Phil Chenevert
The Lost King of Oz
"Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land of Oz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story…
The Skylark of Space (version 2)
The Skylark of Space by E. E. “Doc” Smith invites listeners into a groundbreaking adventure of interstellar travel, marking a pivotal moment…
3 Science Fiction Stories by Frank Herbert
As the title indicates, here are three SF stories by Frank Herbert, Missing LInk, originaly purlished in Astounding SF, 1959; Operation Hays…
Gods of the North
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is, arguably the earliest chronological story by Robert E. Howard in terms of Conan's life. The brief…
Apology of Socrates (version 2)
The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC[2] against the charges of "corrupting t…
4 SF stories by C. M. Kornbluth
Four nifty Science Fiction stories by the great C. M. Kornbluth. The Adventurer - The Altar at Midnight - With These Hands and The Marching…
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
The Cowardly Lion, always fearful, has become even more afraid than usual and is convinced that he has lost the courage the Wizard of OZ gav…
The Adventure of the Red Circle
Sherlock Holmes uses his amazing brain to unravel another strange occurrence. A mysterious lodger in his own building who remains locked awa…
The Red Headed League
"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It firs…
4 SF Stories by Mack Reynolds
4 Science Fiction Stories by the quirky Mack Reynolds from the golden age of SF, the 1950s - Summary by phil chenevert
The Defenders
The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. …
Bible (KJV) NT 27: Revelation (Version 2)
The Book of Revelation, often known simply as Revelation or the Apocalypse, is the final book of the New Testament and occupies a central pl…
Just So Stories (version 5)
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
Salvage in Space
This is an SF tale of excitement, danger, derring-do and strangely enough, love. A lonely and very poor asteroid miner, slowly collecting …
The Grandfathers' War
Another twisty tale from Murray Leinster about that busy little Med Ship fixing problems throughout the universe. In this case, the med serv…
A Thousand Degrees Below Zero
The War to End All Wars has ended and the world has taken a deep breath and is trying to recover normal life in 1919. But a super Villan in…
Wet Magic
A book about children who find magic in every day life .. and discover that mermen and mermaids actually have a whole underwater kingdom wit…
Kabumpo in Oz (version 2)
An elephant in Oz? You bet! The tiny kingdom of Pumperdink has what no neighboring kingdom has: an Elegant Elephant in court, and his name i…
The Variable Man (Version 2)
Philip K. Dick wrote some great Science Fiction and here is an example. Published in 1953, in Space Science Fiction, t his story explores a…
Mowgli: All of the Mowgli Stories from the Jungle Books
In the Jungle Books, Kipling tells 9 wonderful and exciting tales about Mowgli, the human baby raised by a pack of wolves in the jungles of …