Short Science Fiction Collection 038: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Science Fiction Collection 038, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Short Science Fiction Collection 038 Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically “think” rather than “shoot” their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author’s imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Science Fiction Collection 038
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 7:52:52

Catalogue topics

• LibiVox
• Fiction
• Science Fiction

Track guide

1. Duel on Syrtis — 44:17
2. Foundling on Venus — 18:07
3. The Gate to Xoran — 37:14
4. Let There Be Light — 15:49
5. Manners of the Age — 37:55
6. No Strings Attached — 29:25
7. Prison of a Billion Years — 24:06
8. Remember the Alamo! — 32:43
9. The Salesman — 7:59
10. The Star — 30:43
11. Time Enough At Last — 16:56
12. The Tree of Life — 1:10:19
13. The Unnecessary Man — 42:12
14. We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly — 10:45
15. We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly — 10:45
16. World Beyond Pluto — 54:29

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