LibriVox Short Science Fiction Index
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Introduction
The LibriVox catalog contains hundreds of short Science Fiction stories spread across a variety of collections. This page gathers Science Fiction stories of less than one hour in duration into a single index that allows you to view them as a whole. The stories are listed alphabetically by author and contain links to their associated catalog pages. There are also links to reader pages that will help you find other stories by your favorite readers. LibriVox welcomes multiple readings of the same story so in certain cases you will have a choice of readers.
Some LibriVox readers focus on widening the scope of LibriVox by selecting stories new to the catalog. This index gives those readers a one-stop location to check for the existence of a recording.
If you are a reader looking for a Science Fiction story to record, and are not the type to lurk among the stacks at Gutenberg.org, you will find three other lists on the LibriVox wiki that contain Science Fiction stories you can record.
Science Fiction Short Stories - This first list provides Science Fiction Stories that should fit into the one hour limit placed on stories in the Short Science Fiction Collections.
Science Fiction Shortish Stories - This second list provides Science Fiction stories that may fit the one hour limit depending on your reading speed. The average LibriVox reader can usually fit a plain text, us ascii, uncompressed Gutenberg file of 70 K, or about 8,600 words into an hour. Gauge your speed accordingly.
Science Fiction Novels - While the Short Science Fiction Collections require recordings of 60 minutes or less, there are many other Science Fiction works on Gutenberg.org that can be read as solo projects for LibriVox. This list displays some of those longer works.
Definitions of Science Fiction vary widely; so many stories considered Science Fiction by some may not be cataloged as such on Gutenberg.org. If you don’t find a story on the above lists it may still be available on the Gutenberg site.
Should you find any errors or omissions in this index please report them to LibriVox member Gregg Margarite.
LibriVox Short Science Fiction Index
Total Recordings: 277
| AUTHOR | TITLE | TIME | READER | COLLECTION |
| Ackerman, Forrest James | Out of This World Convention | 04:47 | ||
| Anderson, Poul | The Burning Bridge | 51:48 | ||
| Anderson, Poul | The Burning Bridge | 56:47 | Nicodemus | |
| Archer, Lee | Lease To Doomsday | 35:00 | ||
| Baily, Peter | Accidental Death | 21:55 | ||
| Baily, Peter | Accidental Death | 23:18 | ||
| Banta, Frank | Droozle | 17:25 | ||
| Barbee, Phillips | The Leech | 41:31 | ||
| Beck, C. C. | Vanishing Point | 11:52 | ||
| Beck, C.C. | Vanishing Point | 11:47 | ||
| Blish, James | One Shot | 33:08 | Reynard T. Fox | |
| Bone, J. F. | Pandemic | 44:33 | ||
| Bone, J.F. | Pandemic | 52:29 | ||
| Bova, Ben | The Next Logical Step | 14:27 | ||
| Bradley, Marion Zimmer | Year of the Big Thaw | 17:29 | ||
| Brown, Frederic | Keep Out | 08:11 | ||
| Brown, Fredric | Earthmen Bearing Gifts | 06:04 | ||
| Brown, Fredric | Earthmen Bearing Gifts | 06:39 | ||
| Brown, Fredric | Earthmen Bearing Gifts | 06:24 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Brown, Fredric | Hall of Mirrors | 14:33 | ||
| Brown, Fredric & Mack Reynolds | Happy Ending | 31:12 | ||
| Buckner, Bradner | The Day Time Stopped Moving | 42:40 | ||
| Budrys, Algis | Citadel | 53:01 | ||
| Budrys, Algis | The Stoker and the Stars | 24:38 | ||
| Butler, Ellis Parker | Solander’s Radio Tomb | 18:00 | ||
| Butler, Ellis Parker | Solander’s Radio Tomb | 18:06 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Campbell, John W. Jr. | The Last Evolution | 43:55 | ||
| Campbell, John W. Jr. | The Last Evolution | 58:42 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Carelton, H. B. | Hard Guy | 06:55 | ||
| Carleton, H. B. | Hard Guy | 06:45 | Coffee Break Collection 001 | |
| Carroll, William | Solomon’s Orbit | 21:00 | Anton | |
| Castle, Arnold | The Perfectionists | 31:47 | ||
| Clinton, E. M. Jr. | Untechnological Employment | 05:36 | ||
| Coblentz, Stanton A. | Flight Through Tomorrow | 16:21 | ||
| Cocking, Ron | Warning from the Stars | 44:30 | R. J. Davis | |
| Cocking, Ron | Warning From The Stars | 41:55 | Rowdy Delaney | |
| Collins, Les | Question of Comfort | 52:05 | ||
| Coppel, Alfred | The Hills of Home | 21:32 | ||
| Cory, John | Egocentric Orbit | 06:01 | Elanor | |
| Cory, John | Egocentric Orbit | 06:48 | ||
| Cox, Irving E. | Impact | 54:25 | ||
| Cox, James A. | A Choice of Miracles | 26:12 | ||
| Cummings, M. A. | No Pets Allowed | 06:49 | ||
| Daniel, Lucius | Matians Never Die | 27:03 | ||
| De Vet, Charles V. | Monkey On His Back | 33:18 | ||
| Dee, Roger | Control Group | 35:31 | ||
| Dee, Roger | Traders Risk | 34:37 | Susan Umpleby | |
| DeKy, Thornton | The Ultimate Experiment | 08:55 | Nicodemus | |
| Dick, Philip K. | Beyond Lies the Wub | 16:14 | ||
| Dick, Philip K. | Beyond the Door | 13:46 | ||
| Dick, Philip K. | The Crystal Crypt | 41:55 | ||
| Dick, Philip K. | The Defenders | 50:16 | ||
| Dick, Philip K. | The Defenders | 49:24 | ||
| Dick, Philip K. | The Gun | 27:55 | ||
| Dick, Phillip K. | Beyond lies the Wub | 16:11 | ||
| Dorman, Sonia | The Putnam Tradition | 15:21 | ||
| Dorman, Sonya | The Putnam Tradition | 14:43 | ||
| Douglas, Jack | Dead World | 31:08 | ||
| Douglas, Jack | Test Rocket | 05:26 | ||
| Douglas, Jack | Test Rocket! | 07:32 | ||
| Dye, Charles | Regeneration | 23:30 | ||
| Edmondson, G. C. | Blessed Are the Meek | 10:33 | ||
| Edmondson, G.C. | Blessed Are the Meek | 12:56 | ||
| Egan, Jack | Cully | 13:32 | ||
| Egan, Jack | Cully | 11:19 | ||
| Ernst, Paul | The Radiant Shell | 52:03 | ||
| Fahy, Patrick | The Mightiest Man | 11:15 | ||
| Farmer, Philip Jose | They Twinkled Like Jewels | 37:41 | ||
| Ferris, Benjamin | The Invaders | 34:59 | ||
| Fontenay, Charles L | The Gift Bearer | 13:28 | ||
| Fontenay, Charles L. | The Gift Bearer | 10:49 | ||
| Fontenay, Charles Louis | Wind | 37:56 | ||
| Foundling on Venus | de Courcy, John & Dorothy | 19:19 | ||
| Fritch, Charles E. | I Like Martian Music | 15:03 | ||
| Fyfe, Horace Brown | A Transmutation of Muddles | 44:27 | ||
| Fyfe, Horace Brown | The Talkative Tree | 22:45 | ||
| Gallun, Raymond Z. | The Eternal Wall | 25:54 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | … After a Few Words … | 17:52 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | …Or Your Money Back | 51:26 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | Belly Laugh | 06:25 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | Belly Laugh | 04:47 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | The Man Who Hated Mars | 31:34 | ||
| Garrett, Gordon Randall | With No Strings Attached | 34:23 | ||
| Garrett, Randall | …After a Few Words… | 17:59 | ||
| Garrett, Randall | The Measure of a Man | 24:35 | ||
| Garrett, Randall | The Measure of a Man | 29:20 | ||
| Garrett, Randall | Viewpoint | 22:26 | ||
| Gerken, William | Stopover | 22:57 | ||
| Gimble, Stanley | Breakaway | 13:47 | ||
| Goble, Neil | Master of None | 33:18 | ||
| Godwin, Tom | Cry from a Far Planet | 34:30 | ||
| Godwin, Tom | The Nothing Equation | 21:46 | ||
| Godwin, Tom | The Nothing Equation | 20:15 | ||
| Gordon, Nathaniel | The Golden Judge | 43:32 | ||
| H Beam Piper | He walked around the horses | 43:31 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Hall, D. W. | A Scientist Rises | 18:50 | ||
| Hall, D. W. | A Scientist Rises | 18:14 | ||
| Hall, Desmond Winter | A Scientist Rises | 17:51 | ||
| Hamilton, Edmond | The Man who Saw the Future | 30:47 | ||
| Hamilton, Edmond | The Man Who Saw the Future | 33:15 | ||
| Hamilton, Edmond | The Sargasso of Space | 49:37 | ||
| Hamilton, Edmond | The Second Satellite | 59:10 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Hardart, F. E. | The Beast of Space | 29:53 | ||
| Harness, Charles Leonard and Theodore Lockhard Thomas | The Professional Approach | 44:06 | ||
| Harris, Larry M. | Wizard | 37:55 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | Arm of the Law | 34:23 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | The K Factor | 54:28 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | The Misplaced Battleship | 58:53 | Barny Shergold | |
| Harrison, Harry | The Repairman | 28:41 | Anton | |
| Harrison, Harry | The Repairman | 37:37 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | The Repairman | 32:16 | Rowdy Delaney | |
| Harrison, Harry | The Repairman | 29:56 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | The Velvet Glove | 43:42 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | Toy Shop | 12:26 | ||
| Harrison, Harry | Toy Shop | 12:04 | ||
| Harry, Harrison, | Toy Shop | 10:16 | ||
| Hemhuter, Albert | Texas Week | 11:15 | ||
| Hensley, Joe L. | Now We Are Three | 27:40 | ||
| Herbert, Frank | Missing Link | 43:02 | Kim Cutler | |
| Herbert, Frank | Operation Haystack | 48:03 | ||
| Howard, Allan | It’s a Small Solar System | 07:28 | ||
| Huekels, Jack G. | Advanced Chemistry | 15:41 | ||
| Ing, Dean | Tight Squeeze | 34:32 | ||
| Ing, Dean Charles | Tight Squeeze | 35:09 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Janifer, Laurence M. | Mex | 05:07 | ||
| Josephs, Henry | The Fourth Invasion | 09:33 | ||
| Kallis, Stephen A. | The Untouchable | 10:34 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Knight, Damon | The Worshippers | 51:26 | ||
| Knight, David C | The Love of Frank Nineteen | 51:12 | ||
| Kornbluth, C. M. | The Adventurer | 30:32 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Kornbluth, C. M. | The Altar at Midnight | 14:29 | ||
| Kuykendall, Roger | All Day September | 38:37 | ||
| Kuykendall, Roger | We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly | 10:42 | ||
| Kuykendall, Roger | We Didn’t Do Anything Wrong, Hardly | 08:56 | ||
| Lafferty, Raphael Aloysius | Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas | 19:00 | lucylou40 | |
| Laumer, John Keith | The Yillian Way | 37:18 | John Larmour | |
| Laumer, Keith | Gambler’s World | 55:24 | ||
| Leftwich, Edmund H. | The Bell Tone | 11:36 | ||
| Leftwich, Edmund H. | The Bell Tone | 12:48 | ||
| Leiber, Fritz | Bread Overhead | 33:00 | ||
| Leiber, Fritz | Bread Overhead | 38:18 | ||
| Leiber, Fritz | The Moon Is Green | 42:35 | ||
| Leiber, Fritz | What’s He Doing in There? | 12:24 | ||
| Leiber, Fritz Reuter | Bread Overhead | 35:29 | ||
| London, Jack | Goliah | 57:10 | ||
| London, Jack | The Shadow and the Flash | 33:50 | ||
| Long, Frank Belknap | The Calm Man | 29:04 | ||
| Long, Frank Belknap | The Sky Trap | 34:53 | ||
| Lowe, Richard E. | When I Grow Up | 19:53 | ||
| Lowndes, Robert Augustine Ward | The Troubadour | 08:56 | ||
| MacApp, C. C. | And All The Earth A Grave | 18:38 | ||
| MacApp, C.C. | And All the Earth a Grave | 14:42 | ||
| MacApp, C.C. | And All the Earth a Grave | 16:30 | ||
| Martin, Robert J. | Beyond Pandora | 05:04 | ||
| Martin, Robert J. | Beyond Pandora | 05:22 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Martin, Robert J. | Beyond Pandora | 05:15 | Coffee Break Collection 001 | |
| Mason, David | Something Will Turn Up | 16:35 | ||
| Max, Frederic | Rex Ex Machina | 07:39 | ||
| Max, Frederic | Rex Ex Machina | 06:22 | ||
| Miller, Walter M. Jr. | Death of a Spaceman | 38:25 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Miller, Walter M., Jr. | The Hoofer | 23:33 | ||
| Morrison, William | Divinity | 36:45 | ||
| Nolan, William F. | Of Time And Texas | 04:59 | ||
| Nolan, William F. | Small World | 25:05 | ||
| Norton, Andre | All Cats are Gray | 15:34 | ||
| Norton, Andre | The Gifts of Asti | 41:06 | Mark Nelson | |
| Nourse, Alan E. | My Friend Bobby | 25:26 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | An Ounce of Cure | 10:54 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Circus | 19:34 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Circus | 15:52 | RK Wilcox | |
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Image of the Gods | 36:07 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Letter of the Law | 42:54 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Meeting of the Board | 35:32 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | My Friend Bobby | 21:52 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | PRoblem | 28:32 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Second Sight | 27:19 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | Second Sight | 26:45 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | The Coffin Cure | 29:40 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | The Dark Door | 48:33 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | The Link | 36:28 | ||
| Nourse, Alan Edward | The Native Soil | 46:56 | ||
| O’Keefe, John | As Long As You Wish | 10:35 | ||
| O’Keefe, John | As Long as You Wish | 09:33 | ||
| O’Keefe, John | As Long As You Wish | 10:54 | ||
| Pangborn, Edgar | The Good Neighbors | 15:07 | ||
| Pangborn, Edgar | The Good Neighbors | 12:21 | ||
| Peterson, Don | The White Feather Hex | 32:57 | Karen Wolfer | |
| Peterson, John Victor | Lost in the Future | 08:09 | ||
| Phillips, Rog | The Gallery | 40:38 | ||
| Piper, H. Beam | Crossroads of Destiny | 21:06 | ||
| Piper, H. Beam | Flight From Tommorow | 46:47 | ||
| Piper, H. Beam | Flight From Tomorrow | 56:10 | Mark Nelson | |
| Piper, H. Beam | Graveyard of Dreams | 55:09 | Mark Nelson | |
| Piper, H. Beam | Operation R.S.V.P. | 21:46 | ||
| Piper, H. Beam | The Answer | 30:48 | Mark Nelson | |
| Piper, H. Beam | The Answer | 24:46 | Nicodemus | |
| Piper, H. Beam | Time and Time Again | 48:48 | R. J. Davis | |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | Some Words with a Mummy | 36:25 | ||
| Pohl, Frederik | The Day of the Boomer Dukes | 45:01 | ||
| Pohl, Frederik | The Hated | 22:50 | ||
| Raphael, Rick | A Filbert Is a Nut | 20:02 | ||
| Reynolds, Dallas McCord (Mack) | Summit | 10:20 | ||
| Reynolds, Mack | I’m A Stranger Here Myself | 11:01 | ||
| Reynolds, Mack | Summit | 12:07 | RK Wilcox | |
| Rich, Harold Thompson | Spawn of the Comet | 64:29 | ||
| Richmond, Walt & Leigh | Poppa Needs Shorts | 12:57 | Coffee Break Collection 001 | |
| Salton, William P. | Operation Lorelie | 11:36 | ||
| Schmitz, James H. | An Incident on Route 12 | 11:51 | Grumpy Old Squid | |
| Schmitz, James H. | An Incident on Route 12 | 10:05 | ||
| Scott, Kevin | Quiet, Please | 06:17 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Sevcik, Al | A Matter of Magnitude | 13:18 | RK Wilcox | |
| Shaw, Larry | Stairway To The Stars | 42:41 | R. J. Davis | |
| Shea, Robert | Resurrection | 03:58 | ||
| Shea, Robert | The Helpful Robots | 06:47 | ||
| Sheckley, Robert | Warm | 23:10 | ||
| Sheldon, Walt | This is Klon Calling | 09:20 | ||
| Sheldon, Walt | Two Plus Two Makes Crazy | 09:18 | ||
| Silverberg, Robert | Postmark Ganymede | 17:20 | ||
| Silverberg, Robert | The Happy Unfortunate | 39:09 | ||
| Simak, Clifford D. and Carl Richard Jacobi | The Street That Wasn’t There | 36:00 | Peter Yearsley | Short Story Collection Vol. 016 |
| Slesar, Henry | My Father, the Cat | 23:59 | ||
| Slesar, Henry | Reluctant Genius | 06:04 | ||
| Slesar, Henry | The Success Machine | 25:13 | ||
| Smith, Cordwainer | The Game of Rat and Dragon | 31:30 | ||
| Smith, E. E. Doc | The Vortex Blaster | 46:13 | ||
| Smith, Evelyn E. | The Blue Tower | 34:28 | ||
| Smith, George O. | History Repeats | 34:35 | ||
| Smith, George O. | The Big Fix | 57:42 | ||
| Smith, George Oliver | History Repeats | 25:52 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Tabakow, Lou | Faithfully Yours | 39:52 | ||
| Tevis, Walter S. | The Big Bounce | 19:47 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Thieme, Richard F. | Pleasant Journey | 13:48 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Vance, Gerald | Vital Ingredient | 16:24 | ||
| Vandenburg, G L | Martian V. F. W. | 13:44 | Qhali | |
| Verne, Jules | In the Year 2889 | 30:40 | ||
| Voltaire | Micromegas | 45:13 | ||
| Vonnegut, Kurt | 2 B R 0 2 B | 17:59 | ||
| Vonnegut, Kurt | 2 B R 0 2 B | 22:20 | Various Readers | |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | 2BR02B | 16:45 | ||
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr | 2BR02B | 19:21 | ||
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr | 2BR02B | 17:50 | ||
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. | 2BR02B | 16:19 | Hoosemon | |
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. | 2BR02B | 19:15 | ||
| Waldeyer, Graph | The 4D Doodler | 34:01 | Elanor | |
| Walker, Anne | A Matter of Proportion | 37:15 | ||
| Wallace, Floyd | Second Landing | 15:34 | ||
| Wallace, Floyd L. | Bolden's Pets | 45:01 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G | Pygmalion’s Spectacles | 42:50 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G | The Ideal | 46:58 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G | The Point of View | 37:39 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G | The Worlds of If | 35:16 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G | Valley of Dreams | 52:34 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley G. | A Martian Odyssey | 57:48 | ||
| Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman | Pygmalion’s Spectacles | 44:42 | Chrystal Layton | |
| Wells, Basil | Moment of Truth | 10:11 | ||
| Wells, H. G. | The Crystal Egg | 39:53 | ||
| Wells, H. G. | The Diamond Maker | 17:07 | ||
| Wells, H. G. | The New Accelerator | 30:29 | ||
| Wells, H. G. | The Plattner Story | 45:32 | ||
| Wells, H. G. | The Star | 32:21 | ||
| Wells, H.G. | In the Avu Observatory | 18:48 | ||
| Wells, H.G. | Story of the Late Mr Elvesham | 37:48 | ||
| Wertenbaker, G. Peyton | The Coming of the Ice | 40:09 | ||
| West, John Foster | Cogito Ergo Sum | 18:50 | ||
| West, Wallace | The End of Time | 54:47 | Short Science Fiction Collection 026 | |
| Wicks, Robert | The Quantum Jump | 22:40 | Jerome Lawsen | |
| Williams, Ralph | Cat and Mouse | 62:34 | ||
| Williamson, Jack | Salvage in Space | 49:20 | ||
| Williamson, Jack | The Cosmic Express | 25:37 | ||
| Williamson, Jack | The Pygmy Planet | 53:45 | ||
| Wilson, Robert H. | Out Around Rigel | 43:28 | Anton | |
| Windser, Therese | Longevity | 04:02 | ||
| Wright, Sewell Peaslee | The Infra-Medians | 41:34 | John Larmour | |
| Yaco, Murray F. | No Moving Parts | 37:05 | ||
| Yaco, Murray F. | No Moving Parts | 44:39 | ||
| Yaco, Murray F. | Unspecialist | 28:47 | ||
| Young, Robert F. | Star Mother | 13:24 |
