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Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 59

Aug 13, 2023
A malfunctioning bookkeeping machine creates chaos, provocative coffin advertising campaign leads to global shortage, voluntary death movement gains acceptance worldwide, man searches for the perfect coffin, speaker explores time travel and futuristic city, protagonist reflects on nuclear bomb test and encounters explosion aftermath, heartbroken stortullian creature seeks love, speaker hires alien expert for voyage to Earth, negotiates with trickster to ensure victory, debate over custody of notorious thief, protagonist discovers invasion of Earth, intense conservatory conversation leads to embracing, reflections on failure and strange encounters, dramatic confrontation unfolds, explorers face communication barrier on unfamiliar planet, protagonist uncovers battleship cover-up and betrayal, genetically enhanced rats lead escape, protagonist haunted by eerie occurrences, post-apocalyptic survival and discovery of self-sustaining city, narrator contemplates leaving nest and reflects on mail delivery run, mysterious figure and campus chaos, Conger searches for group's founder, discussion on time paradoxes and alien warfare, narrator pranks vacation-boasting colleague, two sci-fi short stories, Mr. Gritch's strange time travel experiment.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Strange Coffin Advertising Campaign
02:18 • 8min
3
The Global Movement of Voluntary Death
10:08 • 3min
4
A Man's Quest for the Perfect Coffin
12:54 • 3min
5
Starting over with a future version of oneself
15:30 • 4min
6
A Journey Through Time and Space
19:15 • 15min
7
Machine Investigation
33:58 • 14min
8
Reflections on the Past and Upcoming Test
47:50 • 18min
9
Explosions and Chaos
01:06:03 • 10min
10
Recruiting on McTavish 4
01:16:06 • 19min
11
A Desperate Plea for Love
01:35:23 • 22min
12
Leaving Gern: An Encounter with Mike Higgins
01:57:01 • 9min
13
A Negotiation with a Trickster
02:05:36 • 2min
14
The Capture and Custody of 'The Eel'
02:07:25 • 21min
15
The Invasion of Earth
02:28:04 • 10min
16
A Conversation in the Conservatory
02:37:46 • 15min
17
Exploring a Conservatory of Unique Flowers
02:52:51 • 6min
18
Reflections and Trances
02:59:02 • 1min
19
A Dramatic Confrontation in the Conservatory
03:00:26 • 5min
20
The Mysterious Stranger
03:05:39 • 15min
21
Communication Barrier on an Unfamiliar Planet
03:20:13 • 30min
22
Uncovering the Truth
03:50:23 • 36min
23
Betrayal Revealed
04:26:24 • 12min
24
Escape from the Laboratory
04:38:00 • 24min
25
Haunted by the Past
05:02:23 • 16min
26
The Uncertainty of Multiple Futures
05:18:13 • 14min
27
Post-apocalyptic Survival
05:32:01 • 30min
28
Discovery and Discussions
06:02:12 • 6min
29
Leaving the Nest
06:08:00 • 2min
30
The Reluctant Mail Delivery
06:09:51 • 19min
31
A Beacon of Hope
06:28:43 • 7min
32
Mysterious Figures and Confusion
06:36:08 • 22min
33
The Hidden Room
06:58:14 • 11min
34
Time Travel to Hudson's Field
07:09:02 • 12min
35
Searching for the Founder
07:20:36 • 29min
36
Exploring Time Paradoxes and Alien Warfare
07:49:47 • 3min
37
Envious of McCleary's Vacations
07:52:51 • 16min
38
Two Sci-Fi Short Stories: 'Two Weeks in August' and 'WISCABOOM'
08:08:57 • 3min
39
Mr. Gritch's Time Travel Experiment
08:11:32 • 9min