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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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01:39:51

The Star-stealers, by Edmond Hamilton

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/31

Ran Rarak, captain of a cruiser belonging to the Federation of Stars, has been called back from duty to confront an extraordinary threat. The Dark Star, which is being tracked by the Bureau of Astronomical Knowledge, has changed course and is now veering dangerously close to the Sun. Ran Rarak must lead a fleet of ships to confront this menace. Today's story is "The Star-stealers" by Edmond Hamilton. It appeared in the February 1929 issue of "Weird Tales" on pages 149 to 168 and 279 to 288. Edmond

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38:06

One Touch of Terra, by Hannes Bok

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/29

Trixie O'Neill had had enough of the miners in Finchburg not treating her like a lady. So, she was going to go to Saturday Wells with Goreck, the Martian. What was worse was that she was taking her dandelions in their precious Terran soil with her! Well, the miners of Finchburg weren't going to stand for that... "One Touch Of Terra" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," December 1956, pages 58 - 70. Hannes Bok, a pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard (July 2, 1914 – April 11, 1964), was an American

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44:34

Answer, Please Answer, by Ben Bova

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/26

Looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets by trying to detect radio signals was a waste of time; it would take too much power to broadcast any significant distance. Light, however, was easier to project over the distances required to traverse interstellar space. And perhaps, signals from another intelligence have been detected, mistakenly interpreted as a star pulsating, its brightness changing due to some natural phenomenon. Well, it's something to do when you're stuck monitoring the

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01:50:48

Henry Goes Prehistoric, by W C Tuttle

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/24

The Sheriff of Tonto City could expect anything to come out of the night in Wild Horse Valley—even an idea... Today's story is "Henry Goes Prehistoric" by W C Tuttle. It appeared in the January 25th, 1948 issue of "Short Stories" magazine on pages 48 to 70. W C Tuttle (November 11, 1883, Montana – June 6, 1969, Los Angeles County, California) was an American writer who sold more than 1000 magazine stories and dozens of novels, almost all of which were westerns. Tuttle wrote mainly for pulp

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46:16

Die, Shadow! by Algis Budrys

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/20

David Greaves began as a hero with his ship, Defiance, crash landing on Venus, but surviving unconscious in his Crash Capsule by using an experimental gas that might offer a chance to survive. Eons later and a universe away, he became instead a god! "Die, Shadow!" appeared in the May 1963 issue of "Worlds of If Science Fiction" on pages 61 - 76. Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known

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01:22:42

The Little Black Bag, by C M Kornbluth

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/17

The normal progress of a technology produces simpler and simpler gadgets involving more and more complex fundamental laws. And, of course, requiring less and less of the user . . . "The Little Black Bag" appeared in the July 1950 issue of "Astounding Science Fiction" on pages 132 to 161. "The Little Black Bag" is a complementary story to "The Marching Morons," also by C M Kornbluth; the little black bag in question having come from the future envisioned in that story. "The Little Black Bag" won the

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32:40

The Mystery of Deneb IV, by Robert Silverberg

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/14

When is an SOS not an SOS? When it's a trap. Lieutenant Dave Carter is lured to Deneb IV while on his way to recuperate on the vacation planet of Ophiuchus VII after a reactor explosion on his previous ship. Little did he know that, due to the nature of his treatment, he is the only man in the universe equipped to combat what awaits... "The Mystery of Deneb IV" appeared in "Fantastic Science Fiction," February 1957, page 56 - 67. Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and

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51:43

Reason, by Isaac Asimov

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/10

The robot was strictly logical, reasoning, as only its perfect machine mind could, from observed facts to inevitable—if wacky—conclusion. Today's story is "Reason," by Isaac Asimov. It appeared in the April 1941 issue of "Astounding Science Fiction" on pages 33 to 45. "Reason" is part of Asimov's Robot series, and was the second of Asimov's positronic robot stories to see publication. In 1967, this short story was adapted into an episode of the British television series "Out of the Unknown"

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45:31

Jonah of the Jove Run, by Ray Bradbury

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/08

The old man could feel orbits, sense trajectories, and calculate faster than the best computators. But he couldn't be trusted when he got a drink inside him. He was, however, Captain Kroll's only hope of getting home to the colony on Jupiter... "Jonah of the Jove-Run" appeared in "Planet Stories," Spring 1948, pages 50 - 58. Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety

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01:06:59

The Towers of Titan, by Ben Bova

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/05

Across the frozen cliffs they loomed—the unbelievably ancient towers with the unimaginable engines deep inside them still pouring out their endless power. Dr. Sidney Lee, back from time away due to a breakdown, and believing the towers to represent a threat to humanity, vowed to uncover their secrets... "The Towers of Titan" appeared in the January 1962 issue of "Amazing Stories." Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing

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35:20

The Adventure Of the Cheap Flat, by Agatha Christie

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/08/03

No crime had been committed; no untoward event had occurred. But the astute Poirot saw, in the mere advertisement of a flat at too low a price, the manifestation of a curious plot. Today's story is "The Adventure Of the Cheap Flat," by Agatha Christie. It appeared in the May 1924 issue of "Blue Book Magazine" on pages 86 to 92. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14

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40:18

No Star's Land, by Joseph Samachson

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/30

A year in total isolation exploring distant galaxies is too long to spend with just one other person, even for newlyweds on their honeymoon. Wanting to get to Ganymede to start divorce proceedings, Jan and Karin get caught between two warring stars, as inconsequential as a bird roosting in the No Man's Land of the great battlefields of old Earth. "No Star's Land" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," July 1954, pages 134 - 146. Joseph Samachson (October 13, 1906 – June 2, 1980) was an American

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01:19:44

Second-hand Stonehenge, by Ernest Taves

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/27

In this century, as before, women and Stonehenge share one trait; they serve both men! Today's story is "Second-hand Stonehenge" by Ernest Taves. It appeared in the July-August 1970 issue of Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine on pages 4 to 29 and 157 to 158. Ernest Henry Taves (February 1, 1916 – August 16, 2003) was an American psychiatrist, author of three non-fiction books, two on Mormonism and one on UFOs, and several science fiction short stories. He was a scientific skeptic and was a

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32:27

The Deadly Ones, by F L Wallace

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/24

Life for their kind was becoming more difficult. So, Rathsden conceived a plan to stow away on a flying saucer and travel in secret to another planet. He was confident of surviving and finding another source of food... "The Deadly Ones" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," July 1954, pages 147 - 156. F L Wallace (February 16, 1915 – November 26, 2004), sometimes credited as Floyd Wallace, was a noted science fiction and mystery writer. Wallace spent most of his life in California as a writer and

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20:52

Anton's Last Dream, Edwin Baird

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/20

A brief tale of the dismal success of a scientist's experiment. Today's story is "Anton's Last Dream" by Edwin Baird. It appeared in the May 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 607 to 611. Edwin Baird (June 28, 1886 – September 27, 1954) was the first editor of Weird Tales, the pioneering pulp magazine that specialized in horror fiction. Baird, hired by Weird Tales publisher J. C. Henneberger, put out the magazine's premiere issue, dated March 1923. Over the course of the next year, Baird published

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45:10

Little Men of Space, by Frank Belknap Long

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/18

The children were told not to mess with the rocket while their father slept. And they didn't. They really didn't. It was the little men. The little men from space who wanted to use it to get back home. "Little Men of Space" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," June-July 1953, pages 67 to 80. Frank Belknap Long Jr. (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career

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38:56

The Lost Race, by Robert E Howard

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/15

Returning home to his native land from a secret mission to the tribes of Cornwall, Cororuc is captured by a strange people, a people out of myth and legend, with a chilling message to all Celtic Britons. "The Lost Race" appeared in "Weird Tales," January 1927, pages 74 - 82. Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and

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35:22

Boots, by Murray Leinster

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/13

In San Teodoro De Los Angeles, a gentleman was a man who wears shoes. One of the madmen who stumbled into Juan's camp had on a pair of boots... Today's story is "Boots" by Murray Leinster. It appeared in the August 15, 1929 issue of “Adventure” on pages 124 to 131. Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14

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33:16

Battleground, by Lester del Rey

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/09

The crew of the Clarion had found the remains of civilizations in decreasing states of advancement the farther they got from Earth. Had they all destroyed themselves in a kind of contagious Armageddon, or was there an advanced alien species that was destroying these civilizations as they moved through space? "Battleground" appeared in "Fantastic Universe," July 1954, on pages 33 to 43. Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author

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30:24

An Enemy of Peace, by Robert Silverberg

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/07/06

When enemies of peace threaten the System, they must be eliminated. There are many ways to do this. And if all else fails, you can always go to war with them. "An Enemy of Peace" appeared in the February 1957 issue of "Fantastic Science Fiction" on pages 86 to 98. It appeared under the pen name of Ralph Burke, as Robert Silverberg had another story published in that month's issue. Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He

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