Murray Leinster
Space Tug
Read by Mark Nelson
Joe Kenmore heard the airlock close with a sickening wheeze and then a clank. In desperation he turned toward Haney. "My God, we've bee…
Operation Terror
Read by Mark Nelson
An unidentified space ship lands in a Colorado lake. Equipped with a paralyzing ray weapon, the creatures begin taking human prisoners. A lo…
The Forgotten Planet
Read by Richard Kilmer
The "forgotten" planet had been seeded for life, first with microbes and later with plants and insects. A third expedition, intend…
Operation: Outer Space
Read by Mark Nelson
Jed Cochrane is about to take off on man's first interstellar voyage. His mission: Make sure it's good television! (Introduction by Mark Nel…
Space Platform
Read by Mark Nelson
SPACE PLATFORM tells the exciting story of a young man helping to build this first station. With scientific accuracy and imagination Murray …
Creatures of the Abyss
Read by Mark Nelson
Orejas de ellos, "the things that listen", whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philip…
Talents, Incorporated
Read by Mark Nelson
Bors felt as if he'd been hit over the head. This was ridiculous! He'd planned and carried out the destruction of that warship because the i…
The Pirates of Ersatz
Read by Elliott Miller
Bron is the offspring of infamous space pirates but instead of following in the family footsteps he decides to become an electronic engineer…
The Wailing Asteroid
Read by Mark Nelson
There was no life on the asteroid, but the miles of rock-hewn corridors through which the earth party wandered left no doubt about the purpo…
Short Mystery Story Collection 003
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Librivox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …
The Aliens
Read by tabithat
The human race was expanding through the galaxy ... and so, they knew, were the Aliens. When two expanding empires meet ... war is inevitabl…
The Mad Planet
Read by Roger Melin
It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the…
The Machine that Saved the World
Read by Phil Chenevert
They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in from space--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could…
Pariah Planet (version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions…
The Red Dust
Read by Phil Chenevert
You who have read "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, will welcome the sequel to that story. The world, in a far distant future, …
The Hate Disease
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Dr. Calhoun and his pet tormal Murgatroyd work for the Interstellar Medical Service making routine public health inspections on far-flung co…
This World Is Taboo
Read by Mark F. Smith
Calhoun is an Interstellar Medical Serviceman, and he's needed on Dara. Trouble is: Dara is forbidden. Taboo. And breaking quarantine will m…
Planet of Dread
Read by Phil Chenevert
Humans have expanded to myriads of worlds throughout the galaxies but they have found that the only way for colonies to be self sustaining, …
Murder Madness
Read by Richard Kilmer
Murder Madness! Seven Secret Service men had completely disappeared. Another had been found a screaming, homicidal maniac, whose fingers wri…
Tanks
Read by Phil Chenevert
Tanks and the future of war is what Murray Leinster speculates about in this story. Written in the 1920's he observed the terrible new inven…
The Runaway Skyscraper
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Arthur Chamberlain has problems. His one-man engineering firm is faltering and his pretty secretary Estelle barely notices him. But these pr…
Short Science Fiction Collection 047
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This is a collection of science fiction short stories.
Med Ship Man
Read by Mark Nelson
Join Space Medical Service officer Calhoun and his sidekick Murgatroyd the tormal on another exciting adventure, this time on what should be…
Nightmare Planet
Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz
In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, conc…
Short Science Fiction Collection 043
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Science Fiction Collection 059
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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…
Short Science Fiction Collection 027
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Pariah Planet
Read by Phil Chenevert
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of million…
Short Science Fiction Collection 042
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Science Fiction Collection 028
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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 Ambulance Made Two Trips
Read by Phil Chenevert
Big Jake Connors is taking over his town through violence, inimidation and bribery but Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald can only grind his teet…
Astounding Stories 13, January 1931
Read by Bill Boerst
This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "Th…
Astounding Stories 01, January 1930
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In January of 1930 a new magazine with a flashy color cover appeared on newsstands, Astounding Stories of Super-Science. Filled with stories…
Short Science Fiction Collection 049
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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…
Short Science Fiction Collection 055
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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…
A Thousand Degrees Below Zero
Read by Phil Chenevert
The War to End All Wars has ended and the world has taken a deep breath and is trying to recover normal life in 1919. But a super Villan in…
Astounding Stories 05, May 1930
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The fifth issue of Astounding Stories continues the Ray Cummings serial "Brigands of the Moon", begins a 4 part novel by Murray Le…
Astounding Stories 06, June 1930
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Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray L…
Short Science Fiction Collection 061
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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…
Med Ship Man (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Scattered through the galaxy are thousands of worlds colonized by humans. Many have native microbes dangerous to the human immigrants. Other…
"The Street of Magnificent Dreams"
Couples walk together dreaming magnificent dreams, passing others who are older but have not yet achieved the stuff their dreams were once m…
A Matter of Importance
Read by Phil Chenevert
The importance of a matter is almost entirely a matter of your attitude. And whether you call something "a riot" or "a war&qu…
Short Story Collection Vol. 088
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Once more, we bring you a stellar collection of short stories, selected and read by Librivox readers. Joining regular favorites, such as Kat…
Short Science Fiction Collection 075
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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…
Short Science Fiction Collection 073
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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 Machine that Saved the World (Version 2)
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They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in from space--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could…