Science Fiction Short Stories
Science Fiction Short Stories
All these are available from Project Gutenberg, and are likely, in Cori's opinion, to be under an hour in finished recording time. The advantage of using PG texts is that they have already been carefully copyright checked, so unlikely to give us legal problems in that respect!
Longer books and more short stories and novellas can be found on the Science Fiction Bookshelf at PG, or search there for your favourite authors -- you may be surprised!
Underlined stories have been recorded at least once -- however multiple versions are Very Welcome!
Word counts are only rough esteems of total words in each story.
Last edited: July '09 (up to and inc. Vol 20.) There are 231 sci-fi short stories of 177 different authors. 128 of those have been recorded for LibriVox at least once.
Out of This World Convention (non-fic) by Forrest James Ackerman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28535 ~738words
The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22554 ~9975words
Lease to Doomsday by (Harlan Ellison?) Lee Archer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27392 ~5602words
The Indulgence of Negu Mah by Robert Arthur http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23688 ~4142words
Accidental Death by Peter Baily http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24517 ~3378words
Droozle by Frank Banta http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23148 ~2798words
Vanishing Point by C.C. Beck http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23868 ~2003words
One-Shot by James Benjamin Blish http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22958 ~4941words
Pandemic by Jesse F. Bone http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26206 ~6903words
The Next Logical Step by Ben Bova http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28063 ~ 2762 words
Year of the Big Thaw by Marion Zimmer Bradley http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28650 ~ 3345 words
Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26521 ~919words
The Day Time Stopped Moving by Bradner Buckner http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27053 ~6130words
The Stoker and the Stars by Algirdas Jonas Budrys http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22967 ~4549words
Solander's Radio Tomb by Ellis Parker Butler http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26856 ~3195words
The Last Evolution by John Wood Campbell http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27462 ~6835words
Tulan by Carroll M. Capps http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27968 ~8455words
And All the Earth a Grave by Carroll M. Capps http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23146 ~2572words
Hard Guy by H. B. Carleton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26855 ~1045words
Solomon's Orbit by William Carroll http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23160 ~3869words
The Perfectionists by Arnold Castle http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24977 ~4903words
Untechnological Employment by E. M. Clinton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23147 ~551words
Flight Through Tomorrow by Stanton Arthur Coblentz http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28453 ~ 3451 words
Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22545 ~6370words
Indirection by Everett B. Cole http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23339 ~7431words
Question of Comfort by Les Collins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22597 ~7113words
The Hills of Home by Alfred Coppel http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22102 ~3221words
Egocentric Orbit by John Cory http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24101 ~1053words
The Guardians by Irving E. Cox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24152 ~6249words
Impact by Irving E. Cox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25567 ~7854words
A Choice of Miracles by James A. Cox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26190 ~3832words
The Ultimate Experiment by Thornton !DeKy http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22466 ~1494words
Control Group by Roger Dee http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24949 ~5019words
Traders Risk by Roger Dee http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23103 ~4994words
The Sun King by Gaston Derreaux http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24973 ~3101words
Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28554 ~ 3422 words
Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28644 ~ 2877 words
The Putnam Tradition by Sonya Dorman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26743 ~2249words
Dead World by Jack Douglas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27631 ~5805words
Test Rocket! by Jack Douglas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23651 ~1077words
Regeneration by Charles Dye http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19964 ~7293words
Blessed Are the Meek by G.C. Edmondson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23762 ~1840words
Cully by Jack Egan http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26751 ~1716words
The Radiant Shell by Paul Ernst http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22171 ~7321words
The Mightiest Man by Patrick Fahy http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21582 ~1871words
The Invaders by Benjamin Ferris http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23535 ~5992words
The Circuit Riders by R. C. FitzPatrick http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24543 ~6328words
The Jupiter Weapon by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27588 ~5012words
Wind by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22590 ~5900words
The Gift Bearer by Charles Louis Fontenay http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24975 ~1979words
I Like Martian Music by Charles E. Fritch http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28451
Exile by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22346 ~4888words
The Talkative Tree by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23767 ~3259words
This World Must Die! by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23102 ~8046words
Transmutation of Muddles by Horace Brown Fyfe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24187 ~6312words
The Eternal Wall by Raymond Z. Gallun http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27110 ~4277words
The Bramble Bush by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23764 ~7579words
But, I Don't Think by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24005 ~11754words
Cum Grano Salis by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25234 ~8489words
Dead Giveaway by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24054 ~9430words
Heist Job on Thizar by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25028 ~4591words
In Case of Fire by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24521 ~3327words
Suite Mentale by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22763 ~4903words
Unnecessary Man by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24529 ~8324words
With No Strings Attached by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23198 ~6512words
...After a Few Words... by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23960 ~3001words
...Or Your Money Back by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23534 ~7994words
Belly Laugh by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28643 ~ 1240 words
Measure of a Man by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24135 ~7471words
The Man Who Hated Mars by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25644 ~5501words
Viewpoint by Gordon Randall Garrett http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23563 ~4086words
Stopover by William Gerken http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28450 ~ 3863 words
Breakaway by Stanley Gimble http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23592 ~2291words
Each Man Kills by Victoria Glad http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23301 ~6850words
Master of None by Lloyd Neil Goble http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27383 ~5018words
Cry from a Far Planet by Tom Godwin http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23799 ~5073words
The Nothing Equation by Tom Godwin http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25628 ~3062words
The Golden Judge by Nathaniel Gordon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24495 ~6211words
The Gallery by Roger Phillips Graham http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26936 ~6947words
The Sword and the Atopen by Taylor H. Greenfield http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26883 ~3672words
A Scientist Rises by Desmond Winter Hall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27464 ~2738words
The Man Who Saw the Future by Edmond Hamilton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28062 ~ 6545 words
The Undersea Tube by L. Taylor Hansen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27609 ~4379words
The Beast of Space by F. E. Hardart http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23509 ~4724words
The Last Place on Earth by James Judson Harmon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23426 ~7014words
Measure for a Loner by James Judson Harmon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22596 ~4995words
The Repairman by Harry Harrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22073 ~5544words
Toy Shop by Harry Harrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22966 ~2015words
The Beginning by Henry Hasse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27645 ~6520words
Walls of Acid by Henry Hasse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28045 ~4830words
Missing Link by Frank Patrick Herbert http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23210 ~6073words
Operation Haystack by Frank Patrick Herbert http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24721 ~8401words
Texas Week by Albert Hernhuter http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28647 ~ 1733 words
It's a Small Solar System by Allan Howard http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28437 ~ 1414 words
Advanced Chemistry by Jack G. Huekels http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26955 ~2228words
Tight Squeeze by Dean Charles Ing http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23337 ~6221words
Wizard by Laurence Mark Janifer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24375 ~7434words
The Ambulance Made Two Trips by William Fitzgerald Jenkins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24149 ~7999words
Scrimshaw by William Fitzgerald Jenkins http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23791 ~6012words
The Fourth Invasion by Henry Josephs http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23099 ~1428words
The Untouchable by Stephen A. Kallis http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24221 ~1938words
The First One by Herbert D. Kastle http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24192 ~4601words
John Jones's Dollar by Harry Stephen Keeler http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26867 ~4073words
The Rat Racket by David Henry Keller http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26890 ~7273words
Security by Ernest M. Kenyon http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26140 ~3762words
The Love of Frank Nineteen by David Carpenter Knight http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27921 ~7827words
The Worshippers by Damon Knight http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22560 ~9174words
All Day September by Roger Kuykendall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24161 ~5761words
We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly by Roger Kuykendall http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24118 ~1800words
Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23161 ~2666words
Slingshot by Irving W. Lande http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22462 ~5033words
The Great Potlatch Riots by Allen Kim Lang http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24864 ~7328words
Gambler's World by John Keith Laumer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21627 ~7817words
The Yillian Way by John Keith Laumer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21782 ~5166words
The Bell Tone by Edmund H. Leftwich http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22470 ~1764words
Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22579 ~5079words
Attention Saint Patrick by [pseud.] Murray Leinster http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23439 ~7822words
Daughters of Doom by Herbert B. Livingston http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25094 ~6551words
Mex by William Logan http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28518 ~849words
The Mississippi Saucer by Frank Belknap Long http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23568 ~6008words
The Calm Man by Frank Belknap Long http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28583 ~ 6278 words
The Sky Trap by Frank Belknap Long http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24151 ~5663words
Troubadour by Robert Augustine Ward Lowndes http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23091 ~1431words
The Alternate Plan by Gerry Maddren http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24792 ~2062words
The Deadly Daughters by Winston K. Marks http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24965 ~3647words
Summer Snow Storm by Stephen Marlowe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26968 ~4649words
Beyond Pandora by Robert J. Martin http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23930 ~880words
Pushbutton War by Joseph P. Martino http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24122 ~7640words
Something Will Turn Up by David Mason http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24189 ~2187words
Shepherd of the Planets by Alan Mattox http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28048 ~4236words
Rex Ex Machina by Frederic Max http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28543 ~ 1161 words
On Handling the Data by M. I. Mayfield http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23429 ~6063words
Mother America by Sam McClatchie http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26180 ~5361words
Criminal Negligence by J. Francis McComas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24399 ~6880words
In the Control Tower by Will Mohler http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23149 ~5790words
Song in a Minor Key by Catherine Lucille Moore http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28550 ~ 964 words
Divinity by William Douglas Morrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22623 ~6807words
The Hunters by William Douglas Morrison http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22524 ~5355words
General Max Shorter by Kris Ottman Neville http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23571 ~7354words
The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19029 ~6155words
An Ounce of Cure by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22866 ~1444words
Circus by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22875 ~2557words
Coffin Cure by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24276 ~5649words
Image of the Gods by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22882 ~6414words
Letter of the Law by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24275 ~5842words
Meeting of the Board by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22867 ~5899words
My Friend Bobby by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22881 ~4962words
Second Sight by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22997 ~8164words
The Dark Door by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22869 ~8944words
The Link by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22876 ~6045words
The Native Soil by Alan Edward Nourse http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24274 ~7311words
As Long As You Wish by John O'Keefe http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24121 ~1811words
The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O'brien http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23169 ~9251words
Lost in the Future by John Victor Peterson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28645 ~ 1102 words
The White Feather Hex by Don Peterson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23308 ~4989words
Dearest by H. Beam Piper http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19102 ~6657words
Crossroads of Destiny by H. Beam Piper http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18632 ~4676words
Operation R.S.V.P. by H. Beam Piper http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18261 ~2941words
The Answer by H. Beam Piper http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18342 ~4677words
Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18831 ~7112words
The Day of the Boomer Dukes by Frederik Pohl http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22559 ~8308words
The Green Beret by Thomas Edward Purdom http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24278 ~4724words
A Filbert Is a Nut by Rick Raphael http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23588 ~2991words
Subversive by Dallas !McCord (Mack) Reynolds http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23197 ~7109words
Unborn Tomorrow by Dallas !McCord (Mack) Reynolds http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23942 ~4480words
Gun for Hire by Mack Reynolds http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24247 ~5037words
I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Dallas !McCord (Mack) Reynolds http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26741 ~2023words
Summit by Dallas !McCord (Mack) Reynolds http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23669 ~1949words
Disturbing Sun by Robert Shirley Richardson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24150 ~4091words
The Premiere by Richard Sabia http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24865 ~5766words
Watch the Sky by James H. Schmitz http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24558 ~8380words
An Incident on Route 12 by James H. Schmitz http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21897 ~5087words
Quiet, Please by Kevin Scott http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21541 ~970words
Alien Offer by Al Sevcik http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26956 ~5320words
Survival Tactics by Al Sevcik http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24966 ~4183words
A Matter of Magnitude by Al Sevcik http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24927 ~2097words
The Dope on Mars by Jack Sharkey http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26843 ~5629words
Minor Detail by John Michael Sharkey http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28156 ~ 3713 words
Stairway to the Stars by Larry Shaw http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23159 ~6193words
The Helpful Robots by Robert J. Shea http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28438 ~ 1301 words
Resurrection by Robert J. Shea http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28031 ~679words
The Hunted Heroes by Robert Silverberg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25627 ~5181words
Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25629 ~2854words
The Happy Unfortunate by Robert Silverberg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25035 ~7373words
The Street That Wasn't There by Carl Richard Jacobi and Clifford Donald Simak http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22218 ~5994words
The Delegate from Venus by Henry Slesar http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25086 ~4655words
The Success Machine by Henry Slesar http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26168 ~4016words
My Father, the Cat by Henry Slesar http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28119 ~ 3080 words
Reluctant Genius by Henry Slesar http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28030 ~1109words
History Repeats by George Oliver Smith http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23884 ~4367words
Instinct by George Oliver Smith http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23931 ~4623words
Stop Look and Dig by George Oliver Smith http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19963 ~9722words
The Vortex Blaster by E. E. Smith http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22629 ~8266words
The Blue Tower by Evelyn E. Smith http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23104 ~5266words
Old Mr. Wiley by Fanny Greye la Spina http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23379 ~9823words
The Marooner by Charles A. Stearns http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24791 ~4412words
Upstarts by L. J. Stecher http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27492 ~5370words
Solar Stiff by Chas. A. Stopher http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28646 ~ 2341 words
Faithfully Yours by Lou Tabakow http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24566 ~6921words
Far from Home by J.A. Taylor http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23408 ~6644words
Cerebrum by Albert Teichner http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26761 ~6971words
Man Made by Albert Teichner http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24955 ~3646words
Sweet Their Blood and Sticky by Albert Teichner http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21568 ~2024words
The Big Bounce by Walter S. Tevis http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23153 ~6930words
The Professional Approach by Harness and Thomas http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23872 ~8172words
Tinker's Dam by Joseph Tinker http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24655 ~7669words
The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23185 ~4668words
Vital Ingredient by Gerald Vance http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27797 ~3637words
Jubilation, U.S.A. by G.L. Vandenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22589 ~3664words
Martian V.F.W. by G.L. Vandenburg http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22110 ~2584words
Monkey On His Back by Charles V. De Vet http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26569 ~4848words
2 B R 0 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21279 ~2675words
Shock Absorber by E. G. von Wald http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24380 ~8714words
The 4-D Doodler by Graph Waldeyer http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22227 ~5506words
A Matter of Proportion by Anne Walker http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23920 ~5660words
Second Landing by Floyd Wallace http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24958 ~2666words
Strange Alliance by Bryce Walton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28047 ~3890words
The Ideal by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22897 ~8112words
Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22893 ~7129words
The Point of View by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22895 ~6745words
The Worlds of If by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22890 ~6309words
Moment of Truth by Basil Eugene Wells http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28111 ~ 1628 words
The Coming of the Ice by G. Peyton Wertenbaker http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26967 ~6328words
The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27089 ~11227words
The Quantum Jump by Robert Wicks http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24418 ~3785words
The Cosmic Express by John Stewart Williamson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26066 ~4984words
Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20553 ~8351words
The Infra-Medians by Sewell Peaslee Wright http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20838 ~9988words
Unspecialist by Murray F. Yaco http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23443 ~4532words
No Moving Parts by Murray F. Yaco http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25078 ~6405words
Star Mother by Robert F. Young http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26957 ~1897words
