The Miserly Robot by R. J. Rice

An expedition returns from the Third Planet with its numbers broken and its confidence shaken. What was once a routine operation has turned into something far more dangerous, and the surviving officer must explain how a familiar world became a battlefield without warning. This Me ...  Show more

Two relics of a vanished political age stumble into a town that no longer believes in either of them. When neither can accept a world that has quietly moved on, their last argument forces a reckoning no one else wanted. The Last of the Deliverers by Poul Anderson. That’s next on ...  Show more

Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 48

Title: Short Science Fiction Collections

Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arth ...

Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 33

Title: Short Science Fiction Collections

Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arth ...

Short Science Fiction Collections - Book 42

Title: Short Science Fiction Collections

Overview: Thousands of short science fiction stories are available through our Short Science Fiction Collections series from classic science fiction authors Jules Verne, Sir Arth ...

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This episode we take a huge jump back to the end of the 19th ...