LibriVox recording of LibriVox Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 045 by Various Authors.
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

The following stories are included in this collection:
01 The Beginning by Harry Hasse
02 The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
03 Blessed are the meek G.C. Edmondson (1922-1995)
04 Control Group by Roger Dee (1914-2004)
05 Disqualified by Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007)
06 Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown (1906-1972)
07 The Heist on Thizar by Randall Garrett (1927-1987)
08 The Lonely Ones by Edward W. Ludwig (1920-1990)
09 The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahey
10 Missing Link by Frank Patrick Herbert (1920-1986)
11 Moon Glow by G. L. Vandenburg
12 Next Door, Next World by Robert Donald Locke
13 Prelude toSpace by Robert W. Haseltine
14 Spies Die Hard! by Arnold Marmor
15 The Sword and the Atopen by Taylor H. Greenfield
16 The Wall of Death by Victor Rousseau (1879-1960)
17 We didn't do anything wrong, hardly Roger Kuykendall
18 Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby (1923-1998)
19 Wizard by Larry M. Harris (1933-2002)
20 Zen by Jerome Bixby (1923-1998)

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