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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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01:08:11

If The Sun Died, by R F Starzl

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/31

The human race has deteriorated, and will die when the machines that have kept them alive in Subterannea for tens of millennia after the supposed death of the Sun eventually stop working. But there are those who believe that the Sun did not die, and the survival of humanity depends on it once again venturing Outside. "If the Sun Died" appeared in "Astounding Stories," August 1931, pages 198 - 213. Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976) was an American writer. He, and earlier, his father (John V

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38:40

Deadly Decoy, by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/28

Agent Cameron had the unenviable task of protecting the Galactic Capitol building from the Damakoi, fanatical beings 70 percent of whom hated the Galactic Federation and all it stood for. And now he had one of the Damakoi in front of him, warning him of a plot by another Damakoi to deploy a Theta Bomb inside the Capitol building. But, knowing the Damakoi well, he wasn't taking any chances. "Deadly Decoy" appeared in "Amazing Stories," February 1957, pages 48 - 65. Robert Silverberg (born January

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34:25

An Eye for the Ladies, by Stephen Marlowe

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/26

You're a detective and you have an assignment to find a client's wife. This good-time gal has found herself a nicer body and is masquerading as some other fellow's wife. So how can you find her? Simple. You get into one male body after another and become a different girl's husband each night. And you're determined to find her even if you have to be every woman's husband to do it! Today's story is "An Eye for the Ladies" by Stephen Marlowe. It appeared in the October 1956 issue of Fantastic magazine

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35:34

Rocket Summer, by Ray Bradbury

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/22

The Rocket was ready to take the first intrepid pioneers to the Moon. But the world's excitement turned to hate when William Stanley, president of the company that had built the Rocket, canceled the flight. The time wasn't right, he said. But the public wanted their Rocket to fly, and they were prepared to kill to make it happen. "Rocket Summer" appeared in "Planet Stories," Spring 1947, pages 44 - 51. Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter

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36:03

The Man who Knew Everything, by Randall Garrett

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/19

Pst! This is top secret. Don't let it get around, but we've got the Russians right where we want them. They haven't got a secret left to their name. We know every detail. You see, the Russians were pretty sure their inner circle was leakproof, that no one could penetrate their vaults. But they reckoned without-- Today's story is "The Man who Knew Everything," by Randall Garrett. It appeared in the October 1956 issue of "Fantastic" on pages 46 to 59. Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett (December

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48:17

Blow the Man Down, by Charles L Fontenay

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/16

Albrekt Verbrug was confident in his ability to hijack the Mars-Titan freighter 'By Jove,' and deliver its cargo of lithium and other materials to his comrades in the Flanjo military. But the crew of the 'By Jove' were experienced spacemen and Albrekt was not. "Blow the Man Down" appeared in "Worlds of If Science Fiction," March 1955, pages 92 to 107. Charles Louis Fontenay (March 17, 1917 – January 27, 2007) was an American journalist and science fiction writer. He wrote science fiction novels and

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39:51

Clicking Red Heels, by Paul Ernst

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/12

Nobody knew that Gruin had killed his sweetheart, but her little red heels tapped a march of death wherever he went, driving him to a desperate resolve. Today's story is Clicking Red Heels, by Paul Ernst. It appeared in the June 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 668 to 677. Paul Frederick Ernst (November 7, 1899, Akron, Ohio – September 21, 1985, Pinellas County, Florida) was an American pulp fiction writer. He is best known as the writer of the original 24 "Avenger" novels, published by Street &

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28:53

Go to Sleep, My Darling, by Winston K Marks

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/10

Bertrand Baxter was a man's man living in a household of women, most of whom baffled him. But, when he discovered a unique connection to his youngest daughter, who was still a baby, he devised a plan to understand women better. "Go To Sleep, My Darling" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction," November 1958, page 99 - 109. Winston Kinney Marks (1915-1979) was an American author of Science Fiction short stories who also wrote as Win Marks and used the pseudonyms Win Kinney and Ken Winney, each for

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36:11

The Survivors, by T D Hamm

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/07

Step by grueling step the four of them slogged their way toward a tenuous safety. It was a magnificent display of their will for survival. The only question was, whose survival? "The Survivors" appeared in "Amazing Stories," August 1961. T. D. Hamm (real name Thelma Hamm Evans, 1905 – 1995) was a science fiction writer with stories published in If, Tomorrow's Universe, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and several others. Links Reaper: reaper.fm LibSyn: libsyn.com "Mesmerizing Galaxy"

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23:45

Vallisneria Madness, by Ralph Milne Farley

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/05

A strange and curious little story, about the moonlight mating of flowers. Today's story is "Vallisneria Madness", by Ralph Milne Farley. It appeared in the May 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 612 to 616. Ralph Milne Farley was the pen name of the science fiction writing collaboration between Roger Sherman Hoar, state senator and assistant Attorney General for Massachusetts, and his daughter Caroline Prescott Hoar. Vallisneria is a genus of submerged freshwater aquatic plant, commonly called

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21:47

Out of the Sub-Universe, By R F Starzl

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/10/01

Professor Halley had perfected his machine for shrinking objects to sub-atomic size, and his trusty assistant, Hale McLaren was ready to make the journey into the sub-atomic universe. His daughter, Shirley, who loved Hale, was also determined to go, and Halley reluctantly agreed. The plan was to bring them back in half an hour, but Halley had made one vital miscalculation... "Out of the Sub-universe" appeared in "Amazing Stories Quarterly," Summer 1928, pages 378 - 381. Roman Frederick Starzl

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51:00

Down to Earth, by Harry Harrison

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/28

Whatever goes up must come down. Including moon rockets. But there's no law saying what they must come down to. Today's story is "Down to Earth" by Harry Harrison. It appeared in the November 1963 issue of Amazing Stories on pages 53 to 71. Harry Max Harrison (March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012) was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent

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49:12

The Planet of Dread, by R F Starzl

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/25

A blunder by a stock clerk meant that Mark Forepaugh and his servant, Gunga, were stranded on Inra without power until the relief ship arrived. But they couldn't stay in an unpowered trading station; they had to venture out and get to the Mountains of Perdition where they had a better chance of being rescued. That trip, however, necessitated a trip through the hostile jungle of Inra... "The Planet of Dread" appeared in "Astounding Stories of Super-Science," August 1930, pages 147 - 157. Roman

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29:38

The Marsdon Manor Tragedy, by Agatha Christie

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/21

When is a suicide not a suicide? When there is an aging husband concerned about his health, a beautiful young wife, and a large life insurance policy. Hercule Poirot is called in by the insurance company to investigate. Today's story is "The Marsdon Manor Tragedy," by Agatha Christie. It appeared in the March 1924 issue of "The Blue Book Magazine" on pages 121 to 126. "The Marsdon Manor Tragedy" first appeared in "The Sketch" in 1923 in the UK. In 1924 it appeared in the short story collection

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47:50

Outside Saturn, By Robert E Gilbert

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/19

Vincenzo and Aziz had a plan to steal one of the ice-sweepers orbiting Saturn and use it as their pirate base. Henry, for whom this was his first job, was 'volunteered' to be stranded in space in the path of the ice-sweeper and be 'rescued' and gain access to the ship. But when Ranjit saved Henry's life, he started having second thoughts. And then, Joachim and the beautiful Morna came aboard. "Outside Saturn" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction," January 1958, pages 104 - 123. Robert E Gilbert

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24:19

Fire of Retribution, by Laurence Donovan

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/16

For a man who never flew before to step from an airplane into space thousands of feet above the earth--that takes nerve! Yet old Beth knew that was the only slim chance for his fire-trapped logging crew. "Fire of Retribution" appeared in "Argosy All-Story Weekly," October 20, 1928, pages 712 - 717. Lawrence Louis Donovan (July 1885 – March 11, 1948) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote nine 'Doc Savage' novels under the pseudonym "Kenneth Robeson",' a pen name that was used by other

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01:33:01

The Machine Stops, by E M Forster

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/14

"The Machine," they exclaimed, "feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we have our being. The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the Machine is omnipotent, eternal; blessed is the Machine." Today's story is "The Machine Stops," by E M Forster. It appeared in the November 1909 issue of "The Oxford and Cambridge Review." After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the

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35:03

All You Zombies, by Robert A Heinlein

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/10

I was there to recruit the Unmarried Mother. But first I had to gain his confidence by allowing him to 'settle' with the one who'd gotten him pregnant when he was a woman, and had ruined his chances of joining the Space Corps. I trusted that he wouldn't kill him. That would be problematic... "All You Zombies" appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction," March 1959, pages 5 - 15. Robert Anson Heinlien (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical

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54:25

The Black Kiss, by Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/07

They rise in green robes roaring from the green hells of the sea, Where fallen skies and evil hues and eyeless creatures be. — Chesterton: Lepanto. Today's story is The Black Kiss, by Robert Bloch & Henry Kuttner. It appeared in the June 1937 issue of Weird Tales on pages 678 to 690. Although Robert Bloch is credited, "The Black Kiss" was written entirely by Henry Kuttner. Robert Albert Bloch (April 5, 1917, Chicago, Illinois – September 23, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was an American fiction

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31:34

The Men Return, by Jack Vance

Golden Age Fiction ·

2025/09/04

The Relict, Finn, retained a few tattered recollections of Old Earth, ruled by the laws of cause and effect, which enabled the environment to be subject to the dominion of man. The Organisms survived because they were mad, the Relicts because they were the most strongly charged with cause and effect, which was enough to allow control of their metabolisms, but no further... "The Men Return" appeared in "Infinity Science Fiction," July 1957, pages 56 - 65. John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May

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