The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ Did you know that every story you hear on the podcast is available for sale? Did you know that we’ve started a once-a-week newsletter where we are giving away those audiobooks for free? We’ll also let you know when we’re going live on YouTube, give you links to our social media accounts. Our newsletter which we will send out once a week allows us to connect with you, so you don’t miss a thing. Your email address will not be sold or given to anybody else. Click on the link in the description. https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share We’ve discovered another vintage sci-fi author that we know almost nothing about. We don’t know when or where Lyman D. Hinckley was born, the only thing we do know about him is that he wrote today’s story and another 4 years later under the name L. D. Hinckley. Our story can be found in the Summer 1955 issue of Planet Stories Magazine turn to page 44 for Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Adventure is relative to one's previous experience. Sometimes, in fact, you can't even be sure you're having or not having one! Nice Girl With 5 Husbands by Fritz Leiber. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/Sign up for our weekly newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Author Philip K. Dick needs no introduction. From the second issue of Science Fiction Stories Magazine in 1954 turn to page 69 for, The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It was alien but was it dead, this towering, sinister city of metal that glittered malignantly before the cautious advance of three awed space-scouters. Dust Unto Dust by Lyman D. Hinckley. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We are live on YouTube tonight at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central.Henry Slesar makes his debut on the podcast today. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Slesar launched his 21 year career as a copywriter at the age of 17, right out of high school at the prestigious advertising agency Young and Rubicam. Some say Slesar coined the term “coffee break”.Slesar experienced a lot of success in his lifetime. He wrote hundreds of short stories, over 40 in 1957 alone. Alfred Hitchcock hired him to write for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1974, he won an Emmy Award as the head writer for CBS Daytime's The Edge of Night where he was the head writer for 16 years. From the pages of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine in October 1956, specifically page 37, comes the strange story we’ve all been waiting for, A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, If after a great struggle, the East were to prevail over the world, what sort of civilization would be imposed by the victors? Would it be an oriental version of the societies we know–or might the great old culture be superimposed upon what was left of Western technology? The Turning Wheel by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discoverasteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/We’re going live again on YouTube this Thursday October 19th at 8 PM in New York, Philadelphia, and Atlanta. And 7 PM in Dallas. Hope you can join us. There’s a link in the description. https://youtube.com/vintagescifiaudiobooksRoss Rocklynne made his debut on the podcast 6 months ago with “Distress Signal”. He’s back today with an unusual story about chickens in space. We’ll find our story in the March 1953 issue of Planet Stories magazine. Turn to page 34 for Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot! A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVIf you were planning on getting a Lost Sci-Fi t shirt, hoodie or any of our merch the 15% off coupon expires soon. There’s a link in the description.Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/If you’re a Spotify Premium listener in the UK or Australia you’re gonna love this and it’s a no cost for you way to support the podcast. If you are a Spotify Premium listener in the UK and Australia you can listen to 15 hours of audiobooks for free. Spotify says it will be available for US Premium listeners soon. You will find a list of some of our audiobooks in the description to make it easier for you to find our vintage sci-fi on Spotify. Philip K. Dick Short Stories     10 hoursVintage Sci-Fi                          12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 2                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 3                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 4                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 5                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 6                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 7                       12 hoursVintage Sci-Fi 8                       12 hours1950s Science Fiction             12 hours          1950s Science Fiction 2          12 hours1950s Science Fiction 3          12 hours1950s Science Fiction 4          12 hours1950s Science Fiction 5          12 hoursToday’s story can be found in the August 1947 issue of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. Turn to page 55 for Rat Race by George O. Smith…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Harvey was a most unusual little man. A Cosmos-minded man with great singleness of purpose. He could discover asteroid-juncture faults with the greatest of ease, and "perp" planets, too.... But could he find Anna from Oregon who doubted his greatest discovery of all? Chicken Farm by Ross Rocklynne. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Merch - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/More great reviews from Spotify, Travis had this to say, “This podcast has become my very favorite, I listen to it every day and look forward to each episode, the narrator is relaxing and one of the best I have ever heard, I cannot wait to hear more!” Thank you, Travis!Commenting on the Harry Harrison story, The Misplaced Battleship, Tony Wade says, “Interesting story. Top-notch production. A truly great podcast by any measure. The best sci-fi podcast around. Have you done “Nightfall” by Asimov?” Thanks for the awesome review, Tony.  Unfortunately, Nightfall by Isaac Asimov is still under copyright which means we can’t record it; however, you will be happy to know that we have more Isaac Asimov stories on the way.And a little-known fascinating fact about Asimov, when he was a teenager, he idolized author Jack Williamson who we featured yesterday with his story The Cosmic Express. Asimov was thrilled to receive a postcard from Williamson, which congratulated him on his first published story and offered these words "welcome to the ranks". How cool is that?Our story can be found in Amazing Stories in June 1961 on page 36, Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke…Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The idea was to build an electronic gadget; that it turned out to be a rat trap was purely accidental. And that it turned out to have the highly undesirable effects it had. Rat Race by George O. Smith.That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Human nature is unchanging and will probably not change fundamentally for countless ages in the future. We look back now to the days before the automobile and before electricity and the hundred and one other mechanical conveniences that simplify life in so many ways. Just so people of the future will in all likelihood look back on pre-television and pre-flying days and wish themselves back in the exciting days of primitive life. Our well-known author gives us here a thought-provoking bit of literature of scientific interest. The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Jack Williamson was born in 1908 in the Arizona territory when covered wagons were the primary form of transportation and Apaches still raided the settlers. His father was a cattle man, but for young Jack, the ranch was anything but glamorous. "My days were filled with monotonous rounds of what seemed an endless, heart-breaking war with drought and frost and dust-storms, poison-weeds and hail, for the sake of survival." Young John, he was born John Stewart Williamson but went by Jack, saw an ad for a free issue of Amazing Stories Magazine and soon his goal was to be a science fiction writer. He started writing and his first story, The Metal Man, appeared in the December 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. Jack was only 20. Two years later, the year was 1930, the first football World Cup took place, Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in comic form, Pluto was officially discovered and named as a planet and although the decade had just begun, author Jack Williamson was already being talked about as one of the most popular science fiction writers on the planet. The short novel The Green Girl is one of the reasons why he was so popular. In November 1930 today’s story was published in Amazing Stories magazine. They must’ve numbered pages differently back in the day because our story begins on page 752 and there aren’t 752 pages in that magazine. Well anyway, go to page 752 and you will find,The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Venus wasn’t the virgin planet Mankind had always assumed. It was simply that we got there too soon. Before Eden by Arthur C. Clarke. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intelligent parents readily understand why they must not try to educate and train their children. Robots do it much better; they do not confuse them with complexes or emotions or petty impulses. Even tired old Ed Doyle could tell you that much… Progeny by Philip K. Dick, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV Spotify sent us an email yesterday notifying us about all the comments and reviews we’ve been receiving which we didn’t even know about. JillieSue says, “Love the reader. HG Wells was waaaaaay ahead of his time.” Thank you for the compliment JillieSue and we agree Wells was way ahead of his time! Sandman says, “Discovered this podcast by accident now listen most nights all the way across here in Scotland, great narration, love the stories... More Isaac Asimov if possible 😁” Thank you Sandman and you’ll be happy to know there’s more Asimov on the way. The brilliant mind of Philip K. Dick is once again on display today on the podcast. From the tattered pages of the November 1954 issue of If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine comes a story that’s starting to sound all the more realistic in the world we live in today, some 69 years after it was written.   Our story can be found on page 64, Progeny by Philip K. Dick… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Human nature is unchanging and will probably not change fundamentally for countless ages in the future. We look back now to the days before the automobile and before electricity and the hundred and one other mechanical conveniences that simplify life in so many ways. Just so people of the future will in all likelihood look back on pre-television and pre-flying days and wish themselves back in the exciting days of primitive life. Our well-known author gives us here a thought-provoking bit of literature of scientific interest. The Cosmic Express by Jack Williamson. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can’t always escape evils by running away from them… but it may help! A Traveler in Time by August Derleth, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV We’ve got another time travel story for you today with a very interesting ending. Our author, August Derleth, was one of several authors in a previous podcast that included 9 short stories.  Today’s story was published in Orbit Science Fiction Magazine. Orbit is another one of those magazines that didn’t last very long, publishing only 5 issues, 2 in 1953 and 3 in 1954. From issue #2 in December 1953 let’s turn to page 48 for, A Traveler in Time by August Derleth… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Intelligent parents readily understand why they must not try to educate and train their children. Robots do it much better; they do not confuse them with complexes or emotions or petty impulses. Even tired old Ed Doyle could tell you that much… Progeny by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn’t be so bad … if I could shoot the trouble! The Repairman by Harry Harrison, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode. Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV We receive a lot of great comments on YouTube, this one from @richardhoffman2681 “Easily one of my favorite YouTube channels. Don’t worry, it’s going to catch on. Bet $100 bucks a year from now you have 100,000+ subscribers. Keep it up!” Thank you, Richard!! 100,000+ subscribers a year from now? I hope you’re right. @sarabrooks1996 says, “I think I'm too late for the live feed but I just wanna tell you that I love your voice. And you really bring the stories to life.” Thank you, Sara, we appreciate you and your comments. We’ve featured Harry Harrison’s work 4 times previously on the podcast and he’s back today with a story about a controlling boss and the challenges that follow.  Open your February 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine to page 60 for, The Repairman by Harry Harrison… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, You can’t always escape evils by running away from them… but it may help! A Traveler in Time by August Derleth. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the showPlease participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.