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The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast restores and narrates forgotten and underrated vintage science fiction short stories spanning from the 1700s through the mid-1960s. Each episode features a professionally narrated classic drawn from pioneering speculative fiction and the magazine era that shaped modern science fiction. Released several times a week, the podcast explores timeless ideas—alien encounters, artificial intelligence, time travel, dystopian futures, and the human cost of progress—through stories by

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32:37

Human Is by Philip K. Dick - Philip K Dick Sci Fi...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/08/09

Her husband changed, but she’d married for better or worse… legendary science fiction author Philip K. Dick is back, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareWhat can be said about Philip K. Dick that hasn’t already been said hundreds if not

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32:09

Six Frightened Men by Robert Silverberg - Author...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/08/02

Robert Silverberg is an accomplished author, prolific, award winning, you may have noticed I said is, not was, because unlike all the authors we’ve featured so far on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast he’s still with us. Born in 1935, Silverberg has won the Hugo and Nebula awards many times, was named to the science fiction hall of fame in 1999, and in 2004 was designated as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. It’s been said that when you include introductions, reviews and editorials to

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55:44

Madmen of Mars by Erik Fennel - Science Fiction Short...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/07/26

Welcome to our new listeners in Homer Alaska, Wenatchee Washington, Mankato Minnesota, Lincoln Nebraska, Chile, Grenada, Israel, Kuala Lumpur, Thailand and the Isle of Man. Thanks for listening to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We love hearing from you, send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareYou'll find every

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37:57

Fee of the Frontier by H. B. Fyfe - Short Stories...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/07/19

Horace Browne Fyfe Jr. also known as H. B. Fyfe, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1918. He had his first sci-fi short story published in 1940 but released only one other story until 1947. Where was Fyfe and what was he doing all those years? Well, he was in the US Army serving his country during World War II.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our

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42:08

The Flight of the Eagle by Alfred Coppel - Alfred...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/07/13

It was a new and mysterious plant. It could make its own weather; it was sentient, and it prospered on Venus. ButEarth needed it desperately. And Bat Kendo, the radar-mutant, was told to bring it in…that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our

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37:58

The Last Plunge by S.J. Sackett - Science Fiction...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/07/05

We would love it if you would rate The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, leave a review wherever you can, leave comments or requests and give us a thumbs up. We appreciate your feedback, send an email with your requests or comments toscott@lostscifi.com.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareToday’s author, Samuel John Sackett wrote only 6 short sci-fi

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30:02

The Beachcomber by Damon Knight - Damon Knight Short...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/06/28

Today’s author is yet another sci-fi fan turned sci-fi writer. But unlike many sci-fi writers he was also a harsh sci-fi critic. Damon Francis Knight was born September 19th, 1922 in Baker City, Oregon. A brave soul,Knight movedacross the countryto New York City when he was 17 to livein poverty in a number of shared apartmentswith science-fiction fans, writers and editors. He was a member of the Futurians along with CM Kornbluth, Frederic Pohl and others.Support the show -

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47:00

Paradise Planet by Richard S. Shaver - Richard S....

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/06/21

When you think of science fiction the word controversy doesn’t normally come to mind, but today’s author stirred up more than his share of controversy in the 1940s.Born Richard Sharpe Shaver in Berwick Pennsylvania in 1907 he claimed to have worked in a factory in 1932 when a welding gun, ‘by some freak of its coil's field atunements’ was allowing him to hear the thoughts of the men working around him. If that’s not weird enough he also said he telepathically received record of a torture session

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35:58

The Old Martians by Rog Phillips - Rog Phillips Short...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/06/14

How does aplumber, construction worker, carpenter, power plant engineer, shipyard welder and longshoreman become a science fiction writer? Rog Phillips seems like the kind of guy you’d want to sit down and have a beer with, a hard-working blue-collar guy. Born in 1909 in Spokane Washington,Roger Phillip Graham wasn’t only a man with many different jobs, he was also a man of many names. In fact, Phillips had morepseudonyms than any sci-fi writer that we’ve discovered so far. Twenty of them!Support

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37:05

Let The Ants Try by Frederik Pohl - Frederik Pohl...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/06/07

Thank you for listening toThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast and thanks for your reviews and ratings. Special thanks to our new listeners in The Canary Islands, Iceland, Finland, South Africa,the Czech Republic and New Zealand. If we haven’t mentioned your city, state or country send an email toscott@lostscifi.com and please let us know where you’re from.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our

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37:09

Morgue Ship by Ray Bradbury - Ray Bradbury Short Story

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/05/31

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast continues to grow all over the world and we have you to thank for that. In the last few weeks we’ve added new listeners in Germany, Greece, Spain, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and in the US, Mesa, Phoenix, Midland Texas, Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama and the big island of Hawaii. There are many more. Wow! Thanks for listening and sharing the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch -

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37:27

Stop, You're Killing Me! By Damon Knight - Time...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/05/24

Today’s episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast features another short science fiction story from an author we’ve heard from before, but if you’re scouring past episodes for Darius John Granger you won’t find him.Darius John Granger was actually a pen name for Stephen Marlowe which was also a pen name for Brooklyn New York born Milton Lesser. You’ll find his story Pariah in Episode 11.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our

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44:50

Task of Kayin by William Morrison - William Morrison...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/05/17

Today’s episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast features another short science fiction story from one of our favorite authors, William Morrison, whose real name wasJoseph Samachson.Two of Morrison’s stories can be heard in episode 13, Unwelcomed Visitor and Spoken For.Welcome to our new listeners in Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Denmark, India, Madagascar, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the US. We appreciate you, and your comments and suggestions, and we’d love to hear from you. Send us an email

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43:34

Sales Pitch by Philip K. Dick - Author Philip K Dick...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/05/10

We’ve got new listeners around the globe in New Zealand, Portugal, Hungary, Poland the US, Canada and many other places around the world. Thank you for listening and for sharing The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareToday we once again hear the words from one of the greats in science fiction. A man whose work wasn’t

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1:00:17

WANTED: One Sane Man by Frank M. Robinson - Author...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/05/03

Do you remember the 1974 Hollywood blockbuster, The Towering Inferno? The movie starred Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner and Richard Chamberlain. So what does that have to do with the author of our lost sci-fi short story?Well, after writing sci-fi for more than two decades Frank M. Robinson switched gears and started writing disaster novels with a partner. And one of those novels “The Glass Inferno” was used to

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50:46

Three Spacemen Left To Die! by Russ Winterbotham and...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/04/26

Our first authorRussell Robert Winterbothamwas born onAugust 1st, 1904in Salina, Kansas, population 6,000 or so when he was born.He began writing short fiction in 1935 and continued until 1958 with a short break from the mid 40s to the early 50s. In all he wrote almost 60 short stories that were published inIf Worlds of Science Fiction, Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy, Planet Stories and others.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch -

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46:47

Unwelcomed Visitor and Spoken For by William Morrison...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/04/19

We’ve got two short science fiction stories for you today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with at least one lost sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareWe’ve already narrated 5 sci-fi stories written by William Morrison and many more are on the way. We had no idea that William Morrison was born Joseph Samachsonon

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39:16

Export Commodity By Irving Cox Jr. - Irving Cox Jr...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/04/12

Very often we find it hard to learn much about the authors on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. In many cases they had a short career and disappeared as quickly as they appeared as if they were abducted by aliens never to be seen again.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our newsletterhttps://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareThe author of today’s story wrote 54 short sci-fi stories from 1951 to 1965,

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41:10

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick and Pariah by...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/04/05

He was sure he had discovered an incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another planet. He didn’t know what to do! He tried to warn the government before things got out of hand. And, Harry spent three years in space waitingto get home to Earth—and his family. They werewaiting for him too—that is, for his corpse...Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our

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45:30

Zurk by Richard O. Lewis - Richard O. Lewis Short...

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories ·

2022/03/29

A thousand colonists were headed for Mars but they didn't make it. They crash landed on this moon of Jupiter’s. They were trying to contact the earth, trying to survive. Evil creatures from the land of darkness on the other side of the moon are coming for his daughter. Will he save her from a fate worse than death with his huge part-human war-machine? That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for

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