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Golden Age Fiction

Paul Lawley-Jones

Stories from the "Golden Age of Pulp Fiction." The "Golden Age of Pulp Fiction" is generally considered to be from the last decade of the 1800s to the mid-1900s, when magazines published on cheap pulp paper filled (mostly American) news-stands. Notable examples of these pulp fiction magazines include Argosy, Blue Book Magazine, Adventure, Detective Story Magazine, Weird Tales, and Astounding Stories. If you have a story that you"d like me to perform, please let me know using the email address

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01:06:56

The Repairman, Navy Day & Toy Shop, by Harry Harrison

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/02/03

The Repairman A Mark III beacon, one of the earliest beacons deployed, possibly even the first, had broken down, and he had to go and fix it. Trouble was, there was a religious war going on around it. Time to get creative with the rules surrounding interactions with native species... "The Repairman" appeared in "Galaxy Science Fiction" February 1958, pages 60 - 73. Navy Day The U.S. Army was calling for the abolition of the anachronistic U.S. Navy, and they had a strong case to make. The U.S

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41:34

Beyond our Control, by Randall Garrett

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/31

Satellite Number Four had been knocked out of its orbit, disrupting communications around the world. James Fitzpatrick MacIlheny, "Mac" to his colleagues and "Fitz" to his friends, the Operational Vice-President of Circum-Global Communications had to get Number Four back into its correct orbit, and fast! However, what they found when they sent up the repair drone was beyond what anyone could have imagined... "Beyond Our Control" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction," January 1958, pages 68 - 85.

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01:03:37

The Hunter's Lodge Case & The Plymouth Express...

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/29

The Hunter's Lodge Case Even from his sick-bed, Hercule Poirot's famous "little gray cells" solve an apparently unsolvable murder mystery. "The Hunter's Lodge Case" appeared in "The Blue Book Magazine," June 1924, pages 54 - 59. The Plymouth Express Affair The murder of an American steel magnate's daughter on a train from Plymouth to Bristol. A box of jewels worth over $100,000 stolen. A mysterious stranger, an estranged husband, and a playboy Count. Hercule Poirot's 'little gray cells' are put to

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37:55

Mr Lonliness, A Kiss for the Conqueror, & My Robot,...

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/27

Mr Lonliness It is lonely out there in space. Very, very lonely! A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice. So visitors have to be sent out somehow—by some means. "Mr Lonliness" appeared in "Super-Science Fiction," February 1957, pages 40 - 45. A Kiss for the Conqueror There is always a disparity of power between the conquered and the conqueror, a desire to exercise that power, to exert control, to exact revenge, in whatever small way one can. "A Kiss for the Conqueror" appeared in

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51:09

Blind Play & The Statistomat Pitch, by Chandler Davis

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/25

Blind Play Nick Pappas, hired-killer from Callisto, was strictly out for Pappas--out for Number One, as they used to say. And now those fools in the vanishing spaceship thought that number was up! "Blind Play" appeared in "Planet Stories," May 1951, pages 24 - 31. The Statistomat Pitch The Statistomat was no different from General Computer's Incomac when growing one's investments. So how could a new and small company compete with one of the largest and most well-funded companies in the country? Jed

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44:51

The Man Who Could Work Miracles, by H G Wells

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/23

Mr. Fotheringay was a sceptic. He didn't believe in miracles, and he was going to prove it to Mr. Beamish, only... "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" appeared in "Tales of Space and Time," Harper & Brothers, London and New York, 1900, pages 325 - 358. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He wrote more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire,

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46:20

How Deep the Grooves & The Wounded, by Philip José...

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/21

How Deep the Grooves Dr. James Carroad was prepared to experiment on his own unborn son to demonstrate that he could condition unquestioning loyalty in potential citizens, removing certain freedoms. However, Nature, or God, or the universe, had beaten him by a long way.... "How Deep the Grooves" appeared in "Amazing Stories," February 1963, pages 106 - 117. The Wounded No one was supposed to be able to recognize him. But those damned polaroid glasses they give you at the 3D movies... "The Wounded"

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41:57

The Untouchable Adolescents, by Harlan Ellison

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/19

The aliens wouldn't accept help, though their world was about to explode. They were adolescents. Adolescence is the time when you aren't smart enough to ask for help.... "The Untouchable Adolescents" appeared in the February 1957 issue of "Super-Science Fiction" on pages 68 - 86. It was published under the pen name of "Ellis Hart", which Ellison used when publishing short stories. Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work

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49:23

Stopover Planet & The Space Between, by Robert E Gilbert

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/18

Early morning deliveries were part of the Honeychile Bakery Service. But on this particular morning the bakery was collecting, not delivering! "Stopover Planet" appeared in "Imagination," August 1953, pages 132 - 140. Jak and Drusilla were on their way back to Earth, to the Wollongong Obstetric Hospital to be precise, for Drusilla had developed an acute case of pregnancy, when they were waylaid by ... pirates!? "The Space Between" appeared in "Planet Stories," Spring 1955, pages 60 - 66. Robert E

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01:03:53

The Diamond Lens, by Fitz-James O'Brien

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/16

What was he prepared to do to pursue his life's ambition become the foremost microscopist? It turned out, almost anything. But what he discovered was to change, and ruin, his life. "The Diamond Lens" appeared first in "Atlantic Monthly," January 1858, pages 354 - 367, and later in "Amazing Stories," October 1933, pages 600 - 615. Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; 25 October 1826 – 6 April 1862) was an Irish-American Civil War soldier, writer, and poet often cited as an early

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37:43

Infiltration, by Algis Budrys & And Miles To Go...

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/14

Infiltration Werewolves don't necessarily conform to all the superstitions people have. They may even know fear... "Infiltration" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction" October 1958, pages 114 - 123. Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John A. Sentry, William Scarff, and Paul Janvier. He is best known for

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19:23

All Cats are Gray, by Andre Norton

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/12

Steena was background stuff, never out of her baggy shapeless gray space-alls, with the gray personality of the machines she minded. Her only companion was a gray cat called Bat. So when she told Cliff Moran, a down-on-his-luck spacer, that it was time to seek out the famed "Empress of Mars" and bring it into port, he had no choice but to take her seriously. Little did he know that he'd have two extra passengers, nor that this trip would change his life... "All Cats are Gray" appeared in "Fantastic

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25:15

The Missing Will, by Agatha Christie

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/10

Violet Marsh's uncle had written two wills—one public, one hidden—and challenged his niece, and his sole heir, to pit her educated wits against his uneducated wits and find the hidden will. Knowing that she was outmatched, Violet contacted an expert in solving riddles... "The Missing Will" appeared in "Blue Book Magazine," January 1925, pages 146 - 150. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66

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01:59:34

The Boomerang Circuit, by Murray Leinster

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/08

Ades has vanished! And kings, emperors and despots are annexing the planets Kim Rendell, matter-transmitter technician, inter-galactic criminal, and space explorer, and Dona, his wife and ship-mate, freed from the Sinab Empire. In his ship, the Starshine, Kim must investigate what has happened to Ades, and then devise a plan to free those planets from further tyranny... "The Boomerang Circuit" first appeared in "Thrilling Wonder Stories," June 1947, pages 11 - 37. It was later published as the third

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01:45:55

The Manless Worlds, by Murray Leinster

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/07

The planet Sinab II has altered the fighting-beams to kill only men, and they're spreading across the First Galaxy by wiping out all the men on a planet, waiting until the women are desperate, and then re-colonizing it with their own men, creating the first Galactic Empire. The planet Ades is in line to be colonized and become part of the Sinab Empire. But Kim Rendell, matter-transmitter technician and inter-galactic criminal, has a plan to stop them... "The Manless Worlds" first appeared in

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01:40:28

The Disciplinary Circuit, by Murray Leinster

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/06

Kim Rendell, matter-transmitter technician, has defied the government of Alphin III by nullifying the Disciplinary Circuit, the system used to keep the planet's citizens under control in a condition of virtual slavery. He is given a choice, stay on the planet as a blocked man with no access to any facilities the planet provides and suffering daily the increasing pain of the Disciplinary Circuit, or exile. Kim chooses a third option... "The Disciplinary Circuit" first appeared in "Thrilling Wonder

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25:02

The Eyes Have It & Beyond the Door, by Philip K Dick

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/04

A little whimsy, now and then, makes for good balance. You could find this type of humor anywhere, but only a topflight science-fictionist could have written this story, in just this way... "The Eyes Have It" appeared in "Science Fiction Stories," 1953, pages 128 - 130. Did you ever wonder at the lonely life the bird in a cuckoo clock has to lead—that it might possibly love and hate just as easily as a real animal of flesh and blood? Larry Thomas bought a cuckoo clock for his wife—without knowing

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42:32

A Little Journey & Zero Hour, by Ray Bradbury

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/01/01

Mrs. Bellowes, along with a lot of other older women, had paid good money to stay at Mr. Thirkell's Restorium and eventually on to the greatest adventure life could offer. But after yet another delay, she just had to take matters into her own hands... "A Little Journey" appeared in "Galaxy Science Fiction," August 1951, pages 152 - 158. The new game the children are playing is going to be the best game ever! It's called 'Invasion!' and their new friend, Drill, is helping them prepare for Zero Hour,

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35:30

The Hanging Stranger, by Philip K Dick

Golden Age Fiction ·

2024/12/29

Ed Loyce was a practical man. He liked to fix things himself. And if he couldn't fix it himself, he'd call someone. When he saw what was hanging in the town square, and no one doing anything about it, he had to go and investigate... "The Hanging Stranger" appeared in "Science Fiction Adventures" magazine, December 1953, pages 122 - 136. Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories. His fiction explored

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43:01

The Way Out, by Richard Rein Smith

Golden Age Fiction ·

2024/12/26

How do you kill a man without killing him? This was the problem Colonel Donovan had to solve if Earth was to win the war against Antares. Suicide was not an option; the killing of one's own soldiers was just wrong. But a way had to be found to prevent captured soldiers from divulging information about the disposition of Earth's forces. "The Way Out" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction," June 1958, pages 110 - 125. Richard Rein Smith (November 28 1930 – ) is an American science fiction writer,

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