Short Science Fiction Collection 045: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Short Science Fiction Collection 045, 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 LibriVox Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 045 by Various Authors. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 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) The following stories are included in this collection: 01 The Beginning by Harry Hasse 02 The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) 03 Blessed are the meek G.C. Edmondson (1922-1995) 04 Control Group by Roger Dee (1914-2004) 05 Disqualified by Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007) 06 Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown (1906-1972) 07 The Heist on Thizar by Randall Garrett (1927-1987) 08 The Lonely Ones by Edward W. Ludwig (1920-1990) 09 The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahey 10 Missing Link by Frank Patrick Herbert (1920-1986) 11 Moon Glow by G. L. Vandenburg 12 Next Door, Next World by Robert Donald Locke 13 Prelude toSpace by Robert W. Haseltine 14 Spies Die Hard! by Arnold Marmor 15 The Sword and the Atopen by Taylor H. Greenfield 16 The Wall of Death by Victor Rousseau (1879-1960) 17 We didn't do anything wrong, hardly Roger Kuykendall 18 Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby (1923-1998) 19 Wizard by Larry M. Harris (1933-2002) 20 Zen by Jerome Bixby (1923-1998)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Short Science Fiction Collection 045
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:27:01

Catalogue topics

• science fiction
• short stories

Track guide

1. The Beginning — 43:02
2. The Big Trip Up Yonder — 20:46
3. Blessed are the meek — 11:39
4. Control Group — 36:25
5. Disqualified — 5:40
6. Earthmen Bearing Gifts — 4:53
7. The Heist on Thizar — 26:07
8. The Lonely Ones — 36:28
9. The Mightiest Man — 12:31
10. Missing Link — 34:00
11. Moonglow — 11:48
12. Next Door, Next World — 1:09:57
13. Prelude to Space — 8:14
14. Spies Die Hard! — 5:57
15. The Sword And The Atopen — 19:11
16. The Wall of Death — 1:07:50
17. We didn't do anything wrong, hardly — 12:32
18. Where There's Hope — 15:23
19. Wizard — 43:04
20. Zen — 21:42

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