Short Science Fiction Collection 044: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Science Fiction Collection 044, 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 044. 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 044
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:59:19

Catalogue topics

• Science fiction
• sci-fi

Track guide

1. 01 Earthmen Bearing Gifts — 6:13
2. 02 It's A Small Solar System — 8:36
3. 03 There Will Be School Tomorrow — 18:43
4. 04 The Chamber of Life — 1:06:30
5. 05 No Pets Allowed — 6:29
6. 06 The Altar at Midnight — 15:53
7. 07 Crossroads of Destiny — 27:00
8. 08 The Gun — 32:49
9. 09 The Ultimate Experiment — 9:32
10. 10 Lonesome Hearts — 12:00
11. 11 Dead Man's Planet — 30:28
12. 12 Spacemen Never Die! — 7:38
13. 13 Suzy — 18:08
14. 14 The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds, Part 1 — 35:17
15. 15 The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds, Part 2 — 23:40
16. 16 Indirection — 43:09
17. 17 Security Risk — 29:20
18. 18 Beyond Lies the Wub — 17:26
19. 19 The Diamond Lens — 57:16
20. 20 The Untouchable — 13:18

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