Science Fiction
The Planet Strappers
The Planet Strappers started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wante…
Beyond Lies the Wub
Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross…
The Man Who Hated Mars
To escape from Mars, all Clayton had to do was the impossible. Break out of a crack-proof exile camp—get onto a ship that couldn't be boarde…
The Vortex Blaster
Uncontrolled, terribly violent Atomic Vortices are slowly destroying civilization on every human planet throughout the galaxy. Nothing can …
Crystal Crypt, the
Two early science fiction stories by the wonderful craftsman, Philip K. Dick. In the Crystal Crypt, taken from the 1954 Planet Stories, the …
Let'em Breathe Space
The old space freighter Wahoo is all Dr. Pietro can afford for his expedition to the rings of Saturn. Although built for a crew of 6 the goo…
Falcons of Narabedla
Somewhere on the Time Ellipse, Mike Kenscott became Adric of the Scarlet Tower, and the only way to return to his own identity was to find t…
Round the Moon
Round the Moon is Jules Verne's captivating sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, picking up the thrilling journey of the Baltimore Gun Club…
Astounding Stories
This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "Th…
Nightmare Planet
Nightmare Planet invites listeners into a vivid science fiction landscape where adventure and introspection intertwine. Following the charac…
Security
“Security” tells the story of a compartmentalized government physicist ordered by secret police to complete experiments aimed at developing …
Search the Sky
Ross was a junior trader on Halsey's Planet, and had great prospects but was not happy at all. Everything smelled of decay. The whole plan…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Judas Valley
Why did everybody step off the ship in this strange valley and promptly drop dead? How could a well-equipped corps of tough spacemen become …
Astounding Stories
Astounding Stories invites listeners into the imaginative world of early science fiction through its second issue, originally published in 1…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Planet of the Damned
Once in a generation, a man is born with a heightened sense of empathy. Brion Brandd used this gift to win the Twenties, an annual physical …
The Aliens
In a future where humanity is venturing into the far reaches of the galaxy, the expansion of two powerful empires sets the stage for an inev…
Short Science Fiction Collection
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein begins in epistolary form, documenting the correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville…