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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