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Christmas on Ganymede

A Cosmic Christmas Catastrophe

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 133 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

41 min

When the Ganymedan Products Corporation decides to celebrate Christmas, nobody expects it to spiral into a full-scale lunar emergency. Olaf Johnson’s innocent talk of Santa Claus gives the native “Ossies” grand ideas — and soon the company’s entire mining quota, and everyone’s jobs, depend on delivering a jolly man in a flying sleigh to the icy moon of Jupiter. What follows is one of Isaac Asimov ... Read more

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When the Ganymedan Products Corporation decides to celebrate Christmas, nobody expects it to spiral into a full-scale lunar emergency. Olaf Johnson’s innocent talk of Santa Claus gives the native “Ossies” grand ideas — and soon the company’s entire mining quota, and everyone’s jobs, depend on delivering a jolly man in a flying sleigh to the icy moon of Jupiter. What follows is one of Isaac Asimov
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Living Space

Infinite Earths, Infinite Possibilities—And One Fatal Flaw

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 184 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

38 min

Humanity has solved overpopulation at last. Instead of crowding together, families now live in perfect isolation, each on their own version of Earth—vast, silent, and seemingly lifeless. In Living Space, that elegant solution is taken for granted, until a single disturbance raises an impossible question: what if the system isn’t as flawless as everyone believes?Isaac Asimov builds a calm, orderly ... Read more

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Humanity has solved overpopulation at last. Instead of crowding together, families now live in perfect isolation, each on their own version of Earth—vast, silent, and seemingly lifeless. In Living Space, that elegant solution is taken for granted, until a single disturbance raises an impossible question: what if the system isn’t as flawless as everyone believes?Isaac Asimov builds a calm, orderly
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Misbegotten Missionary AKA Green Patches

An Unexpected Prophet on an Alien World

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 387 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

41 min

Humanity encounters a form of life so advanced, so unified, that it views individuality as a tragic flaw. From its perspective, conflict, hunger, and fear are not inevitable truths but symptoms of a deeper biological failure. In Misbegotten Missionary, Isaac Asimov explores what happens when absolute harmony confronts human chaos—and when help arrives without being asked for.This is a quiet, ... Read more

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Humanity encounters a form of life so advanced, so unified, that it views individuality as a tragic flaw. From its perspective, conflict, hunger, and fear are not inevitable truths but symptoms of a deeper biological failure. In Misbegotten Missionary, Isaac Asimov explores what happens when absolute harmony confronts human chaos—and when help arrives without being asked for.This is a quiet,
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Pause, The

Something Out There Pressed Pause

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 164 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

33 min

Something strange has happened in the laboratory. Every Geiger counter has gone silent, every isotope has gone inert, and every trace of radioactivity—everywhere on Earth—has vanished. Physicist Alexander Johannison watches the instruments go dead, but the real horror begins when he finds the books themselves rewritten and his colleagues unable to remember that radioactivity ever existed. The ... Read more

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Something strange has happened in the laboratory. Every Geiger counter has gone silent, every isotope has gone inert, and every trace of radioactivity—everywhere on Earth—has vanished. Physicist Alexander Johannison watches the instruments go dead, but the real horror begins when he finds the books themselves rewritten and his colleagues unable to remember that radioactivity ever existed. The
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Time Pussy

The Purrfect Paradox

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 219 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

8 min

In Time Pussy, a quiet conversation between a boy and an old asteroid prospector opens a door into one of the strangest ideas Isaac Asimov ever explored. On a distant asteroid, miners once kept small, catlike creatures whose bodies extended not just through space, but through time itself. These unusual beings behaved like pets, yet obeyed rules no human could ever intuit without consequences.As ... Read more

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In Time Pussy, a quiet conversation between a boy and an old asteroid prospector opens a door into one of the strangest ideas Isaac Asimov ever explored. On a distant asteroid, miners once kept small, catlike creatures whose bodies extended not just through space, but through time itself. These unusual beings behaved like pets, yet obeyed rules no human could ever intuit without consequences.As
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Let's Get Together

The Invisible Enemy Among Us

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 123 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

42 min

For a hundred years, global rivalry has been locked in perfect balance, forcing both sides to innovate without ever daring to strike. Now a chilling possibility emerges: what if the deadliest blow isn’t meant to be detonated, but merely suspected?In a world where science has outpaced certainty, the search for an unseen enemy becomes a race against panic itself. Every precaution risks accelerating ... Read more

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For a hundred years, global rivalry has been locked in perfect balance, forcing both sides to innovate without ever daring to strike. Now a chilling possibility emerges: what if the deadliest blow isn’t meant to be detonated, but merely suspected?In a world where science has outpaced certainty, the search for an unseen enemy becomes a race against panic itself. Every precaution risks accelerating
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Day of the Hunters

When Time Travel Rewrites Extinction

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 109 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

22 min

It starts innocently enough: three friends arguing over the atomic age, the future, and wild scientific rumors about time travel. Then a half-drunk stranger interrupts—an ex-scientist, perhaps, or a lunatic—and tells them he’s already been to the Mesozoic Era. What follows is a revelation so unexpected that it silences their laughter and echoes long after the bar lights fade.The “Professor” ... Read more

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It starts innocently enough: three friends arguing over the atomic age, the future, and wild scientific rumors about time travel. Then a half-drunk stranger interrupts—an ex-scientist, perhaps, or a lunatic—and tells them he’s already been to the Mesozoic Era. What follows is a revelation so unexpected that it silences their laughter and echoes long after the bar lights fade.The “Professor”
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Weapon, The

The Ultimate Weapon Exists… But It’s Not Yours to Wield

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 283 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

33 min

In The Weapon, Isaac Asimov sends an Earthman into the austere presence of Mars’ oldest and most advanced race. Facing planetary collapse and rising tyranny, Preston Calvin pleads for assistance—only to encounter an alien civilization that has long abandoned emotion, war, and moral urgency alike. Their refusal forces him to consider an unthinkable alternative: taking by force what logic and ... Read more

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In The Weapon, Isaac Asimov sends an Earthman into the austere presence of Mars’ oldest and most advanced race. Facing planetary collapse and rising tyranny, Preston Calvin pleads for assistance—only to encounter an alien civilization that has long abandoned emotion, war, and moral urgency alike. Their refusal forces him to consider an unthinkable alternative: taking by force what logic and
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Magnificent Possession, The

Fame, Fortune… and One Very Inconvenient Formula

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 188 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

45 min

For years, Walter Sills has scraped by running chemical tests in a shabby lab overlooking the Hudson. Fifty, tired, and nearly broke, he’s certain the world has passed him by — until he discovers a shimmering new metal that could change everything. It shines brighter than gold, costs less than aluminum, and promises to make him famous at last. But with news of his discovery splashed across the ... Read more

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For years, Walter Sills has scraped by running chemical tests in a shabby lab overlooking the Hudson. Fifty, tired, and nearly broke, he’s certain the world has passed him by — until he discovers a shimmering new metal that could change everything. It shines brighter than gold, costs less than aluminum, and promises to make him famous at last. But with news of his discovery splashed across the
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Someday

The Day The Computer Listened

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 159 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

23 min

In a world where computers answer every question aloud and books speak instead of being read, two boys grow restless with old technology. They want sharper machines, faster systems, better stories. When one of them stumbles onto the ancient practice of “squiggles”—a forgotten way of writing and reading—the discovery feels thrilling, almost rebellious. Secret codes. Private clubs. Messages no ... Read more

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In a world where computers answer every question aloud and books speak instead of being read, two boys grow restless with old technology. They want sharper machines, faster systems, better stories. When one of them stumbles onto the ancient practice of “squiggles”—a forgotten way of writing and reading—the discovery feels thrilling, almost rebellious. Secret codes. Private clubs. Messages no
... Read more
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Portable Star, The

Fire on a World Without Flame

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 197 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

39 min

A broken hyperspace drive strands two couples on a planet officially marked lifeless and uninhabitable. The atmosphere cannot support flame, the soil holds no carbon, and the sky never clears—yet something there is watching.At first it is subtle. A tremor of fear at the controls. Laughter that won’t stop. Desires that flare without warning. Soon the four travelers realize they are not alone and ... Read more

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A broken hyperspace drive strands two couples on a planet officially marked lifeless and uninhabitable. The atmosphere cannot support flame, the soil holds no carbon, and the sky never clears—yet something there is watching.At first it is subtle. A tremor of fear at the controls. Laughter that won’t stop. Desires that flare without warning. Soon the four travelers realize they are not alone and
... Read more
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Everest

The Truth Waiting on Everest

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 194 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

10 min

It begins with a few fuzzy photographs—dark shapes darting across the snow near the summit of Mount Everest. Explorers call them mirages, Sherpas whisper of mountain spirits, and the Planetary Survey wants answers. When a scientist proposes to drop a man onto the summit by airplane, it sounds absurd… until James Abram Robbons volunteers. Two weeks later, alone amid hurricane winds and air too thin ... Read more

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It begins with a few fuzzy photographs—dark shapes darting across the snow near the summit of Mount Everest. Explorers call them mirages, Sherpas whisper of mountain spirits, and the Planetary Survey wants answers. When a scientist proposes to drop a man onto the summit by airplane, it sounds absurd… until James Abram Robbons volunteers. Two weeks later, alone amid hurricane winds and air too thin
... Read more