Science Fiction
The Mysterious Island - Shipwrecked in the Air
Read by Piotr Nater
Jules Verne
In the final months of the American Civil War five Northerners find themselves trapped in the Southern capital of Richmond. They conceive of…
Preferred Risk
Read by Nick Bulka
Frederik Pohl
The Company insures you against everything. Everything except war, that is. But they've put an end to wars (or so they claim). The Compan…
Out of the Iron Womb!
Read by Paul Harvey
Poul William Anderson
Behind a pale Venusian mask lay hidden the arch-humanist, the anti-tech killer ... one of those who needlessly had strewn Malone blood acros…
Astounding Stories 20, August 1931
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Captain S. P. Meek
This issue containsTHE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by Ralph Milne FarleyMarooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at t…
The War of the Worlds (Version 5)
Read by Cliff Stone
H. G. Wells
An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying race of Martians who devastate the Earth and f…
MindWebs - Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Various
An excellent reading of H. P. Lovecraft's short story, Beyond the Wall of Sleep.
The Secret Beneath the Ice
Read by Andrew M. Crusoe
Andrew M. Crusoe
When a thoughtship and its pilot finally reach Avani, the shimmering gem of the western spiral arm, they barely have a chance to marvel at i…
The British Barbarians
Read by Ruth Golding
Grant Allen
After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and …
Queen Of The Martian Catacombs
Read by Phil Chenevert
Leigh Douglass Brackett
This is the very first story with the Conan-like barbarian hero, Eric John Stark. There were more written by Brackett and all just as exciti…
The Thing in the Attic (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
James B. Blish
"Honath and his fellow arch-doubters did not believe in the Giants, and for this they were cast into Hell. And when survival depended u…
The Blue Star
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Fletcher Pratt
The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in…
The Master Mind of Mars (Version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
Edgar Rice Burroughs
World War I infantry captain Ulysses Paxton is transported to Barsoom, where he encounters evil scientist Ras Thavas and his diabolical brai…
Sparkling Death
Read by Mark Butler
Mark Butler
Mankind has conquered the stars, spreading out to populate the galaxy. Despite technological advancements the human desire for greed and pro…
Badge Of Infamy
Read by Lester Del Rey
Lester Del Rey
Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, s…
Tools and Means
Read by John Mierau
John Mierau
Meet Tom Brogan. An ordinary guy. With a sister in a coma. Seeing visions of a mass murderer. Becoming one himself. Tom knows the voices in …
Anchorite
Read by Phil Chenevert
Randall Garrett
Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards patern…
Badge of Infamy (version 2)
Read by Thomas Rose
Lester Del Rey
Set in the early 22nd century: Dr. Daniel Feldman, stripped of rank and status and named pariah for violating Medical Lobby rules, stows aw…
Gold In The Sky
Read by KirksVoice
Alan E. Nourse
Discover the betrayal, murder, fortunes made and lost by miners in Mars's asteroid belt. - Summary by kirk202
But, I Don't Think
Read by Phil Chenevert
Randall Garrett
The title is obscure and a bit unsettling I admit; what could it possible mean? Randall Garrett wrote a story here that had me blissfully …