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The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We are live on YouTube tonight at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central. Henry Slesar makes his debut on the podcast today. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Slesar launched his 21 year career as a copywriter at the age of 17, right out of high school at the prestigious advertising agency Young and Rubicam. Some say Slesar coined the term “coffee break”. Slesar experienced a lot of success in his lifetime. He wrote hundreds of short stories, over 40 in 1957 alone. Alfred Hitchcock hired him to write for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1974, he won an Emmy Award as the head writer for CBS Daytime's The Edge of Night where he was the head writer for 16 years. From the pages of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in October 1956, specifically page 37, comes the strange story we’ve all been waiting for, A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

Philip K Dick Sci Fi Audiobook Full Length If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our weekly newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Author Philip K. Dick needs no introduction. From the second issue of Science Fiction Stories Magazine in 1954 turn to page 69 for, The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith, 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/scottsV If you were planning on getting a Lost Sci-Fi t shirt, hoodie or any of our merch the 15% off coupon expires soon. There’s a link in the description. Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ If you’re a Spotify Premium listener in the UK or Australia you’re gonna love this and it’s a no cost for you way to support the podcast. If you are a Spotify Premium listener in the UK and Australia you can listen to 15 hours of audiobooks for free. Spotify says it will be available for US Premium listeners soon. You will find a list of some of our audiobooks in the description to make it easier for you to find our vintage sci-fi on Spotify. Philip K. Dick Short Stories 10 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 2 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 3 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 4 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 5 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 6 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 7 12 hours Vintage Sci-Fi 8 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 2 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 3 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 4 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 5 12 hours 1950s Science Fiction 6 12 hours 1940s Science Fiction 12 hours Sci-Fi Wars 7 hours Sci-Fi Robots 5 hours Sci-Fi Asteroids 5 hours Sci-Fi Killers 7 hours Apocalyptic Sci-Fi 5 hours Today’s story can be found in the August 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. Turn to page 55 for, Rat Race by George O. Smith… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discover asteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1940sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discover asteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We’re going live again on YouTube this Thursday October 19th at 8 PM in New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. And 7 PM in Dallas. Hope you can join us. There’s a link in the description. https://youtube.com/vintagescifiaudiobooks Ross Rocklynne made his debut on the podcast 6 months ago with “Distress Signal”. He’s back today with an unusual story about chickens in space. We’ll find our story in the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 34 for, Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ More great reviews from Spotify, Travis had this to say, “This podcast has become my very favorite, I listen to it every day and look forward to each episode, the narrator is relaxing and one of the best I have ever heard, I cannot wait to hear more!” Thank you, Travis! Commenting on the Harry Harrison story, The Misplaced Battleship, Tony Wade says, “Interesting story. Top-notch production. A truly great podcast by any measure. The best sci-fi podcast around. Have you done “Nightfall” by Asimov?” Thanks for the awesome review, Tony. Unfortunately, Nightfall by Isaac Asimov is still under copyright which means we can’t record it; however, you will be happy to know that we have more Isaac Asimov stories on the way. And a little-known fascinating fact about Asimov, when he was a teenager, he idolized author Jack Williamson who we featured yesterday with his story The Cosmic Express. Asimov was thrilled to receive a postcard from Williamson, which congratulated him on his first published story and offered these words "welcome to the ranks". How cool is that? Our story can be found in Amazing Stories in June 1961 on page 36, Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Almost everyone had a bomb shelter. You had to have one, in fact, you needed the latest model because the Russians were always developing new weapons that could penetrate the old bomb shelters. Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Thank you for your support of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. We’re adding new listeners around the world every week, we’ve now got 101 ratings on Spotify, with an average rating of 4.9, and Geoff didn’t just buy us a coffee yesterday he bought $25 worth of coffee! There’s a link in the description if you’d like to buy us a coffee. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Philip K. Dick is the most popular author on our podcast. Today we present a story that could have happened during the cold war. From the pages of Star Science Fiction Stories number 3 in 1955, Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick… In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Trying to connect hillbilly Bud Gregory with the atomic dust destroying America was like joining simple math and nuclear physics, but Dr. Murfree found the answer! The Gregory Circle by Murray Leinster. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Frank M. Robinson Sci-Fi Audiobooks Werewolves are supposed to haunt lonely, back-country roads. That seems a little silly, when you consider that most beasts of prey go where the game is thickest. Now at night, in the larger cities… The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We’re up to 98 ratings on Spotify with an average of 4.9 and an average of 5 stars on Apple Podcasts with 144 ratings. Thank you for everything you do to support The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Author Frank M. Robinson has been on the podcast once with an intriguing story about the first man to travel the Moon and back, in Wanted: One Sane Man. Today’s story can be found in the very first issue of Fantasy Fiction Magazine in February 1953. There were only 4 issues of the magazine before it went out of business, all of them in 1953. Turn to page 117 for The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we wrap up a story a day in October with the oldest story we’ve ever narrated, by far, from 1833, 190 years ago. Would you choose to live forever if you could? What would it be like to outlive all your friends and family, including your spouse? The Mortal Immortal written by Mary Shelley. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

Would you choose to live forever if you could? What would it be like to outlive all your friends and family, including your spouse? The Mortal Immortal written by Mary Shelley, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We have come to the end of a story a day and the month of October. Starting Thursday, we will publish three stories a week with releases every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Philip K. Dick returns to the podcast in two days. Now for the oldest story we have ever narrated and the author who many believe wrote the first true work of science fiction. Mary Shelley was born in London in 1797. She did not have an easy life. Her mother died 11 days after giving birth to her. Her father remarried but she and Mary didn’t get along. IN 1814 Mary began a romance with one of her father’s political followers, Percy Shelley, even though he was already married. She and Perry faced ostracism, constant debt and the death of their prematurely born daughter. Mary Shelley is best known for her novel Frankenstein which was originally released anonymously on the first of January 1818. Why was it published anonymously? Because she was afraid that the nature of the subject matter would cause such an outrage if written by a woman that she would lose her children. At the time it would have been very shocking for a woman to write a novel about murder and horror. In addition to several novels Shelley wrote more than 20 short stories. This is the first, but will not be the last time you will hear one of her stories on our podcast. First published in The Keepsake, The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley… In two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Almost everyone had a bomb shelter. You had to have one, in fact, you needed the latest model because the Russians were always developing new weapons that could penetrate the old bomb shelters. Foster You're Dead by Philip K. Dick. That’s in two days on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1800sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

He was told the brightly colored red room in Lorraine Castle was haunted. Despite vague warnings from the three custodians who reside in the castle, he is not a believer in such things and ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil. The Red Room by H. G. Wells, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share This is our third story by H. G. Wells on the Podcast joining The Plattner Story and The Door in the Wall, and it will not be his last. Our story first appeared in March of 1896 in a monthly publication called The Idler. Turn to page 290 for The Red Room by H. G. Wells… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He roamed the streets of the city at night, striking terror into the hearts of young girls... from his body a strange blue light glowed... in his hand was an iron bar, stained and crusted with blood… Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1800sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

He roamed the streets of the city at night, striking terror into the hearts of young girls... from his body a strange blue light glowed... in his hand was an iron bar, stained and crusted with blood… Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We’re sending out our first newsletter on Tuesday and we will randomly select 20 listeners who will each receive a twenty-book box set for free. There’s a link in the description for you to sign up and please remember after you sign up you will receive an email and you must click on the link in that email to subscribe. Commenting on the replay from our most recent live broadcast on YouTube helius2011 says, “Greetings from the UK! I hope I can join a live show at some point. Scott, thank you for creating the best sci-fi channel and bringing back so many wonderful vintage sci fi stories.” Thanks, Helius2011! That’s one of the reasons we created our newsletter, so we can let you know when we’re going live. Commenting on Robert Silverberg’s Hero From Yesterday zaccooke had this to say, “Have heard before but Scott's reading is best.” Thank you, Zac! What a nice thing to say. You are important to us, and you are appreciated. We are thankful for every comment and every review. Lawrence M. Jannifer makes his debut on the podcast with a story from Monster Parade Magazine in March 1959. Turn to page 36 for Curse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. Jannifer… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Werewolves are supposed to haunt lonely, back-country roads. That seems a little silly, when you consider that most beasts of prey go where the game is thickest. Now at night, in the larger cities… The Night Shift by Frank M. Robinson. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Thank you for your great comments on Spotify! Commenting on A Practical Man’s Guide by Jack Vance kimspostbox had this to say, “I really enjoyed this Jack Vance story. I give it a 5-star review for the narration and sharing the history of the author. It brings in interesting material. Great stuff. Kim A. UK” Thanks Kim! TJ Carroll says, “The Hanging Stranger comes together like a wonderful combination of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Stephen King's The Fog. It ends on a deliciously macabre note absent of all hope. 10/10.” Thank you, TJ!! Your reviews and comments on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube encourage others to listen to us, so thank you! English author William Hope Hodgson was born in 1877 in the hamlet of Blackmore End in Essex, the son of the Reverend Samuel Hodgson, a priest, and Lissie Sarah Brown. Hodgson was a runaway at the age of 13 in an attempt to be a sailor. He was returned to his family but managed to convince his father to allow him to be apprenticed as a cabin boy. In 1902, Hodgson appeared on stage with handcuffs and other restraining devices supplied by the Blackburn police department and applied the restraints to Harry Houdini, who had previously escaped from the Blackburn jail. Hodgson was interested in physical fitness and wrote several articles on the subject but found it difficult to make a living. Inspired by authors Edgar Allan Poe, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne, Hodgson turned his attention to fiction. Hodgson's first short story was "The Goddess of Death" in 1904. Today’s story was published three years later. From the November 1907 issue of The Blue Book Magazine turn to page 136 for The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we go back to 1907, A sordid tale of jealousy and murder. He suspected his wife was having an affair and unleashed a plan to discover the truth. Would the truth destroy his family and lead him down the path to insanity? The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

A sordid tale of jealousy and murder. He suspected his wife was having an affair and unleashed a plan to discover the truth. Would the truth destroy his family and lead him down the path to insanity? The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/shareThank you for listening to and supporting our podcast. There are a number of ways you can show your support, one of them is buying us a cup of coffee. There’s a link in the description. And don’t forget to join our newsletter because next week we’re giving away 20, 20 audiobook box sets. Please remember that our newsletter is a double optin so you fill out the form and give us your email address, then check your email and click on the link to confirm you want to join. Our week of Scary Stories for Halloween continues with another tale from 1907. Ambrose Bierce was a short story writer, journalist, poet, and a veteran of the American Civil War. He was born in Meigs County, Ohio in a log cabin in 1842. How and where did his life come to an end? We don’t know. In 1913, Bierce told reporters that he was traveling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. He disappeared and was never seen again. First published in Cosmopolitan in January 1907, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, He was told the brightly colored red room in Lorraine Castle was haunted. Despite vague warnings from the three custodians who reside in the castle, he is not a believer in such things and ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

They were a peaceful people and somehow couldn't stand the thought of executing their only criminal. The answer was to discover a—Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Time for another Time Travel Tale! From the December 1957 issue of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy we’ll find our story on page 74. If you can’t stand the idea of executing a criminal–find somebody who will! Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A week of scary stories for Halloween begins, It seemed to be human... but it was inside out, all its organs exposed... the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the stomach digesting... and now, the Thing began to come toward him... its mouth working hideously! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

A week of scary stories for Halloween begins today, It seemed to be human... but it was inside out, all its organs exposed... the heart beating, the lungs breathing, the stomach digesting... and now, the Thing began to come toward him... its mouth working hideously! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We were live on YouTube about a month ago when one of our listeners asked us what we were doing for Halloween, and it had never crossed my mind. Well, thanks to that YouTube live we have a week’s worth of Halloween stories for you. We would love to communicate with you, so you never miss it when we go live, and that’s why we started a newsletter. You can sign up using the link in the description and it’s important to know that it’s a double opt in. Which means that when you fill out the form, please check your email and click on the link, if you don’t, you’re not subscribed. Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We’re going to kick off a week’s worth of scary stories with author Robert Silverberg. At one time in their career or another most authors used pen names and Silverberg was no exception. In fact, he used more than 40 pen names that we know of. Today’s story was written by Silverberg as Alex Merriman. From Monster Parade Magazine in March of 1959, the first story in the issue can be found on page 8. It looked human–except it was inside out! The Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert Silverberg… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, we go back 116 years, They were in a boat all alone on a foggy night in the middle of the Pacific ocean. But they weren’t alone. A strange voice cries out in the darkness, in search of food, but he is unwilling to be seen. The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Fritz Leiber has an interesting time travel tale for us today. From Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in April 1951, our story can be found on page 3, Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The Supreme Scientist on a planet more than 500 light-years away from earth recognizes trouble when he sees it. Can a representative from this far away planet communicate with an earthling in time to save humanity? No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

The Supreme Scientist on a planet more than 500 light-years away from earth recognizes trouble when he sees it. Can a representative from this far away planet communicate with an earthling in time to save humanity? No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Sign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We are so thankful for you and every one of our listeners around the world. Thanks to you our podcast is growing and we are so thankful to be receiving so many emails and comments. Andre'a, from Melbourne Australia left us this comment on Spotify, “Absolutely love this podcast! The narrator successfully places the listeners into the story every time. Thank you.” Thank you Andre'a! Commenting on Slay-Ride on Spotify Tif Lövé says, “That was one psychotic story—loved it! I listen while cleaning house, when tv sci-fi would be too distracting, always great audio short stories. Glad I found your podcast!” Tif Lövé we’re glad you found us and thanks for your comment. Commenting on Asteroid of the Damned on Spotify Blergs had this to say, “Amazing, good episode! Thanks 👍 :)” Thanks to you Blergs! We’re up to 93 ratings on Spotify with an average rating of 4.9. So close to 100, would you help us get there please? If not for our friend Jesse Willis, who knows more about vintage sci-fi than anybody I know, there are a lot of stories we narrate that we would never have discovered. This is one of the many. From Time To Come in 1954, No Morning After by Arthur C. Clarke… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They were a peaceful people and somehow couldn't stand the thought of executing their only criminal. The answer was to discover a—Hero From Yesterday by Robert Silverberg. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. #VintageSciFiAudiobooks #1950sSciFiAudiobooks #SciFiAudiobookShortStory

It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley, 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/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Did you know that every story you hear on the podcast is available for sale? Did you know that we’ve started a once-a-week newsletter where we are giving away those audiobooks for free? We’ll also let you know when we’re going live on YouTube, give you links to our social media accounts. Our newsletter which we will send out once a week allows us to connect with you, so you don’t miss a thing. Your email address will not be sold or given to anybody else. Click on the link in the description. https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We’ve discovered another vintage sci-fi author that we know almost nothing about. We don’t know when or where Lyman D. Hinckley was born, the only thing we do know about him is that he wrote today’s story and another 4 years later under the name L. D. Hinckley. Our story can be found in the Summer 1955 issue of Planet Stories Magazine turn to page 44 for Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. Marooned! On the cold satellite of a dying sun, light-years away from home.... For Rex there was only one escape. But Carl called it murder! Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Born in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ross Rocklynne said his love of science fiction began at the age of 12 when he said a Black janitor introduced him to the genre. Rocklynne remembered the story that turned him into a life-long fan, it was the first installment of E.E. Smith’s "The Skylark of Space" in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. In 1939, he attended the first World Science Fiction Convention in New York City where met and became life-long friends with Ray Bradbury, among others. Rocklynne’s professional writing debut, “Man of Iron” was published in Astounding Stories magazine in August 1935. He was 22. He followed that up with 7 more stories in the 1930s. The peak of his writing career occurred in the 1940s when he had 60 short science fiction stories published. There were 15 more in the 50s. Rocklynne stopped writing in 1954 because he developed an extremely painful affliction of the face and jaw. He found that he could forget the pain only when he was involved in some kind of physical activity or when socially engaged with others. When he was alone the pain tended to monopolize his attention and thus made writing very difficult, if not impossible. So, what do you do when you can’t do what you love? Well, Ross Rocklynne supported himself as a cab driver and dispatcher for the next 15 years. He resumed writing with about a dozen stories in the late 60s and early 70s. Today’s story was his first and only offering in 1947. It appeared just before his friend Ray Bradbury’s story Rocket Summer in the Spring 1947 edition of Planet Stories Magazine. Turn to page 35 for Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Homer was a shy Faderfield bachelor; his visitor was a beautiful Pleiades girl. At any rate she was a girl, and Homer had a problem—A Matter of Ethics by Russ Winterbotham That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. 0:00 Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown 8:08 The House by Fredric Brown 15:42 Experiment by Fredric Brown 18:46 And Then—The Silence by Ray Bradbury 27:41 A Star Falls on Broadway by Harry Walton AKA Harry Fletcher 33:08 Time Pussy by Isaac Asimov 40:32 The Black Arts by Philip K. Dick 44:24 Santa’s Return by Philip K. Dick This is without a doubt the most unusual episode of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, featuring 8 short sci-fi stories for you by Fredric Brown, Ray Bradbury, Harry Fletcher, Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. A few weeks ago Blind Voyager said and I quote, “It would be fun to do an episode of several short, very short sci-fi stories." Thanks for your request Blind Voyager and today’s episode would never have happened if not for you! I came across several interesting short stories months ago but it’s tough to sell a 4 minute audiobook and the thought of a super short podcast didn’t appeal to me either. However, when we got the request from Blind Voyager the light bulb went on and I began planning today’s podcast. After you have a chance to listen, and you will want to listen all the way to the end, let us know what you think by commenting and tell us if we should do another episode of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with several super short sci-fi stories. You can always send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com. Our first story today can be found in the June 1960 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown… That’s "Earthmen Bearing Gifts" by Fredric Brown… up next another story by Brown which first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories in August 1960, "The House"… That’s "The House" by Fredric Brown and now our last Fredric Brown story for today, from Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in 1954, "Experiment"… Let’s go back to October 1944, you could buy Super Science Stories for 15 cents and if you did you would have found, "And Then—The Silence" by Ray Bradbury... In 1953 Harry Walton wrote a short story that was published in the March/April 1953 edition of Fantastic using the pen name Harry Fletcher, "A Star Falls on Broadway"... If you’d picked up a copy of the April 1942 Astounding Science Fiction you would have discovered this super short story by Isaac Asimov, "Time Pussy"... The next two stories by Philip K. Dick didn’t appear in a science fiction magazine when they were written. And they weren’t credited to Philip K. Dick. These stories were published in the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Dick was only 13 years old when he wrote The Black Arts which appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday September 16th, 1942 and credited to Philip Dick. "The Black Arts"... Philip Dick was a little older when this next story appeared in the newspaper, he had just turned 16, when the Berkeley Daily Gazette published "Santa’s Return" on Tuesday January 4th 1944. "Santa’s Return" by Philip Dick. Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast…Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. But he would make no mistakes because he had the stranger's skull under his arm. "The Skull" by request by Philip K. Dick. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it. The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Paul Ernst The Planetoid of Peril Thanks for listening to the Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with new listeners around the world every week. To show our appreciation we’re offering the biggest and best collection of vintage science fiction short stories ever! More Than 56 hours of Vintage Science Fiction! 100 sci-fi short stories, 56 hours 34 minutes For only $9.97 Click on this link https://mysoundwise.com/soundcasts/1670712537038s and you’ll be taken directly to the checkout page, or if you prefer go to https://lostscifi.com. This offer is for a limited time only. 56 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.97. Thanks to podcast listener blablahyaddayadda for their recent 5-star rating and comment on Apple Podcasts, “Exceptional. The best scifi podcast I’ve come across. Fantastic stories are one thing, but I can’t count the number of times I have been disappointed by the quality of the voice acting. I am very happy to say, that the standard of both contained within these episodes is top notch. As is often the case, there are often elements within classic scifi that don’t age particularly well for numerous reasons, but they are few and far between. I think I will be blasting through the entire catalogue in no time and left waiting in anticipation for the next weekly addition. Great work!” Thanks blablahyaddayadda for your glowing review. We would love it if you’d be kind enough to leave us a review wherever you listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast or send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com. Paul Ernst was born in West Peoria, Illinois on the 7th of November 1899. Ernst wrote 4 short stories that were published in 1928 and 29, then picked up the pace considerably with more than 120 stories in the 1930s, with only 3 more in the 1940s. He is not the same Paul Ernst as the Paul Ernst born in 1886 who wrote detective novels in the 1930s. Our story today comes from the November 1931 edition of Astounding Stories magazine. You can purchase a copy of the magazine on eBay for $120 or on AbeBooks.com for only $75. Written more than 91 years ago, The Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Robinson Crusoe ... Gulliver ... Paul Bunyan; the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey. The Star Mouse by Fredric Brown. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

https://lostscifi.com The Philip K. Dick Collection - more than 10 hours of Philip K. Dick Short Stories Only $7.97 when you use the promo code, sale, that’s, sale, lowercase letters only on LostSciFi.com It was the dawn of a golden age of transportation. Terran Development was ready to market a fourth dimension “vehicle” which afforded almost instantaneous travel. For instance, Henry Ellis commuted 160 miles to work in five steps and a few seconds. Then, one morning, he met some people on the way… Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick…, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Your emails and comments mean so much to us. From our YouTube channel RELAXING MUSIC says “Best voice over actor I’ve heard!!!” Considering there are so many brilliant and talented narrators that is such a huge compliment. Thank you! And from Michael in Paignton; Devon. UK. “Enjoying Lost Sci-Fi, thank you keep them coming…” Michael, thank you and we will keep them coming. In fact, in two weeks we will celebrate the 1st Anniversary of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with 3 episodes in 5 days! We’d love to hear from you, send us an email, scott@lostscifi.com. We’re proud to say The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast is now the #1 Science Fiction podcast in 3 countries, Indonesia, Luxembourg and our adopted home of Costa Rica. We’re #2 in Greece, #3 in the Czech Republic and Netherlands, #4 in Malta, #6 in Denmark, #8 in Ireland, #11 in New Zealand and Slovakia and #12 in France. Philip K. Dick was a brilliant science fiction writer and is the most popular author here on our podcast. Dick is known for his works that often explored the nature of reality and consciousness. One day, he was walking home from the grocery store when he suddenly had a profound realization that the world around him wasn't real. He became obsessed with the idea that reality was just a construct and that the people, places, and things he saw were just projections created by a higher power. His own personal beliefs about reality bled into his everyday life. He became paranoid, convinced that he was being monitored and manipulated by the government or extraterrestrial beings. Despite his beliefs, Philip K. Dick continued to write and produce some of the most thought-provoking and impactful science fiction of his time. He is remembered as one of the most brilliant and unconventional science fiction writers of all time. And speaking of brilliant and unconventional let’s go to the pages of “If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine” in May 1954. We’ll find our story on page 27, Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick. Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He was tired of people—a "human interest" columnist, who specializes in glamorizations of the commonplace and sordid is likely to get that way. So ... this starship seemed to offer the ideal escape from it all. … So They Baked A Cake by Winston Marks That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. https://lostscifi.com 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 2 - 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 29 hours of vintage science fiction is on sale now on our website, LostSciFi.com for only $14.97. You pay only $9.97 when you apply the promo code sale, that’s sale, lowercase letters only. More than 29 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.97 at LostSciFi.com. You can buy this incredible collection anywhere in the world and the price will be converted to your local currency. Short Sci Fi Audiobook written by Mike Ellis - narrated by Scott Miller The most fitting place for a man to die is where he dies for man. Yet Willie chose a sterile, alien world that wouldn't even see a man for millions of years.... Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. The Lost Sci-Fi podcast continues to grow with 100’s of new listeners around the world in the last month. Welcome to our new listeners in Japan, Argentina, Ghana, Israel, Spain, India, Taiwan, Latvia, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand and all over the UK, the US and Canada. Special thanks to those of you in The Netherlands who have taken us to the #3 Science Fiction Podcast in your country, which I believe is the highest ranking we have ever achieved in any country. Thank you! Please keep sharing, rating, commenting, and emailing us. We got an email from Jacy, host of the FIX IT Home Improvement podcast and YouTube channel saying that he is enjoying the podcast and that he mentioned The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast on the episode of his podcast that debuted 2 days ago. Thanks, Jacy! You can email us anytime at scott@lostscifi.com When I discovered today’s story about 6 months ago, I loved it and then I started searching for more stories from author Mike Ellis. I couldn’t find any, in fact, I couldn’t find out anything about him. Let’s go to page 74 in the April 1955, If World of Science Fiction Magazine for Willie’s Planet by Mike Ellis Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The little old man had a new slant on the mystery of what really happened to the great dinosaurs…Day of the Hunters by Isaac Asimov. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. Author H. G. Wells Short Stories - The Plattner Story Whether the story of Gottfried Plattner is to be credited or not, is a pretty question in the value of evidence. On the one hand, we have seven witnesses—to be perfectly exact, we have six and a half pairs of eyes, and one undeniable fact; and on the other we have—what is it?—prejudice, common sense, the inertia of opinion. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Special thanks to kumarido. Kumarido is the latest person to give us a 5 star rating and a very nice review on Apple Podcasts. “This is everything I ever wanted in a podcast. Great reading, great stories and a narrator who is a bit of a historian. He’s saving these works from oblivion as many of them may never be published again. If you like Sci Fi or if you are even mildly interested in speculative fiction you will enjoy this” Thank you kumarido. Did you know your ratings and reviews, comments and compliments encourage others to listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast? They do! If you think we deserve it please rate, review, and share our podcast. And we received an email from Kristen Sierra at Shilshole Bay Marina, “Hi from the sailing vessel Bristol Blue in Ballard Washington (Seattle). I have been listening to your podcast for two weeks. Great work!” Thanks Kristen, if you sail south for a few days you can come visit us in Costa Rica! Your emails are always appreciated, scott@lostscifi.com. Today’s author, H. G. Wells is one of two men most often referred to as the father of science fiction. Can you guess the other? We’ll give you the answer at the end of our story. Herbert George Wells was an English writer born in London in 1866. Wells was a visionary who saw the arrival of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, and satellite television long before they were invented. He coined the term “time machine” almost 130 years ago which is still used today. His science fiction novels, The Time Machine 1895, The Island of Dr. Moreau 1896, The Invisible Man 1897 and The War of the Worlds 1898 remain popular today and all have been seen on the big screen at least twice. Wells was busy writing novels but still found time to write almost 90 short stories. First published in the UK in 1897, The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells… So, besides H.G. Wells who is also often referred to as the father of science fiction? The answer, Jules Verne. Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Most experiments were dropped because they failed—and some because they worked too well! The Water Eater by Winston Marks. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. Lem was told to guard the still, what he wanted was to go after the Martins. The Martins and The Coys had been feuding for some time and there was nothing better than shootin a Martin. Or was there? Your honest 5 star ratings and positive reviews on Apple Podcasts are really appreciated. Thanks to mxsandy12 for his recent 5 star rating and review, Awesome look into old school sci fi! Love this pod! A perfect pod for people who love the genre! Thanks mxsandy Todays author on Lost Sci-Fi led an interesting life. He was a popular and prolific author starting his sci-fi career with the short story Isolationist which ran in the April 1950 edition of Fantastic Adventures magazine. Fantastic Adventures got its start in 1939 and was almost cancelled in 1940 but the October issue that year had unexpectedly good sales so the magazine continued until March 1953. Our author sold another 6 stories to Fantastic Adventures in 1950 and 12 more in 1950 which were published in Out of This World Adventures, Startling Stories and others. A year later his first novel hit store shelves in 1951 titled The Case of the Little Green Men. The 1951 novel The Case of the Little Green Men is available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. A decade would pass before this author would release another novel in 1961. There were 22 novels in the 60s, 35 in the 70s and 10 more in the 1980s. In addition to his almost 70 novels, he wrote almost 200 short stories. Born Dallas McCord Reynolds on November 11th, 1917, in Corcoran, California, he is best known as Mack Reynolds but like most of his successful contemporaries he had a variety of pen names, including Dallas Ross, Mark Mallory, Clark Collins, Guy McCord, Maxine Reynolds, Bob Belmont, and Todd Harding. His family moved to Baltimore in 1918 and his father became a member of the Socialist Labor Party or SLP. He joined the Socialist Labor Party while he was still in high school and shortly thereafter began touring the country with his father giving lectures and speeches about SLP. His father Verne La Rue Reynolds was the Socialist Labor Party Presidential Candidate in both 1928 and 1932. Reynolds began his writing career as a reporter for the Catskill Morning Star and then as editor of the weekly Oneonta News. He moved back to California and continued his work for the Socialist Labor Party even campaigning with SLP presidential candidate John Aiken in 1940. He attended the U.S. Army Marine Officer’s Cadet School and the U.S. Marine Officer’s School, joined the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in 1944 and was stationed in the Philippines as a ship’s navigator until 1945. He married his first wife in 1937 and was divorced in 1945. A year later his first fiction sale, “What is Courage?”, was published in Esquire magazine. In 1947 he married his second wife and she agreed to support him for two years to get his writing career off the ground. Reynolds moved to Taos, New Mexico. His career took off, he moved to Mexico then Greece, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Eastern Europe, Finland, India, Japan, and Hong Kong. When he wrote How to Retire without Money, under the pen name Bob Belmont, it caused the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party to charge Reynolds with “supporting the fraudulent claims of capitalist apologists” and he resigned his membership. Lem didn’t like guarding the still while Paw and the boys went feuding. He wanted to get a shot at some Martins too! Yup, he sure did… From Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1951, The Martians and the Coys by Mack Reynolds. Reynolds was once voted the most popular science fiction author by the readers of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine. Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, evil creatures from the land of darkness on the other side of the moon are coming for is daughter. They were headed for Mars but crash landed on this moon of Jupiter’s. A thousand colonists trying to contact the earth, trying to survive. Will her father save her from a fate worse than death with his huge part-human war-machine? Find out next week on the Lost Sci-Fi podcast.

https://lostscifi.com - Science Fiction Grand Masters a 17 hour audiobook from the greatest vintage sci-fi writers for only $7.97. Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson and Robert Silverberg. Phillip K Dick Sci Fi Audiobook Full Length Earth maintained an important garrison on Asteroid Y-3. Now suddenly it was imperiled with a biological impossibility—men becoming plants! Piper in the woods written by Philip K. Dick… that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Piper in the Woods is the 10th Philip K. Dick story here on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. While it won’t be the last story by Philip K. Dick, in the coming weeks were going to bring you stories by several authors who haven’t been heard from so far on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Vance and Ross Rocklynne to name a few. Special thanks to Lifeonmarz via Apple Podcasts Canada on February 16th 2023. Lifeonmarz gave us a 5 star rating and a glorious review. “Scott Millers readings of these science fiction stories by well known and not so well know authors is fantastic. So glad I found this podcast.” Thank you Lifeonmarz. Your ratings and reviews, comments and compliments encourage others to listen to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, so if you think we deserve it please rate, review, and share our podcast. As always, your emails matter to us, scott@lostscifi.com We’ve got a rare treat for you today, from the inside cover of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in February 1953, just over 70 years ago, Philip K. Dick in his own words… “Once, when I was very young, I came across a magazine directly below the comic books called STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES. I bought it, finally, and carried it home, reading it along the way. Here were ideas, vital and imaginative. Men moving across the universe, down into sub-atomic particles, into time; there was no limit. One society, one given environment was transcended. It was Faustian; it carried a person up and beyond. I was twelve years old, then. But I saw in it the same thing I see now: a medium in which the full play of human imagination can operate, ordered, of course, by reason and consistent development. Over the years science fiction has grown, matured toward greater social awareness and responsibility. I became interested in writing science fiction when I saw it emerge from the ray gun stage into studies of man in various types and complexities of society. I enjoy writing science fiction; it is essentially communication between myself, and others as interested as I in knowing where present forces are taking us. My wife and my cat Magnificat are a little worried about my preoccupation with science fiction. Like most science fiction readers, I have files and stacks of magazines, boxes of notes and data, parts of unfinished stories, a huge desk full of related material in various stages. The neighbors say I seem to “read and write a lot”. But I think we will see our devotion pay off. We may yet live to be present when the public libraries begin to carry the science fiction magazines, and someday, perhaps, even the school libraries.” Philip K. Dick in his own words. Let’s turn to page 88 for Piper In The Woods… Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Whether the story of Gottfried Plattner is to be credited or not, is a pretty question in the value of evidence. On the one hand, we have seven witnesses—to be perfectly exact, we have six and a half pairs of eyes, and one undeniable fact; and on the other we have—what is it?—prejudice, common sense, the inertia of opinion. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.