John Wood Campbell Jr.

The Ultimate Weapon


Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)


The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little w…

Islands of Space


Read by Mark Nelson


As Earth's faster-than-light spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, Arcot, Wade, Morey and Fuller could see below them, like a vast sh…

Invaders from the Infinite


Read by Mark Nelson


The famous scientific trio of Arcot, Wade and Morey, challenged by the most ruthless aliens in all the universes, blasted off on an intergal…

The Black Star Passes


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A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of…

Short Science Fiction Collection 011


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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

Short Science Fiction Collection 036


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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

Black Star Passes


Read by John W. Campbell


Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up again…

Short Science Fiction Collection 026


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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

The Ultimate Weapon (Version 2)


Read by Phil Chenevert


A rip-roaring space adventure from the 1930's by the legendary John Cambpell. A race in another solar system many light years away from Ear…

The Last Evolution


Read by Phil Chenevert


John Campbell Jr. gives us a story about evolution. What will be man's ultimate evolution? What will he look like 100,000 years in the fut…