, Pathfinder Legends, Pathfinder Online, Starfinder Adventure Path, PaizoCon, RPG Superstar, The Golem's Got It, Titanic Games, the Titanic logo, and the Planet Stories planet logo are trademarks of Paizo Inc. Dungeons & Dragons, Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and have been used by Paizo Inc. under license. Most product names are trademarks owned or used under license by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status.

The Year of Pulp continues as David, Kaela and Abysmii take a crack at a story in the public domain from a young Ray Bradbury. We get a vision of a optimistic future that never happened, and discuss the sad lack of hopeful sci-fi these days and the fears of the time possibly channeled through the story's lens.First published in Planet Stories, Fall 1947. Read it on Project Gutenberg here.Creative Horror asks our listeners to check out Operation Olive Branch to see how to aid in humanitarian efforts in Palestine.New Pulp Writing Challenge

The lure of precious zolonite drew Morgan to barren Titan—to find a weird beast-empire ruled by a cold-eyed Earth-girl queen. Space-Wolf by Ray Cummings, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Another 5 star review on Apple Podcasts Australia! Irma Stolfo says, “Simply the best.” This podcast has made me fall in love with not only the genre of Science fiction but also the art of audio books. Your many character voices paint a colourful picture that really bring the fantastic words of these vintage stories to life. Thank you for the excellent body of work.” Thank you Irma!Ray Cummings returns to the podcast. Let's turn back the clock 83 years and open the pages of Planet Stories magazine in the Summer of 1941. Our journey to the planet Titan begins on page 95, Space-Wolf by Ray Cummings…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Ellen's husband was so quiet and self-effacing she could almost picture him apologizing for the inscription on his own tombstone. The Good Husband by Evelyn E. Smith.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV===========================

CLICK LINK FOR YOUR OWN COPY THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURES IN SPACE: FORGET STAR WARS! STAR TREK, HO HUM! This Planets of Adventure audiobook includes two complete book-length novels of space adventure from the supreme exemplar of highly-charged, vividly-colored space opera, the legendary pulp Planet Stories. Fasten your seatbelts for atomic-powered thrills, alien landscapes, daring heroes, intrepid heroines, and fiendish villainesses. HERE FROM THE 1940s: The Sword of Fire: A Novel of an Enslaved World by Emmett McDowell. He was a plain, ordinary Jones, so his spaceman father named him Jupiter, hoping it would help him stand out. But he remained a plain, ordinary Jones―until the space warp cast him, naked and helpless into the slime of that vile world. Then Jupiter Jones cursed the fate that had marooned him among the planet's groveling mutants. He only wanted to escape. But the mutant's rising excited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor who alone could save them. And the strange sword he'd found was, they said, the one weapon that could prevail against the vicious octopoids who enslaved them. The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears: A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds by Keith Bennett. Their fighting song was known from Terra's hinterlands to Ganymede's glittering domes. "Oh, the Rocketeers have shaggy ears. They're dirty sons of space!" Someday there will be a legend like this. Someday, from Steamy Venus or Arid Mars, the shaking, awe-struck words will come whispering back to us, building the picture of a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride. Pride in the Rocketeers of Terra.

Containing Matters of Chromatic Death Timestamps: Rocklynne background, non-spoiler discussion (0:00) spoiler summary, discussion (9:48) "Brass Tacks" letters section (26:37) Bibliography: Ellison, Harlan - "Dangerous Visions" (1967) Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Fantastic Adventures, May 1939 Rocklynne, Ross - "Meet the Author", Startling Stories, November 1942 Rocklynne, Ross - "PS's Feature Flash", Planet Stories, May 1943 Rocklynne, Ross - "Introducing the Author", Imagination, January 1954

Like all her other plants from far-off worlds, Aunt Amy hoped the Venusian Rambler would win a prize. It hoped so too. Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.American fantasy and science fiction writer Margaret St. Clair makes her debut on the podcast today. She was born in Hutchinson Kansas in 1911. Her father, US Representative George Neeley died when she was 7, but left her and her mother well provided for. A decade later she and her mother moved to California and after graduating from the University of California she married writer Eric St. Clair.She first tried her hand at detective and mystery stories before finding her passion writing fantasy and science fiction. Almost all of her more than 120 short stories appeared in pulp magazines in the 1940s and 1950s.Back in the summer of 1950 if you had 20 cents you could have gotten your hands on today's story, which appeared in Planet Stories magazine. Let's head over to page 30 for, Flowering Evil by Margaret St. Clair…Why did I narrate Flowering Evil? One word, three letters, one syllable, fun! There are some authors that write stories that are easy to narrate and when you find one, you narrate it. I also chose to share this story because I have been searching for more stories written by women. There are more on the way.Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Exiles on Mars face a barren future until Leonard Mark brings a glimpse of freedom. The Visitor by Ray Bradbury, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fihttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, also wrote a number of short stories. This short story was published in Planet Stories magazine in 1947. ♥️Patreon Page - Help keep the show ad-free

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, also wrote a number of short stories. This short story was published in Planet Stories magazine in 1947. ♥️Patreon Page - Help keep the show ad-free

Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discoverasteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/We're going live again on YouTube this Thursday October 19th at 8 PM in New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. And 7 PM in Dallas. Hope you can join us. There's a link in the description. https://youtube.com/vintagescifiaudiobooksRoss Rocklynne made his debut on the podcast 6 months ago with “Distress Signal”. He's back today with an unusual story about chickens in space. We'll find our story in the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 34 for Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar. That's tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discover asteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and"perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We're going live again on YouTube this Thursday October 19th at 8 PM in New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. And 7 PM in Dallas. Hope you can join us. There's a link in the description.  https://youtube.com/vintagescifiaudiobooks Ross Rocklynne made his debut on the podcast 6 months ago with “Distress Signal”. He's back today with an unusual story about chickens in space. We'll find our story in the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 34 for,Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar. That's tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the show

In this read along audiobook, I share a strange short story from one of the greatest science fiction writers, Philip K. Dick. The story first appeared in the July 1952 edition of Planet Stories and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg. To get the text of the story for free, head to https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28554 For the latest sci-fi read alongs with text on screen and relaxing visuals, head to the Stories From the Sky SFF YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0B6QJpSJiNcwY7CZR5TMhw According to the Project Gutenberg License: This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

In this read along audiobook, I share a thoughtful short story from legendary writer Ray Bradbury. The story first appeared in the Spring 1947 edition of Planet Stories and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg. To get the text of the story for free, head to https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64181 For the latest sci-fi read alongs with text on screen and relaxing visuals, head to the Stories From the Sky SFF YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0B6QJpSJiNcwY7CZR5TMhw According to the Project Gutenberg License: This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Who ever thought that Frane Lewis—wholesale triggerman, spaceways pirate—would be the sweating victim of a simple, webbed, nylon garment known as spaceman's underwear? Slay-Ride by Winston Marks, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. We get a lot of emails at scott@lostscifi.com and a lot of comments on our YouTube channel. Some of the more recent YouTube comments include this from “trevorwheatley4166”“Thank you for all your story telling. It's a fresh breath of life to hear, also extremely MELLO.” Thanks Trevor, I'm guessing MELLO is good! This from “sleepywilliams6381” who commented on “Let's Get Together by Isaac Asimov” “Another great story by a great author and narrator, as usual. Keep up the good work.” Thank you Sleepy! DebMurphyBits also commented on “Let's Get Together” “Good one!!!! I've listened to quite a few of your episodes now and why you don't have hundreds of thousands of followers yet is beyond me. Great narrations and awesome story picks!! What timing this one is, now, with artificial intelligence coming together with robotics and the dawn of a real life technological revolution. Keep up the stories please” Deb, we are thankful for you and every listener and follower we have. Hopefully those hundreds of thousands of followers you mentioned are on their way! If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you know Winston Marks is one of my personal favorites. He was a busy man from 1953 to 1955 with 46 stories published in a variety of magazines. Although our story originally appeared in Planet Stories magazine in 1953 it can also be found in Science Fiction Monthly published in Australia in September 1956.  Let's turn to page 25 in the November 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine for Slay-Ride by Winston Marks… In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The wars of the far future will be fought with giant spaceships, but it will still take the infantryman to hold down the planets. And some of the thoughts bred in the foxholes of Mars or Alpha Centauri Duo or Rigel Tres will be fully as bitter as some of those dredged up in the foxholes of Earth. The Foxholes of Mars by Fritz Leiber. That's In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show

In Margaret St. Clair's “Flowering Evil," Amy Dinsmore is quite the gardener. She loves tending to her collection of Martian and Venusian plants, flowers, and succulents. But one plant, in particular, is a little bit more than she bargained for. Originally published in Planet Stories vol 4 num 7, Summer 1950, this story can be found in audio format  in Pseudopod (825, August 2022) and in text via an archive.   Recommended in this episode: Cherie Dimaline's VenCo UP NEXT: Daphne DuMaurier's My Cousin Rachel  Buy Toil and Trouble here!  

Ray Bradbury | ABC Radio Workshop | Mars is Heaven | Broadcast: 1953"Mars is Heaven!" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, originally published in 1948 in Planet Stories.NOTE: This is "ABC Radio Workshop" not Think, apologies.: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES .Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr

Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. The Gun by Philip K. Dick, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.In the last week we have added hundreds of new listeners all over the world and last week's episode featuring The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury had more listeners in its first week, by far, than any other episode of the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Thank you for making that happen.Our story comes from Planet Stories magazine in September 1952. More space on the cover is devoted to author Mark Ganes and his feature story Evil Out of Onzar than any other story that appeared in the magazine. Who is Mark Ganes? I don't know. I couldn't find any information about him, nor could I find any other story that he'd ever written. The cover lists five of the seven authors in the issue. One of the guys who wasn't mentioned. A relatively unknown author, at the time, named Philip K. Dick. Turn to page 46 for The Gun…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, There was a reason why his scripts were smash hits—they had realism. And why not? He was reliving every scene and emotion in them! The Mind Digger byWinston Marks... that's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

On Ron's Amazing Stories we review an amazing Antman audiobook from Marvel Comics. Two things make this a great listen. The story and the narrator. Next up we have two ghost tales from Ross (A screaming ghost and The Blue Boy). We end the show today with a science fiction story read for us by Ben. It comes from the 1940's pulp mags and it is an amazing story about a pirate asteroid and the marooned patrol officers sent to take down their leader. All you have to do now is press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Monster Maker Our featured story comes from the pulp magazines. I was sent an email by Ben Tucker, who lives in Santa Monica, CA.  He wrote that he had a story that he would like to read. The problem was that it was written by Ray Bradbury and as you might guess most of his stuff is copyrighted or trademarked. So, I got on the google machine and began my quest on The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury. I was pleased to find that it first appeared in Planet Stories' Spring edition of 1944. That means that it is in public domain and can be used on the show. This is a great story and I know that  you are going to enjoy it. "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. Other Stories Include - The Gas Station Shooting, Review - The Heroes' Journey, The Shadow Screamer, The Boy Blue, and The Monster Maker Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Program Notes: For anyone wanting to know more on the ghosts of follow this link. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he'd slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he'd bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian! Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Today's episode of the podcast marks the debut of Poul Anderson. Anderson was no ordinary science fiction author. He has been called ''one of the five or six most important writers to appear during the science-fiction publishing boom of the decade following the end of World War II.''To call him prolific would be a vast understatement. His wife, Karen, said she did not know how many books he wrote, saying. ''We lost count after 100.'' As for short stories, I stopped counting at 150.Poul William Anderson was born on November 25th, 1926, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, to Anton and Astrid Anderson. His father had anglicized the spelling of the family name, originally Andersen. He told his wife she could name their first child, and she chose Poul.His father died in a car crash when Poul was 11. His mother took him and his brother first to Denmark, then to Maryland, and finally to a 40-acre farm in southern Minnesota.While growing up in Minnesota Poul found himself spending all of his tiny allowance on subscriptions to science fiction magazines. And so, his love of science fiction began.A former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, he won numerous awards, including three Nebula and seven Hugo awards. In 1997 the association named him a Grandmaster and he was inducted into the Science Fiction Fantasy Hall of Fame.He had a few short science fiction stories published in the 1940s, but his career really took off in the 1950s when more than 70 of his stories appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, Super Science Stories, Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy and other publications.Today's story appeared in March 1951 in Planet Stories magazine. Let's turn to page 5 for Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, After space, there was always one more river to cross ... the far side of hatred and murder! The Hated by Frederik Pohl. That's next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

For twenty long unholy years Hurtz, the pilot, dreamed of retirement ... and found his "acre of heaven" on a Death Star. Death Star by James McKimmey Jr., that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We have several new 5 star ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. This was written by TCBermy, “Classics from the Masters. Great stories! I listen every week, sometimes the stories are shorts by a famous master of vintage Sci-Fi. Sometimes they are great stories by someone you never heard of. The narrator is perfect, I imagine sitting in front of a classic radio.” Thank you TCBermy!!And this from scifyfi, “Fantastic. The best stories with the absolute best reading. It's like an audio drama read by one person with voices to match many different characters. So glad I gave this a listen. Now it's all I listen too. Some episodes more than once.” Thank you scifyfi!!Your reviews on Apple Podcasts are greatly appreciated, if you haven't already been to Apple Podcasts to give us a review please do so.As TCBermy said in his review, “Sometimes they are great stories by someone you never heard of.” He just described James McKimmey Jr. He didn't write a lot of science fiction and he isn't very well known. Born in 1923 he grew up mostly in Red Cloud, Nebraska and then graduated from Omaha Central High School. After selling his first short story, he said, "I cared to do nothing as an occupation except write fiction."Turn to page 68 in the September 1953 edition of “Planet Stories magazine” Death Star by James McKimmey Jr.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Bold and ruthless, he was famed throughout the System as a big-game hunter. From the firedrakes of Mercury to the ice-crawlers of Pluto, he'd slain them all. But his trophy-room lacked one item; and now Riordan swore he'd bag the forbidden game that roamed the red deserts ... a Martian! Duel on Syrtis by Poul AndersonThat's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way? Published in Planet Stories, Spring 1947 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hmphaudiobooks/support

The men of the Norgan System had a tough decision to make concerning the planet in A93. Yet there was no hesitation. Can you blame them? Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff... that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.As we begin our 2nd year of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast we do so with incredible momentum. More people around the world are listening to us in more countries than ever before. We thank you for that, you are sharing the podcast on social media which helps us attract even more listeners. Thank you.And we're getting more emails and comments too. This comes to us from a country where we are experiencing tremendous growth.“Greetings from Israel,I am a candid listener to the podcast, and I wish to congratulate the great narrator with his acting skills.I greatly enjoy the stories' introductions about the authors and their life. I suggest the narrator indicate in the introduction the reason for picking that specific story from the others.Especially I enjoy stories that I find relevant/correlate to our times. My favorite is #22 Paradise Planet by Richard S. Shaver. I find it corresponding with the pandemic/cure we had last year. And #016: Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick which corresponds with the coming AI technology.Blessings and greetings. Dudi”Send us an email scott@lostscifi.comThank you Dudi for your email and your kind thoughtful comments. I'd love to say that there's a grand plan behind the selection of one story over another but that isn't typically the case. Oftentimes I get a request for a certain story or author. One of the reasons I started narrating these stories is that many of them had never been available as audiobooks. Being a sci-fi fan, I want to change that so everyone can enjoy them. When I found today's story and started doing research, I could find nothing else written by Bjarne Kirchhoff. In fact, I couldn't find out anything about Bjarne Kirchhoff. And that is the reason I narrated it and the reason it's on podcast.Starting on page 69, from Planet Stories magazine in the summer of 1948, Day of Wrath by Bjarne Kirchhoff…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, a Science Fiction Grand Master returns… The first great rocket flight into space, bearing intrepid pioneers to the Moon. The world's ecstasy flared into red mob-hate when President Stanley canceled the flight. How did he get that way? Rocket Summer by Ray Bradbury.That's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Did he have a right to feel this way? Was this really forbidden by law—this wonderful frightening emotion! And, His plans were thorough. Every risk had been closely considered. Now Ron Carnavon, ruthless convict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceship of its sapphire treasure, and thrust his warped power around the entire, antagonistic EMV triangle. The Robot Who Wanted To Know by Harry Harrison and Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We've got two short sci-fi stories for you today during our 1st Anniversary Celebration. Author Harry Harrison makes his debut on the podcast with a short story I really love. Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1925 and released his first short sci-fi story in 1951. After finishing High School in 1943, Harrison was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.He was a prolific writer who wrote more than 50 novels and about 100 short stories. He wrote the novel "Make Room! Make Room!" which was the basis for the 1973 film starring Charlton Heston "Soylent Green." I LOVE that movie.First up on our 1-year anniversary doubleheader a story from the March 1958 issue of Fantastic Universe magazine. Did he have a right to feel this way? Was this really forbidden by law—this wonderful frightening emotion! Our story begins on page 91, The Robot Who Wanted To Know by Harry Harrison…The second half of our 1st Anniversary double feature takes us back to 1951 and it's the second story we've showcased from Alfred Coppel. His plans were thorough. Every risk had beenclosely considered. Now Ron Carnavon,ruthlessconvict, was ready to loot the wrecked spaceshipof its sapphire treasure. Planet Stories magazine included this Coppel story in its November 1951 publication. Turn to page 73 for Wreck Off Triton by Alfred Coppel…In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…They were like creatures painted by a drunken artist, ghastly, utterly repulsive caricatures of humanity! Yet, twisted through they were, they were still human...  Monsters That Once Were Men by Robert Silverberg. That's next in two days as we wrap up our 1st anniversary week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett audiobook. Carrying out the last wishes of a comrade, mercenary Eric John Stark takes on the task of returning a stolen talisman to a walled city near the Martian pole; a city that guards the mysterious Gates of Death. Now all he has to do is get past the brutal clans of Mekh and the shadowy Lord Ciaran to get to Kushat where they'll probably attempt to kill him. All while he tries to hold on to a talisman that imprints ancient memories of the Gates in his mind. That's not easy for a human raised by Mercurian aborigines. - Black Amazon of Mars is the third story to feature Brackett's hero Eric John Stark, and was later expanded into the novel People of the Talisman. It was first published in Planet Stories magazine in March of 1951.

In a 1947 issue of Planet Stories magazine, Ray Bradbury penned a humorous writer bio of himself, in which he claims that all his stories are written for him by a posse of talented professionals including Robert Heinlein. That magazine slipped into the public domain in 1975, because the copyright wasn't renewed (following the 28-year-renewal rules in operation at that time). So, I'm bringing you the full article today! For more on Bradbury, and for show notes - including a link to the 1947 Planet Stories issue - remember to check out my website, www.bradburymedia.co.uk

What better way to melt away the winter blues than with Ray Bradbury's ROCKET SUMMER? But this episode of the podcast isn't about the familiar opening chapter of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. No, here I'm looking at Bradbury's FIRST use of the title "Rocket Summer". It's a rare 1947 short story, published just once in PLANET STORIES, and never again reprinted. You won't find it in any of Ray's books. It also has the odd status of being in the public domain, thanks to an oversight: it should have had its copyright renewed in 1975 (following the 28-year-renewal system in use at that time). But the renewal didn't happen. Because it's public domain, I can here present the entire story to you (if you can tolerate my storytelling voice...). For more on Bradbury, and for show notes - including a link to the original 1947 Planet Stories issue - remember to check out my website, www.bradburymedia.co.uk

Over the years, we at Back of the Bookshelf have carried our listeners to countries far and wide, to dizzying heights in the sky and deep underground, but we have never taken them beyond the bounds of the planet… until now. That's right, in this seventh episode of our second season, we'll be journeying to the stars courtesy of illustrious science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and his story, Beyond Lies the Wub. It's an engaging tale about a spaceship crew who purchase a strange creature on a trading trip to Mars. The creature looks like a pig, but looks can be deceiving. On the surface, the story seems simple, but there are hidden depths to it and the twist at the end is second to none. It was Dick's first published story, but foreshadows his work to come with its biting satirical wit and exploration of important ethical issues. Not surprisingly, it has been reprinted many times since it made its first appearance in Volume 5, Issue 7 of Planet Stories in July 1952. Dick might arguably be more famous for the many movie adaptations of his work (e.g. Blade Runner and Total Recall) than the work itself, but as this story shows, he was a master of his craft. As always, this Back of the Bookshelf performance features an immersive soundscape to help bring the story to life. It is narrated by C.J. Carter-Stephenson with music by Kevin MacLeod. With that all said, strap yourselves in and hold on to your stomachs as we fire up our engines and blast off into the great beyond for another thrilling adventure.

Somewhere on that asteroid of sin lurked the crime king of the Universe. Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.More than 48 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $19.97, right now on LostSciFi.com. 1950s science fiction volumes 1 thru 4 contain 89 vintage sci-fi short stories from the 1950s and you can get it for only $19.97 at lostscifi.com. There has never been a great collection of 1950s science fiction at such an unbelievable price. Go to lostscifi.com and wherever you live around the world the price will be adjusted to your currency. You won't find a better collection at a better price.One of our favorite vintage sci-fi authors is back on the podcast today. We heard from Frederik Pohl a little more than 5 months ago with Let The Ants Try and we will no doubt hear from him again.Let's go back in time 8 decades ago to the summer of 1942 and peruse the pages of Planet Stories magazine. Turn with me to page 32 for Asteroid of the Damned by Frederik Pohl…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The dark star passed, bringing with it eternal night and turning history into incredible myth in a single generation! A Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber, that's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Colonizing Mars was hell, because of one thing—large, hungry critters. They flew, crawled, snarled, howled, burrowed up under the floors, chewed at doors and windows. And then, to make things worse, came the Monster....Monster by William Morrison, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We're thankful for you and every listener worldwide who enjoys The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast so to show our appreciation we've got a bonus episode for you in two days. Small Town by Philip K. Dick in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Today's episode wraps up our Monster double feature. William Morrison, whose real name is Joseph Sammachson wrote 56 short stories in the 1950s. Monster, the 8th of those 56 stories, appeared in Planet Stories magazine in July 1951 alongside stories by Poul Anderson, Ross Rocklynne, James Blish, Mack Reynolds and a few others. You'll find it for sale on eBay for 25 dollars. From page 27, Monster by William Morrison.In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The first of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The theme of “the man who played God” has been used many ways in many stories, but never with more tense and chilling effect than in this tight little yarn by the very able Mr. Dick. You'll like it, we're sure.Small Town by Philip K. Dick, in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Ray Bradbury | Dimension X does their adaptation of Mars is Heaven. This episode aired Friday, July 7, 1950. Mars is Heaven aired a few weeks earlier on the Escape series [6 June, 1950]. That episode is on this podcast, posted July 26, 2022. Later it aired on X-Minus One, stay tuned for that episode. Mars Is Heaven was first published in 1948 in 'Planet Stories' science fiction magazine. Dimension X aired on NBC Radio from April 8, 1950, to September 29, 1951. : : : : : My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES . Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media/ (https://otr.duane.media) | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/duane.otr/ (@duane.otr)

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 on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Today's episode of the podcast marks the debut of Fredric Brown. Brown was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1906. At 18 he became an office worker and did that until he was 30, when he left to become a writer. His first science fiction short story appeared 5 years later in 1941. He won the “Edgar” award for Best First Mystery for “The Fabulous Clipjoint” in 1947 from the Mystery Writers of America.Fredric Brown wrote more than 300 short stories including some of the shortest science fiction short stories you'll ever find. Many of them can be found in vintage science fiction magazines, in their entirety, on only one page. And The Gods Laughed isn't a long story, but its longer than those one-page vignettes. Let's go back in time 78 years and peruse the Spring 1944 edition of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 105 and enjoy And The Gods Laughed by Fredric Brown.

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.If you find yourself addicted to these vintage sci-fi short stories there's a 50-book bundle of audiobooks on our website, lostscifi.com. Twenty-seven hours of vintage sci-fi for only $14.97. As a Lost Sci-Fi Podcast listener, you get it for only $9.88 when you use the coupon code “podcast”. Twenty-seven hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.88 at LostSciFi.com.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 onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Author : Margaret St. Clair Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Flowering Evil” first appeared in Planet Stories, Summer 1950 Flowering Evil By Margaret St. Clair Captain Bjornson shook a grizzled head. “I never saw a plant I liked the looks of less,” he said. […]

"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.The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast continues to grow with new listeners all over the world every week, thank you for listening and thank you for sharing The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.If you find yourself addicted to these vintage sci-fi short stories there's a 50-book bundle of audiobooks on our website, lostscifi.com. Twenty-seven hours of vintage sci-fi for only $14.97. As a Lost Sci-Fi Podcast listener, you get it for only $9.88 when you use the coupon code “podcast”. Twenty-seven hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.88 at LostSciFi.com.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.That's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Ray Bradbury | Escape does their adaptation of, Mars Is Heaven. This episode aired June 2, 1950. Mars Is Heaven was first published in 1948 in 'Planet Stories' science fiction magazine. This story first aired on Escape, then Dimension X -- the following month, and in 1955 on X-Minus One. Escape aired on CBS Radio from July 1947, to September 1954. : : : : : My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES . Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media/ (https://otr.duane.media) | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/duane.otr/ (@duane.otr)

Thank you for listening to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and thanks for your reviews and ratings. Special thanks to our new listeners in The Canary Islands, Iceland, Finland, South Africa, the Czech Republic and New Zealand. If we haven't mentioned your city, state or country send an email to scott@lostscifi.com and please let us know where you're from.We've added a 50 book bundle of audiobooks to lostscifi.com, 27 hours of vintage sci-fi! All 27 hours for only $9.88 when you use the promo code “podcast”. Buy it from anywhere in the world and the price will be adjusted for your currency. You've heard of the man who had everything, well today's author is the man who did everything! He accomplished far more in his life than most, yet he was a high school dropout. Born in November 1919 in New York, as is often the case, this science fiction author started out as a sci-fi fan.Along with Isaac Asimov, C.M. Kornbluth, and others he formed a group known as the Futurians which broke off from the Greater New York Science Fiction Club. The author once said and I quote, “We changed clubs the wayDetroitchanges tailfins, every year had a new one, and last year's was junk.”He would form lasting relationships with members of the group and many of them rose to sci-fi success.  Frederik Pohl's work was first published in 1937 and he began his career as a literary agent that same year. He was Isaac Asimov's agent, the only one he ever had, then he started editing not one, but two magazines, Astonishing Stories and Super Science Stories. He was only 20! His stories often appeared in these magazines but never under his own name. Stories he wrote with C.M. Kornbluth were credited to S. D. Gottesman or Scott Mariner, other stories were credited to Paul Dennis Lavond or, as is the case with today's story James MacCreigh. Then came World War II. Pohl served as an Army weatherman in Italy. After the war he wrote advertising copy, became a literary agent again, and started writing a lot, quite often with his friend C.M. Kornbluth.He would become an editor for two magazines again, this time, Galaxy and If, Worlds of science Fiction. Pohl won more than his share of awards, a Hugo for best magazine in 1966, 1967 and 1968. In 1976 he won the Nebula award given by the group now known as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He won another Nebula the next year and a Hugo in 1978. There are simply too many awards to mention them all. He wrote more than 65 novels, more than 150 short stories and he kept writing. His last collaborative effort was 2008's The Last Theorem with Arthur C. Clarke and he won his last Hugo in 2010!Frederic Pohl died in September 2013 at the age of 93. Let's go back in time more than 72 years ago to the pages of Planet Stories magazine and listen to the words from a Sci-Fi Superstar, Let The Ants Try by Frederic PohlIn 1936 Pohl and around a dozen other sci-fi enthusiasts gathered in the back room of a bar in Philadelphia for what many regard as the world's first science fiction “convention.”Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast They opened the ruins to tourists at a dollar a head but they reckoned without The Old Martians.Thanks for listening and we hope you'll join us next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast continues to grow all over the world and we have you to thank for that. In the last few weeks we've added new listeners in Germany, Greece, Spain, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and in the US, Mesa, Phoenix, Midland Texas, Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama and the big island of Hawaii. There are many more. Wow! Thanks for listening and sharing the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.As our way of saying thanks we've just added a 50 book bundle of audiobooks to lostscifi.com. That's 27 hours of vintage sci-fi! You'll get all your favorites including 8 stories by Philip K. Dick, 4 from Ray Bradbury and 38 others for only $14.97. As a Lost Sci-Fi Podcast listener you get it for only $9.88 when you use the coupon code “podcast”. Buy it from anywhere in the world and the price will be adjusted for your currency. That's 27 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.88.Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers. Born on August 22nd, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. His mother, Esther, was a Swedish immigrant and his father, Leonard, was of English ancestry. He was given the middle name Douglas after the actor Douglas Fairbanks, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the 1910s and 1920s.The Bradbury family lived in Tucson Arizona for a year from 1926 to 1927 then it was back to Waukegan. They tried Tucson again from 1932 to 1933 and then on to Los Angeles in 1934. The 14-year-old loved Hollywood and met radio star George Burns. Most people know of Ray Bradbury the writer, but did you know his first paid gig as a writer came when the 14-year-old sold a joke to Burns to use on the Burns and Allen radio show which ran from 1933 to 1950, when Burns and Allen then transitioned to television.Bradbury was an avid reader of H. G. Wells,Jules Verne,Edgar Allan Poe and Edgar Rice Burroughs. In 1936 at a secondhand book store, young Ray learned about a weekly meeting of the Los Angeles Fiction Society and at 16 he joined their Thursday-night get together. The teenager would sell newspapers on a street corner and then roller skate to the meetings!The avid sci-fi enthusiast wrote his first published sci-fi story in 1938, Hollerbochen's Dilemma. Bradbury would later say about his first story, "no one enjoyed my story" and "I think it was terrible myself". Keep in mind he was only 17.However, in 2014, Hollerbochen's Dilemma was nominated for the 1939Retro-Hugo Award for Best Short Story.Although Ray Bradbury lived a long and successful life he died two years before the nomination at the age of 91 on June 5th 2012 in Los Angeles. Was Ray Bradbury destined for success and fame? Well, to answer that question we share the words from Ray Douglas Bradbury himself. In his 1938 Los Angeles High School Yearbook he wrote, likes to write stories, admired as a thespian and headed for literary distinction! That's amazing.There's much more we could share with you about the legendary author, but we'll save it for another Ray Bradbury short story in future episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Okay, I couldn't help myself, one more thing… to say he was prolific would be a gross misrepresentation of the facts, Bradbury wrote more than 30 books and more than 600 short stories. Today's story comes from the Summer 1944 edition of Planet Stories, which was sold for 20 cents. Turn with me to page 51 for Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury…27 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.88 at LostSciFi.com! You'll get 4 stories from Ray Bradbury, 8 stories by Philip K. Dick, and 38 others for only $14.97. As a Lost Sci-Fi Podcast listener, you get it for only $9.88 when you use the coupon code “podcast”. Buy it from anywhere in the world. That's 27 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.88.You will find our short science fiction stories for sale on many websites, Chirp Books, Apple Books, BarnesandNoble.com and many others, but you will always find the lowest price on our website, lostscifi.com. Please visit Lostscifi.com and get your favorite vintage sci-fi for less.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, another legendary sci-fi author, Frederik Pohl, Dr. Salva Gordy looked at the radioactive smear thathad been Detroit. Then he looked down at the boilinganthill. Why not, he thought excitedly, why not?...That's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

On it is all about the story. We have two great ones from you guys: A guardian angel and a UFO adventure. We have a new Our Amazing Story all about the Radium Girls. Who were they? It is an amazing Story. Then we head into space with a battle against the Uranians in a story called Signal Red. It is an edge of your seat thriller. So sit back, relax and spend an hour with us. Featured Story - Signal Red Our featured story this time is read for us by Kevin Krody. Kevin is one of many readers they have over at . The story is titled Signal Red and was first published in Planet Stories, Fall of 1949. It was written by Henry Guth. This one was ahead of its time. It reads as well today as it did back in 1949. They tried to stop him. Earth Flight 21 was a suicide run, a coffin ship, they told him. Uranian death awaits them in the space lanes. But the old man, Shano, already knew that this was his last ride. This is a heart pounding ride into the deepest space! Other Stories Include - Command Performance, Firefly: Big Damn Hero, The Haunting on Rattlesnake Road, UFO's Are Not Limited To Arizona, Our Amazing Stories - The Radium Girls, and Signal Red Program Links: On the show Ron mentioned the book The Radium Girls by Kate Moore. You can find the book here at or here on .  Ron's Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Social Links:Contact Links:

CLICK LINK FOR YOUR OWN COPY THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURES IN SPACE: FORGET STAR WARS! STAR TREK, HO HUM! This Planets of Adventure audiobook includes two complete book-length novels of space adventure from the supreme exemplar of highly-charged, vividly-colored space opera, the legendary pulp Planet Stories. Fasten your seatbelts for atomic-powered thrills, alien landscapes, daring heroes, intrepid heroines, and fiendish villainesses. HERE FROM THE 1940s: The Sword of Fire: A Novel of an Enslaved World by Emmett McDowell. He was a plain, ordinary Jones, so his spaceman father named him Jupiter, hoping it would help him stand out. But he remained a plain, ordinary Jones―until the space warp cast him, naked and helpless into the slime of that vile world. Then Jupiter Jones cursed the fate that had marooned him among the planet's groveling mutants. He only wanted to escape. But the mutant's rising excited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor who alone could save them. And the strange sword he'd found was, they said, the one weapon that could prevail against the vicious octopoids who enslaved them. The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears: A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds by Keith Bennett. Their fighting song was known from Terra's hinterlands to Ganymede's glittering domes. "Oh, the Rocketeers have shaggy ears. They're dirty sons of space!" Someday there will be a legend like this. Someday, from Steamy Venus or Arid Mars, the shaking, awe-struck words will come whispering back to us, building the picture of a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride. Pride in the Rocketeers of Terra.

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is growing every week and even though we're only two months old Listen Notes.com says The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is in the top 5% of all podcasts worldwide. You did that and we thank you. Please continue to share The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and it would be awesome if you would be kind enough to rate and review us on whatever app you use to listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.As always, we welcome your questions and suggestions, scott@lostscifi.com. Our first author Russell Robert Winterbothamwas born on August 1st, 1904 in Salina, Kansas, population 6,000 or so when he was born.  He began writing short fiction in 1935 and continued until 1958 with a short break from the mid 40s to the early 50s. In all he wrote almost 60 short stories that were published in If Worlds of Science Fiction,Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, Planet Stories and others.He published stories as Russ Winterbotham and R. R. Winterbotham. His next to last novel Planet Big Zeroreleased in 1964 is the only known workusing the name Franklin Hadley.In France he was once known as Ross Winterbotham but that's only because somebody messed up and misspelled his name. If you are old enough you may remember the Big Little Books which began in 1935. By the time Russ Winterbotham started writing for Racine, Wisconsin based Whitman publishing they had changed the name to Better Little Books. Winterbotham's first Better Little Book was 1940s Maximo the Amazing Superman which can be purchased for $50 on Abebooks.com. He also wroteMaximo the Amazing Superman and the Crystals of Doom, Maximo the Amazing Superman and the Supermachine, Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadronand Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron vs the Terror of the Orient.Like last weeks author Joseph Samachson, also known as William Morrison, Winterbotham was a comic strip writer. Chris Welkin, Planeteer was distributed by the Newspaper Enterprise Associationfrom 1952 to 1964. It was created by Winterbotham along with cartoonist Art Sansom.Two pilot episodes were created for Chris Welkin, Planeteer but it was never picked up, however, you'll find both episodes on YouTube. Quite the career!From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in September 1954Three Spacemen Left To Die! by Russ Winterbotham.Winterbotham's writing career came to an end with the 1966 release of his last novel “The Lord of Nardos”. He passed away 5 years later on June 9th, 1971 in Bay Village, Ohio. He was 66 years old.We've already heard from our second author, Alan E. Nourse. You can hear his short sci-fi story The Fifty-Fourth Of July on Episode 5 of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. From the pages of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in October 1952 Wanderlust by Alan. E. NourseYou will find our short science fiction stories for sale on many websites but you will always find the lowest price on our website, lostscifi.com. Please visit Lostscifi.com and get your favorite vintage sci-fi for less.Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Personnel Incorporated bragged that theycould supply a man for any job. Maxwell doubtedthis, needing a space pilot for the first Lunartrip. Now, if he had just asked for a lunatic...That's next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

This week, we have a short story from master of science fiction, Philip K Dick.  Published in 1952 in Planet Stories, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' is Dick's first genre story. Commentators have observed that it is indicative of his slightly paranoid style that would become a feature in his later works. So, what exactly is a wub?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):  Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale Beyond Lies the Wub & Collected Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781857988796 The Best of Philip K Dick - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780615561189   I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

Rebecca and Tara are thrilled to present their first author interview for 2022!  Barbara Black's debut book, Music from a Strange Planet: Stories, is a compelling collection of 24 stories with over 70 unforgettable characters.  Rebecca and Tara thank Caitlin Press for the gifted e-book for review.   Also, Tara references the following interview Barbara gave to Mandy Eve Barnett, which includes a picture of the "teeny-tiny Moleskin writing journal".  https://mandyevebarnett.com/2021/05/20/author-interview-barbara-black/  

En el año 1953, Philip K. Dick escribía sobre ciencia ficción en revistas tales como Planet Stories. Uno de esos relatos se llamó “The eyes have it”. En él, se relata la historia de una persona que cree haber descubierto que la Tierra había sido invadida por extraterrestres y nos narra cómo es que se enteró. En este cuento, el autor nos introduce en un ambiente un tanto esquizofrénico. El protagonista, leyendo un libro de bolsillo que encontró en el autobús, comienza a creer que ello era una bitácora que narraba la existencia de vida no humana en el planeta. Lo analiza y se aterra de lo que allí encuentra. Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) es autor de 36 novelas de ciencia ficción y 121 relatos breves en los que exploró la esencia de lo que hace al hombre humano, así como los peligros del poder centralizado. Hacia el final de su vida enfocó su trabajo hacia cuestiones metafísicas profundamente personales relacionadas con la naturaleza de Dios. Muchas de sus novelas y cuentos cortos han sido llevados al cine y la televisión, entre los que destacan Blade Runner (basada en ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?), Desafío total, Minority Report y El hombre en el castillo. A lo largo de su carrera, que abarcó tres décadas, recibió el reconocimiento de la crítica y numerosos premios. En 2005 fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de la Ciencia Ficción. Más contenido y novedades en nuestro Twitter @HLeidas y nuestro canal oficial de Telegram Twitter Historias para ser leídas: https://twitter.com/HLeidas 📌Síguenos en nuestro canal informativo de Telegram: https://t.me/historiasparaserleidas Suscríbete a nuestra Newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/historiasparaserleidas 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Una producción de Historias para ser Leídas Narración: Olga Paraíso Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Will Lantry succeed in creating an army of living dead? Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you to all of our financial supporters. We couldn’t do this without you. We really try make your support worth your while. You get so much out of this! For a five-dollar monthly donation, you get a monthly code for $8 off any audiobook download. Give more, and you get more! It kind of cracks open the website for you, so you can easily build out your classic audiobook library, and you help to give more folks like you the chance to discover the classics in a curated and easily accessible format. Go to classictalesaudiobooks.com today, and become a financial supporter. You’ll be glad you did. Thank you so much. If it’s more convenient, we are streaming our episodes through YouTube, now. A link can be found in the comments section for today’s episode. App users can hear a reading of The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is reference several times in Bradbury’s story, as well as many works by Ambrose Bierce and H.P. Lovecraft. Today’s story originally released in the Summer issue of Planet Stories in 1948. Last week, William Lantry awoke from his coffin in a graveyard. He was dead, yet he could move and speak. The year was 2348 or so, and he’d been dead around 350 years. The new world had no graveyards, and all bodies were burned in a great Incinerator, which made a pillar of fire to the heavens. Along with the graveyards, fear, superstition, and macabre imagination were also sterilized in this new world. So Lantry came up with a plan – to destroy the Incinerators, and create an army of living dead “friends”. And now, Pillar of Fire, Part 2 of 2, by Ray Bradbury.   Tap here to go to www.classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter!   Tap here to go to our merchandise store!   Tap here to visit our YouTube Channel:   Tap here to pick up some of our new titles:      

How will William Lantry live in a world where no one knows him? For he was born 350 years ago, and he just got out of his grave. Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you to all of our financial supporters. We couldn’t do this without you. We really try make your support worth your while. You get so much out of this! For a five-dollar monthly donation, you get a monthly code for $8 off any audiobook download. Give more, and you get more! It helps us have something solid to count on every month, you can build out your classic audiobook library, and you help to give more folks like you the chance to discover the classics in a curated and easily accessible format. Go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com today, and become a financial supporter. You’ll be glad you did. Thank you so much.     If it’s more convenient, we are streaming our episodes through YouTube, now. A link can be found in the comments section for today’s episode. I’ve got a few more titles I’m working from the archives! Check out our NEW PRODUCTS category to see the new stuff we’ve got coming out. Today’s story originally released in the Summer issue of Planet Stories in 1948. Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. He was a close friend with Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion special effects pioneer. Bradbury’s most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. And now, Pillar of Fire, Part 1 of 2, by Ray Bradbury.   Tap here to go to www.classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter!   Tap here to go to our merchandise store!   Tap here to visit our YouTube Channel:   Tap here to pick up some of our new titles:        

How will Click and Irish survive being marooned on a pirate’s asteroid with only a single gun and a news reel camera to defend themselves?  Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you to all of our financial supporters. We couldn’t do this without you. We really try make your support worth your while. You get so much out of this! For a five-dollar monthly donation, you get a monthly code for $8 off any audiobook download. Give more, and you get more! It helps us have something solid to count on every month, you can build out your classic audiobook library, and you help to give more folks like you the chance to discover the classics in a curated and easily accessible format. Go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com today, and become a financial supporter. You’ll be glad you did. Thank you so much. If it’s more convenient, we are streaming our episodes through YouTube, now. A link can be found in the comments section for today’s episode. I’ve got a few more titles I’m working from the archives! Check out our NEW PRODUCTS category to see the new stuff we’ve got coming out. Today’s story originally released in the Spring issue of Planet Stories in 1944. Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. He was a close friend with Ray Harryhausen, the stop motion special effects pioneer. Bradbury’s most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Farenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. And now, The Monster Maker, by Ray Bradbury.   Tap here to go to www.classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter!   Tap here to go to our merchandise store!   Tap here to visit our YouTube Channel:   Tap here to pick up some of our new titles:    

The world stands poised to enter the rocket age. But is it really the next best step for mankind? Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you to all of our financial supporters. We couldn’t do this without you. We really try make your support worth your while. You get so much out of this! For a five-dollar monthly donation, you get a monthly code for $8 off any audiobook download. Give more, and you get more! It helps us have something solid to count on every month, you can build out your classic audiobook library, and you help to give more folks like you the chance to discover the classics in a curated and easily accessible format. Go to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com today, and become a financial supporter. You’ll be glad you did. Thank you so much. If it’s more convenient, we are streaming our episodes through YouTube, now. A link can be found in the comments section for today’s episode. We have four new Science Fiction titles available! The cosmic thriller The Colour Out of Space, by H.P. Lovecraft, the psychological thriller The Repairer of Reputations, by Robert W. Chambers, The Rival Mechanicians, another science fiction classic by Lydia Maria Childs, and The Skull, by the great Philip K. Dick. Links to these products can be found in the description for today’s episode. Ray Bradbury wrote today’s story in 1947. It first appeared in the Spring edition of Planet Stories magazine. Bradbury was one of the best-known writers of our time. He was a master storyteller, a champion of creative freedom, and a space-age visionary. His most noteworthy works include The Martian Chronicles, Farenheit 451, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. In 2008, a digitized copy of The Martian Chronicles reached the Red Planet in 2008, aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander. Bradbury’s remarks on the subject were: “The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They’ll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars.” And now, Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury Tap here to go to www.classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter!   Tap here to go to our merchandise store!   Tap here to visit our YouTube Channel:   Tap here to pick up some of our new sci-fi titles:    

This episode explores the genre of Science Fiction. This story was found in the winter 1949 edition of the pulp science fiction magazine, Planet Stories. It was written by Alfred Coppel and is titled "Flight From Time."Alfred Jose De Arana-Marini Coppel was an American author from Oakland California. After he served as a Fighter pilot during world war II, he started a prolific career as a writer. He went on to become one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950's and 60s, pounding out short stories and novels across multiple genres. He topped the bestseller list with a suspense thriller titled “Thirty-Four East” in 1974.

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome back.  This week we are treated to a surprisingly modern (for us) story.  "Asleep in Armageddon" was published in 1948, but through some interesting copyright loopholes, has entered the Public Domain early.  We also get some fascinating fun facts on Science Fiction literary legend Ray Bradbury. Important topics of discussion this week include Heather's plan to join the Daily Show, a man with a magic sword, and what do you think "wreckage" means? "Asleep in Armageddon" was published in 1948 in Planet Stories. Promo: Booze and Ghouls So sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.

Leonard Sale determines to stay awake for six days—when the rescue ship arrives. But, six days is a long time, especially when there are hungry beings waiting to take his body over. Join us in Part Two of Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury. Asleep in Armageddon was originally published in Planet Stories in 1948.  Music:  Echoes of Time V2 by Music by Kevin MacLeod https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/www.darksoftlytales.com (www.darksoftlytales.com) https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/www.darksoftlytalespodcast.com (www.darksoftlytalespodcast.com) https://www.amazon.com/author/mavskye (www.amazon.com/author/mavskye) https://twitter.com/DarkSoftlyTales (https://twitter.com/DarkSoftlyTales) Support this podcast

"Avoid Planetoid 787. Lush and sunny, with fine air and no dangerous beasts, it'll tempt you to curve in for some nice solid-ground sleep. DON'T!" —Planet Stories, 1948 This week we bring you part one of Asleep on Armageddon by Ray Bradbury. If you keep hearing voices in your head during the story...don't worry! It's just the story. However, if you keep hearing them after the story, you may want to get that checked out. Gods battling for your mind is nothing to sneeze at. Asleep in Armageddon was originally published in Planet Stories in 1948.  Music:  Echoes of Time V2 by Music by Kevin MacLeod https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/www.darksoftlytales.com (www.darksoftlytales.com) https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/www.darksoftlytalespodcast.com (www.darksoftlytalespodcast.com) https://www.amazon.com/author/mavskye (www.amazon.com/author/mavskye) https://twitter.com/DarkSoftlyTales (https://twitter.com/DarkSoftlyTales) Support this podcast

Philip Kindred Dick (Chicago, Illinois; 16 de diciembre de 1928-Santa Ana, California; 2 de marzo de 1982), más conocido como Philip K. Dick, fue un escritor y novelista estadounidense de ciencia ficción, que influyó notablemente en dicho género. Trató temas como la sociología, la política y la metafísica en sus primeras novelas, donde predominaban las empresas monopolísticas, los gobiernos autoritarios y los estados alterados de conciencia. En sus obras posteriores, el enfoque temático reflejó claramente su interés personal en la metafísica y la teología. A menudo se basó en su propia experiencia vital, y reflejó su obsesión con las drogas, la paranoia y la esquizofrenia en novelas como A Scanner Darkly y SIVAINVI. La novela El hombre en el castillo, galardonada con el premio Hugo a la mejor novela en 1963, está considerada como una obra maestra del subgénero de la ciencia ficción denominado «ucronía». Fluyan mis lágrimas, dijo el policía, una novela sobre una estrella televisiva que vive en un estado policial en un cercano futuro distópico, ganó el premio John W. Campbell Memorial a la mejor novela en 1975. Además de treinta y seis novelas, escribió 121 relatos cortos. Gran parte de sus muchas historias cortas y obras menores fueron publicadas en las revistas pulp de la época; fue en una de ellas donde apareció Beyond Lies the Wub, su primera venta profesional: Planet Stories de julio de 1952. Aclamado en vida por contemporáneos como Robert A. Heinlein o Stanisław Lem, pasó la mayor parte de su carrera como escritor casi en la pobreza y obtuvo poco reconocimiento antes de morir. Tras su muerte, sin embargo, el traslado al cine de varias de sus novelas, comenzando por la adaptación de ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas? en la película Blade Runner, le dio a conocer al gran público. Su obra es hoy una de las más populares de la ciencia ficción y Dick se ha ganado el reconocimiento del público y el respeto de la crítica. (Fuente: Wikipedia)

He was an Interstellar Agent with a License to Kill Entire Worlds! A Golden Age Pulp Series by Nebula Nominee Ross Rocklynne! For the first time since their original appearance in the legendary pulp Planet Stories in the early 1940s, here are the three novelettes that launched the adventures of Sidney Hallmeyer, interstellar agent―one of the era's most trail-blazing series. In essence, Hallmeyer is a scientific secret agent with a license to kill―entire cultures and worlds! If needed or if so ordered, when they stand in the way of Earth's territorial expansion and dream of empire. In fact, it is utopias Hallmeyer is most often instructed to terminate―with prejudice. In "Exiles of the Desert Star," for instance, his assignment, as the original magazine blurb announced, is "Murder. Murder among the asteroids. Hallmeyer had orders to transform small Elron's brisk atmosphere to krypton. It meant killing that last gallant handful of royal exiles as surely as if his hand held a ray-gun." Hallmeyer's charm and saving grace, and the surest sign of his creator's penetrant insight, is his conscience. For unlike, say, James Bond, and long before him, Hallmeyer is aware of the dubious nature of his profession. The Hallmeyer series was clearly cut from such contrapuntal cloth that it is easy to understand why it made a big stir in the science fiction world of the time. Indeed, this two-volume audiobook is a major science fiction event. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURES IN SPACE: FORGET STAR WARS! STAR TREK, HO HUM! This Planets of Adventure audiobook includes two complete book-length novels of space adventure from the supreme exemplar of highly-charged, vividly-colored space opera, the legendary pulp Planet Stories. Fasten your seatbelts for atomic-powered thrills, alien landscapes, daring heroes, intrepid heroines, and fiendish villainesses. HERE FROM THE 1940S: The Sword of Fire: A Novel of an Enslaved World by Emmett McDowell. He was a plain, ordinary Jones, so his spaceman father named him Jupiter, hoping it would help him stand out. But he remained a plain, ordinary Jones―until the space warp cast him, naked and helpless into the slime of that vile world. Then Jupiter Jones cursed the fate that had marooned him among the planet's groveling mutants. He only wanted to escape. But the mutant's rising excited whispers proclaimed him a knight in shining armor who alone could save them. And the strange sword he'd found was, they said, the one weapon that could prevail against the vicious octopoids who enslaved them. The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears: A Novel of Peril on Alien Worlds by Keith Bennett. Their fighting song was known from Terra's hinterlands to Ganymede's glittering domes. "Oh, the Rocketeers have shaggy ears. They're dirty sons of space!" Someday there will be a legend like this. Someday, from Steamy Venus or Arid Mars, the shaking, awe-struck words will come whispering back to us, building the picture of a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride. Pride in the Rocketeers of Terra. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What do space lichen, Martians, and psychedelic mermaids have in common? Find out in this charming short story that is one part sci-fi, one part pulp, and all fun! Breath of Beelzebub first appeared in Planet Stories, which was an American pulp sci-fi magazine from the Winter of 1946. Larry Sternig was a writer of short fiction in the 1940s and went on to create The Larry Sternig Literary Agency, which is now the Sternig & Byrne Literary Agency. Larry Sternig passed away in 1999.  A special thank you to Project Gutenberg, which is an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks that are curated by volunteers who are dedicated to giving more accessibility to great works of fiction. For more information, you can go to https://www.gutenberg.org/John Bell is our  was our narrator and he is also the writer, producer, and actor on "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, which can be found at:[http://thebatfry.libsyn.com/]We are always looking forward to discovering out next writer, so if you are interested in contributing, please send us your short story of fewer than 5,000 words to:cathy@thehiddengemspodcast.comI am Cathy McCarthy, your host, and I write under the name of C. Mack Lewis and my books can be found at:[https://cmacklewis.com/]For more short stories on The Hidden Gems Podcast, please go to: https://www.thehiddengemspodcast.com/podcast Thank you for listening!  

Ray Bradbury nació en Waukegan, Illinois, el 22 de agosto de 1920 y murió en Los Ángeles, California, el 5 de junio de 2012. Fue un escritor estadounidense de misterio del género fantástico, terror y ciencia ficción. Principalmente conocido por su obra Crónicas marcianas (1950) y la novela distópica Fahrenheit 451 (1953). Se consideraba a sí mismo «un narrador de cuentos con propósitos morales». Sus obras a menudo producen en el lector una angustia metafísica, y por lo cual desconcertante, ya que reflejan la convicción de Bradbury de que el destino de la humanidad es «recorrer espacios infinitos y padecer sufrimientos agobiadores para concluir vencido, contemplando el fin de la eternidad». Un halo poético y un cierto romanticismo son otros rasgos persistentes en la obra de Ray Bradbury, si bien sus temas están inspirados en la vida diaria de las personas. Por sus peculiares características y temáticas, su obra puede considerarse como exponente del realismo épico, aunque nunca la haya definido de este modo. Si bien a Bradbury se le conoce como escritor de ciencia ficción, él mismo declaró que no era escritor de ciencia ficción sino de fantasía y que su única novela de ciencia ficción es Fahrenheit 451. Junto a Leigh Brackett, se le considera como uno de los escritores más identificados con la revista pulp Planet Stories; ambos autores colaboraron en la novela corta Lorelei of the Red Mist que apareció en 1946. Las obras que Bradbury destinó a la revista incluyen a una de las primeras historias de la serie Crónicas marcianas. (Fuente: Wikipedia)

After a 2 year wait, the epic graphic novel Knights vs Pirates is upon us, and this week the pod gang are joined by its creators (and long time friends) Jay Martin and Chris Imber to talk about its beginnings, the process and what to expect in a 110+ page book of action and history! Theres also lots of laughs, great indie book recommendations and so much talk about making comics, so don't miss it! Great stuff to check out this week - Knights vs Pirates, Reckless Hero, Jay Martin, Chris Imber, Chris Jenkins, Arthurian Legend read by Sean Bean, Image Revolution Documentary, Luke Cooper, The Hollow Girl, Skrawl KS, The Penned Guin: Coincidence, Second Coming, Ahoy Comics, Merrick the Elephantman, Mahoneys, Humanoids Humble Bundle, Carthago, Antarctic Press, Planet Stories #1, Scout Comics, Star Bastard, Andrew Clemson, Jethro Morales CLICK HERE TO GET COPIES OF OUR ANTHOLOGY - AWESOME COMICS Let us know what you think! Email: awesomecomicspod@gmail.com  Join the discussion today at our facebook group Awesome Comics Talk Check out the folks who sponsor this lil show - the mighty folks at Comichaus! If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badassery at www.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

Out of This World - by Henry Hasse "When the Earth supply ship set down upon prison planet Number Seven last week, a curious state of affairs was found: the prisoners below mining the ore as usual, the overseer dead, and every indication of some stark drama having taken place. In the study of the overseer's house one man was found dead, apparently by his own hand, and beside him on the desk was a hastily scribbled document which is herewith published." - Planet Stories, Summer 1942

TWISTED PULP RADIO HOUR PRESENTS: EYES OF THAR FROM THE AWESOME PETE LUTZ and his Pulp-Pourri Theatre Kuttner lived a short life, dying in 1958 at the age of 42, but in that time he published dozens of short stories for the pulps, 18 or more novels, and just as many stories for the Golden-Age Green Lantern comic 0book series. If you haven't heard of Kuttner, perhaps you've read a story published under one of 17 different pseudonyms; his contemporaries felt he'd been cheated out of his well-deserved fame, because his fans didn't know he'd written so many stories under so many names. FROM THE HENRY KUTNER STORY. "The Eyes of Thar" was originally published under the Kuttner name in the Fall 1944 issue of Planet Stories. The adaptation was written by Pete Lutz in 2014 and recorded in 2016, with some pick-up lines recorded in 2017. Ms. Morizawa's introduction was recorded in 2017. CAST: GUEST INTRODUCTION by Julia Morizawa of "The Bright Sessions" podcast ANNOUNCER, QUIANA, and THE CREATURE: Kristy Glick SAMUEL DANTAN and THE SHAMAN: Pete Lutz Musical score composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons Post-production and sound design by MJ Cogburn Pulp-Pourri Theatre theme composed and performed by Rich Wentworth Opening announcements by Gene Lutz and Rich Wentworth "A SACCI FOR SALE" A story by Mark Slade and read by Ronda Mitchell. Dr. Mary was played by Lothar Tuppan Tiffany Teagraden played by Geri Elliff Credits by Nancy Bueler Theme by Tim Slade End music by Chauncey Haworth Produced by Lothar Tuppan, Chauncey Haworth and Mark slade Twisted Pulp Radio Hour Episode written and directed by Mark slade

On this time we feature a crazy pig that can read your mind and much more. We have three listener stories that include a time-traveling wood carving, a forest rangers story, and a strange encounter at Big Bear Rock. Johnny Is It True is back with a brand new segment and we end the show with dinosaurs.  Featured Story - Beyond Lies The Wub Our story for this week is one of my favorites from the classic pulp mags of the 1950s. It is called Beyond Lies the Wub and is a science fiction short story written by Philip K. Dick. This was his first published story, originally appearing in Planet Stories in July of 1952. The tale follows a crew of Earthmen who have sent a ship to bring Martian goods back to Earth. While on Mars, one of the crew members buys a creature for what he considers to be a ridiculously low price. The Martian natives call this creature a wub. When the Captain decides to kill and eat it the wub speaks up to voice its disagreement. Ron’s Amazing Stories Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood: Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey.  - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

Black Amazon of Mars 5/5 - by Leigh Brackett "Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!" - from Planet Stories, March 1951

Black Amazon of Mars 4/5 - by Leigh Brackett "Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!" - from Planet Stories, March 1951

Black Amazon of Mars 3/5 - by Leigh Brackett "Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!" - from Planet Stories, March 1951

Black Amazon of Mars 2/5 - by Leigh Brackett "Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!" - from Planet Stories, March 1951

Black Amazon of Mars 1/5 - by Leigh Brackett "Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!" - from Planet Stories, March 1951

Beyond Lies The Wub - by Philip K Dick "The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools." - from Planet Stories, July 1952 Performed by Ryan Johnson and Miranda Johnson of Auditory Entertainments

An Earthling is captured by squid-like aliens and tossed into a prison work camp with Martians, Venusians, and fellow Earthmen. The men are forced to work for an alien race intent on destroying the Solar System. Will the men be able to unite against a common foe, and find an impossible way to thwart their captors? This episode's story is Outpost on IO by Leigh Brackett. Originally published in Planet Stories, Winter 1942. Pulp Reader is hosted by Bobby D. Lux (http://www.BobbyDLux.com) You can contact the show by email at PulpReaderPod@gmail.com Music for the show is courtesy of Louie Aronowitz (http://www.LouieAronowitz.com)  

This episode we open with a very brief discussion about touching trucks and continue with a tale of doomed sci-fi romance that's less Romeo and Juliet and more Dharma and Greg. From the January, 1954 issue of Planet Stories comes "George Loves Gistla", the best love story from Venus since, well, since something Chuck Tingle probably wrote. Fifties sci-fi and conformity collide and you'll never guess what wins out in the end! Love? Oh, you sweet summer child. You're adorable.  Get free pins, stickers, postcards, and more when you join the IT Book Club and rate us on iTunes/Apple Podcasts! Follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Again, please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. All reviews get free stuff sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

Rob and Alan kick off the podcast discussing the finer points of the modern working woman in the legal profession and then read a Cold War sci-fi yarn called "Task to Luna". From the January, 1951 issue of Planet Stories comes a solid little story of war, madness, and destiny. Plus bazookas! All with our usual comedy and nonsense in a tight little package. Take your lunch break on the moon today! Get free stickers, postcards, and more when you join the IT Book Club and rate us on iTunes/Apple Podcasts! Follow us on on Twitter @taleinterrupted, Instagram at interruptedtales, and Facebook. DM or message us through one of those or write to podcast@interruptedtales.com. Please take a moment and rate us on iTunes! Right over here. All reviews get free stuff sent to them! See Twitter for more details.

This week's visit to our Listener Library features a classic Ray Bradbury story as adapted by X Minus One! Our thanks to Cheryl (author of The Viv and Charlie Mystery Series!) for recommending this episode, “Mars is Heaven,” based on part of Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (although it was originally published in Planet Stories).  An […]

Get ready to listen to the wettest science fiction story ever featured on AE Reads Skiffily. This episode's story, "The Long Rain” by Ray Bradbury (originally published in the September 1950 issue of Planet Stories and later anthologized in Bradbury’s 1951 collection The Illustrated Man), is about some soldiers who crash on a rainy planet Venus, all of them having forgotten to bring an umbrella. After reading the story, AE (IG: @SkiffilyPodcast, FB: @SkiffilyPodcast, Tw: @SkiffilyPodcast) and girlfriend Mona (IG: @sewagainsthegrain) discuss the relevance of a story that has become scientifically accurate now that we know Venus is inhospitable. Some of the music comes from Looperman (looperman.com), specifically users Fayz, 3rdnipplemusic, callmeking, therealnickwood, and acoustic678. Much love to them for providing that royalty free. 

WELCOME BACK, PULPATEERS! It's been several months since we launched the last new episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, and it's good to be back! For this episode we journey to the Red Planet for a weird sci-fi adventure that takes place both under the surface and in a completely different universe. It's called "The Eyes of Thar" and was penned by the prolific pulpster, Henry Kuttner. Kuttner lived a short life, dying in 1958 at the age of 42, but in that time he published dozens of short stories for the pulps, 18 or more novels, and just as many stories for the Golden-Age Green Lantern comic book series. If you haven't heard of Kuttner, perhaps you've read a story published under one of 17 different pseudonyms; his contemporaries felt he'd been cheated out of his well-deserved fame, because his fans didn't know he'd written so many stories under so many names. "The Eyes of Thar" was originally published under the Kuttner name in the Fall 1944 issue of Planet Stories. The adaptation was written by Pete Lutz in 2014 and recorded in 2016, with some pick-up lines recorded in 2017. Ms. Morizawa's introduction was recorded in 2017. Stay tuned after the episode to hear a very special announcement for a worthy organization. CAST: GUEST INTRODUCTION by Julia Morizawa of "The Bright Sessions" podcast ANNOUNCER, QUIANA, and THE CREATURE: Kristy Glick SAMUEL DANTAN and THE SHAMAN: Pete Lutz   Musical score composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons Post-production and sound design by MJ Cogburn Pulp-Pourri Theatre theme composed and performed by Rich Wentworth Opening announcements by Gene Lutz and Rich Wentworth   COMING UP NEXT: Episode 9, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe P.S. Thanks to all of you, November 2017 is the biggest month I can remember -- we exceeded 4,000 downloads! That's amazing, and I hope we'll continue to grow like this. Tell your friends, and make sure you don't miss an episode!  

"Mars Is Heaven!" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury originally published in 1948 in Planet Stories. "Mars Is Heaven!" was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. As such, it was published in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929–1964. It also appears as the sixth chapter of The Martian Chronicles, retitled "The Third Expedition". From Wikipedia

La tripulación está terminando de cargar la nave y el capitán está listo para abandonar el planeta. Un enorme animal con aspecto de cerdo gigantesco forma parte de la última carga. El capitán se relame en vistas al banquete que se podrán dar con él pero quizás debería pensárselo dos veces antes de atragantarse: pronto el cerdo demuestra ser mucho más de lo que parece… [semispoiler] Otro cuento corto y con pausas de la primera etapa de Dick . En tono tragicómico, vuelven los temas de la incomunicación, la falsa realidad (o la falsas percepciones) y otros como la tontuna humana, la violencia y hasta el veganismo. Originalmente titulado “Beyond lies the Wub” lo encontramos traducido como “Aquí yace el Wub” y “Más allá se encuentra el Wub” – en la edición de Minotauro “Cuentos Completos Vol 1.” que os animo a acudir a comprar ya porque es muy disfrutona. Apareció recopilada en la colección “La máquina preservadora”, otra historia corta de la misma etapa que subiré el próximo día. Nota: Hice la entradilla más corta por si os aburre ya. P.K. Dick era un gran tipo, yo le adoro: mucha gente lo hace – y podrán hablaros sobre su literatura (y su vida) mejor que yo en esta introducción. Recomiendo googlear, o ir directamente aquí [http://www.caninomag.es/guia-para-principiantes-philip-k-dick/]. Todo el mundo le conoce, aunque no lo sepa, porque infinidad de películas de Hollywood se han basado en sus relatos y novelas (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, Paycheck, por ejemplo). Sus novelas son la leche – yo para empezar recomiendo Ubik, pero tiene muy distintas etapas. Durante toda su carrera, escribió también muchos cuentos. Muchos. Tenía que ganarse la vida vendiéndolos a revistas y gracias a la gran editorial Minotauro hoy podemos disfrutar de la antología completa en varios volúmenes. P.K. Dick también tuvo una vida… interesante. Muy recomendable el cómic de Crumb sobre su biografía [http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/authors/dick/Religious-Experience-of-Philip-K-Dick-by-Robert-Crumb.pdf]. Tenemos que suponer que padecía una esquizofrenia poderosa. Las personas esquizofrénicas suelen sentirse perseguidas (entre diferentes tipos de delirio), pueden sentir que se apropian de su identidad o la identidad de otros (el concepto de doppelganger), que el mundo en el que viven cambia… Todo eso se traslada a sus cuentos y casi siempre vemos personajes que son víctimas a quienes el mundo en el que viven se les da la vuelta o donde las cosas no son lo que parecen. Sus temas centrales son la identidad, la realidad. P. K. Dick era un gran filósofo Ilustración: Ilustración original para la portada de Planet Stories. Junio, 1952. /// errores de edición? Haberlos haylos >>> soymescalito@gmail.com /// Muchas gracias!! =^__^= fantasía, novela, cuentos, cuento, scifi, ciencia, ficción, literatura, audio, audiolibro, ciencia ficción, novelas, relato, relatos, voz, lectura, scifi, ficion, cyberpunk, ciberpunk, literatura, historia, historias, terror, pulp

La tripulación está terminando de cargar la nave y el capitán está listo para abandonar el planeta. Un enorme animal con aspecto de cerdo gigantesco forma parte de la última carga. El capitán se relame en vistas al banquete que se podrán dar con él pero quizás debería pensárselo dos veces antes de atragantarse: pronto el cerdo demuestra ser mucho más de lo que parece… [semispoiler] Otro cuento corto y con pausas de la primera etapa de Dick . En tono tragicómico, vuelven los temas de la incomunicación, la falsa realidad (o la falsas percepciones) y otros como la tontuna humana, la violencia y hasta el veganismo. Originalmente titulado “Beyond lies the Wub” lo encontramos traducido como “Aquí yace el Wub” y “Más allá se encuentra el Wub” – en la edición de Minotauro “Cuentos Completos Vol 1.” que os animo a acudir a comprar ya porque es muy disfrutona. Apareció recopilada en la colección “La máquina preservadora”, otra historia corta de la misma etapa que subiré el próximo día. Nota: Hice la entradilla más corta por si os aburre ya. P.K. Dick era un gran tipo, yo le adoro: mucha gente lo hace – y podrán hablaros sobre su literatura (y su vida) mejor que yo en esta introducción. Recomiendo googlear, o ir directamente aquí [http://www.caninomag.es/guia-para-principiantes-philip-k-dick/]. Todo el mundo le conoce, aunque no lo sepa, porque infinidad de películas de Hollywood se han basado en sus relatos y novelas (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, Paycheck, por ejemplo). Sus novelas son la leche – yo para empezar recomiendo Ubik, pero tiene muy distintas etapas. Durante toda su carrera, escribió también muchos cuentos. Muchos. Tenía que ganarse la vida vendiéndolos a revistas y gracias a la gran editorial Minotauro hoy podemos disfrutar de la antología completa en varios volúmenes. P.K. Dick también tuvo una vida… interesante. Muy recomendable el cómic de Crumb sobre su biografía [http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/authors/dick/Religious-Experience-of-Philip-K-Dick-by-Robert-Crumb.pdf]. Tenemos que suponer que padecía una esquizofrenia poderosa. Las personas esquizofrénicas suelen sentirse perseguidas (entre diferentes tipos de delirio), pueden sentir que se apropian de su identidad o la identidad de otros (el concepto de doppelganger), que el mundo en el que viven cambia… Todo eso se traslada a sus cuentos y casi siempre vemos personajes que son víctimas a quienes el mundo en el que viven se les da la vuelta o donde las cosas no son lo que parecen. Sus temas centrales son la identidad, la realidad. P. K. Dick era un gran filósofo Ilustración: Ilustración original para la portada de Planet Stories. Junio, 1952. /// errores de edición? Haberlos haylos >>> soymescalito@gmail.com /// Muchas gracias!! =^__^= fantasía, novela, cuentos, cuento, scifi, ciencia, ficción, literatura, audio, audiolibro, ciencia ficción, novelas, relato, relatos, voz, lectura, scifi, ficion, cyberpunk, ciberpunk, literatura, historia, historias, terror, pulp

Episode 012 of the AboutSF podcast is a recording of Robin Wayne Bailey reading the Frederik Pohl short story “Let the Ants Try,” which was first published in the November, 1949 issue of Planet Stories, and has since been included in several collections and anthologies.  Mr. Bailey is the author of numerous fantasy and science fiction works, including the bestselling DragonKin series, the Frost series, the Brothers of the Dragon series, and Mr. Bailey’s Fritz Leiber-inspired Fafhrd and the Gray Mouse novel, Swords Against the Shadowland.  In addition to his numerous publications, Mr. Bailey has also dedicated years of service to the genres of fantasy and science fiction, having served on the board of directors, and as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA).  Mr. Bailey was also instrumental in the creation of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Hall of Fame. This Frederik Pohl short story was read by Mr. Bailey as part of the festivities at the 2011 Campbell Conference.

Ben Cartwright reads the short story "The Gun" by Philip K. Dick. The story was first published in Planet Stories in September, 1952 and is available online for free at Project Gutenberg. Ben's commentary on the story and more information is available at: http://www.aboutsf.com/main/