Science Fiction Shortish Stories
Longer Short Science Fiction Stories
All these are available from Project Gutenberg. 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! HOWEVER, they DO also publish copyrighted works, so double-check the licence inside the text before recording. 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!
In Cori's opinion, the stories listed on this page may be from 60-80 mins in finished recording duration, depending on how quickly you read, and on the language used in the story. If the story turns out to be less than 70 mins, please submit it to the Short Sci-fi Collection (found in the Short Works forum.) If it is longer than 70 mins, try to find a suitable point in the story to divide it into two or three shorter files. Use the "Solo Template" to help you post into a new thread in the Launchpad. Once this is claimed, you'll be able to upload all the files, and it's done! Each file will need its own disclaimer adding - the first part should have the full LibriVox disclaimer, and subsequent sections can use the short-form (see the template for more details.) This will create a short (but perfectly formed) solo!
Underlined stories have been recorded at least once -- however multiple versions are Very Welcome!
Word counts are only rough estimates of the total words in each story. Where stories are measured in KB, you can roughly guess at 1 minute per KB.
See also Science Fiction Short Stories and Science Fiction Novels.
Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) - A Question of Courage (67KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26772
Breuer, Miles John - The Einstein See-Saw (72KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29060
Budrys, Algis - Citadel (71KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26191
Cox, Irving E. - Impact (64KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25567
Dick, Philip K. - The Defenders (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28767
Diffin, Charles Willard - The Hammer of Thor (75KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29202
Garrett, Randall - Cum Grano Salis (68KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25234
Garrett, Randall - Dead Giveaway (73KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24054
Garrett, Randall - The Destroyers (75KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24166
Garrett, Randall - The Unnecessary Man (65KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24529
Hamilton, Edmond - The Sargasso of Space (71KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28832
Herbert, Frank Patrick - Operation Haystack (66KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24721
Janifer, Laurence M. - Hex (75KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24397
Jones, Neil Ronald - The Jameson Satellite (70KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26906
Leinster, Murray - Invasion (76KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29455
Leinster, Murray - The Ambulance Made Two Trips (64KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24149
Marlowe, Stephen - A Place in the Sun (65KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26966
Marlowe, Stephen - My Shipmate—Columbus (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27019
Meek, S. P. (Sterner St. Paul) - The Great Drought (68KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29326
Merliss, R. R. - The Stutterer (76KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22512
Noll, Ray C. - A Fine Fix (64KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27696
Piper, H. Beam - The Keeper (71KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19338
Rich, H. Thompson (Harold Thompson) - Spawn of the Comet (71KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29027
Schmitz, James H. - Watch the Sky (67KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24558
Simak, Clifford D. - Hellhounds of the Cosmos (76KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27013
Sloat, Edwin K. - Loot of the Void (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29457
Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer) - The Vortex Blaster (67KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22629
Starzl, Roman Frederick - In the Orbit of Saturn (74KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29038
Stuart, William W. - Inside John Barth (66KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28608
Vincent, Harl - Vulcan's Workshop (74KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29321
Vincent, Harl - Wanderer of Infinity (73KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29408
Wald, E. G. von - Shock Absorber (68KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24380
Wandrei, Donald A. - Raiders of the Universes (66KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29389
Wannamaker, Jim - Attrition (76KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24282
Weiss, George Henry - The Heads of Apex (71KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29046
Weiss, George Henry - The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds (75KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23831
Wells, Hal K. - Devil Crystals of Arret (72KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28628
Wells, Hal K. - The Cavern of the Shining Ones (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27143
Wells, Hal K. - Zehru of Xollar (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26917
West, Wallace - The End of Time (74KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29410
Williams, Ralph, - Cat and Mouse (75KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24392
Williamson, Jack - Salvage in Space (69KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29283
Williamson, Jack - The Pygmy Planet (74KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29177
Wilson, Robert H. - Out Around Rigel (65KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20553
Wright, Sewell Peaslee - The Death-Traps of FX-31 (72KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29309
Wright, Sewell Peaslee - The God in the Box (68KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28705
Wright, Sewell Peaslee - Vampires of Space (65KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29353
Zagat, Arthur Leo - The Great Dome on Mercury (70KB) at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/29190
