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Trapped on a Moon with Nowhere to Run

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 462 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

31 min

On the barren, irregular surface of Phobos, a lone intelligence operative known as K.15 faces a seemingly impossible situation. A powerful cruiser is bearing down on him with guided missiles, heavy weapons, and a crew ready to end his mission—and his life—before help can arrive. Armed with nothing but a spacesuit, a small packet of critical intelligence, and the unpredictable landscape of Mars’ ... Read more

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On the barren, irregular surface of Phobos, a lone intelligence operative known as K.15 faces a seemingly impossible situation. A powerful cruiser is bearing down on him with guided missiles, heavy weapons, and a crew ready to end his mission—and his life—before help can arrive. Armed with nothing but a spacesuit, a small packet of critical intelligence, and the unpredictable landscape of Mars’
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Summertime on Icarus AKA The Hottest Piece Of Real Estate In The Solar System

Trapped Where the Sun Never Blinks

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 453 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

34 min

Summertime on Icarus is a slow-burn tale of survival from Arthur C. Clarke, plunging listeners into the heart of a solar system where the sun itself becomes the enemy. When astronaut Colin Sherrard crashes on the two-mile-wide asteroid Icarus, he wakes to an impossible race against time: sunrise. As the asteroid spins toward a star thirty times larger than it appears from Earth, Sherrard must ... Read more

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Summertime on Icarus is a slow-burn tale of survival from Arthur C. Clarke, plunging listeners into the heart of a solar system where the sun itself becomes the enemy. When astronaut Colin Sherrard crashes on the two-mile-wide asteroid Icarus, he wakes to an impossible race against time: sunrise. As the asteroid spins toward a star thirty times larger than it appears from Earth, Sherrard must
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Exile of the Eons

The Long Sleep and the Longer Exile

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 414 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

42 min

Arthur C. Clarke’s Exile of the Eons opens at the moment of total defeat. A ruthless mastermind, cornered by the collapse of his global war, refuses surrender and turns instead to an audacious experiment in suspended animation—choosing exile in time rather than face justice. He believes that a hundred years will be enough for the world to forget his name and his crimes.But time is far larger than ... Read more

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Arthur C. Clarke’s Exile of the Eons opens at the moment of total defeat. A ruthless mastermind, cornered by the collapse of his global war, refuses surrender and turns instead to an audacious experiment in suspended animation—choosing exile in time rather than face justice. He believes that a hundred years will be enough for the world to forget his name and his crimes.But time is far larger than
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Transience

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 380 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

16 min

Transience by Arthur C. Clarke - Though The World May Die, Man Will Go On.Sir Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer, futurist, and inventor, best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey and his contributions to both science and science fiction. His work blended rigorous scientific accuracy with imaginative speculation, earning him a place among the greatest sci-fi authors of the ... Read more

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Transience by Arthur C. Clarke - Though The World May Die, Man Will Go On.Sir Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer, futurist, and inventor, best known for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey and his contributions to both science and science fiction. His work blended rigorous scientific accuracy with imaginative speculation, earning him a place among the greatest sci-fi authors of the
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At the End of the Orbit

Not Every Rescue Mission is What It Seems

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 266 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

42 min

At The End Of The Orbit delivers Arthur C. Clarke at his most gripping and emotionally layered, blending adventure on the Great Barrier Reef with a moral reckoning that creeps in slowly and lands with devastating force. When a meteor blazes across the dawn sky, the crew of a pearling lugger discovers a fallen Soviet space capsule—its silent occupant waiting in the darkness below the waves. For ... Read more

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At The End Of The Orbit delivers Arthur C. Clarke at his most gripping and emotionally layered, blending adventure on the Great Barrier Reef with a moral reckoning that creeps in slowly and lands with devastating force. When a meteor blazes across the dawn sky, the crew of a pearling lugger discovers a fallen Soviet space capsule—its silent occupant waiting in the darkness below the waves. For
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Wall Of Darkness, The

The Secret Beyond the Shadow Land

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 128 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

50 min

In a world lit by a single sun, where no one has ever known true darkness, legend tells of a colossal black wall stretching endlessly across the southern horizon. Shervane, heir to a noble house, grows obsessed with uncovering what lies beyond it. His journey—from youthful wonder to the edge of the unknown—culminates in an expedition that defies both reason and the laws of the cosmos. The Wall of ... Read more

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In a world lit by a single sun, where no one has ever known true darkness, legend tells of a colossal black wall stretching endlessly across the southern horizon. Shervane, heir to a noble house, grows obsessed with uncovering what lies beyond it. His journey—from youthful wonder to the edge of the unknown—culminates in an expedition that defies both reason and the laws of the cosmos. The Wall of
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Inside the Comet

Trapped In The Tail Of Randall’s Comet

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 287 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

28 min

Randall’s Comet is the greatest sky show in human history—a colossal banner of ice and glowing gas stretching across the dawn, brighter and more spectacular than anything seen since the age of mammoths. Riding its tail is the research ship Challenger, packed with scientists, instruments, and one very lucky reporter, George Takeo Pickett. His assignment is simple: document the mission, interview ... Read more

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Randall’s Comet is the greatest sky show in human history—a colossal banner of ice and glowing gas stretching across the dawn, brighter and more spectacular than anything seen since the age of mammoths. Riding its tail is the research ship Challenger, packed with scientists, instruments, and one very lucky reporter, George Takeo Pickett. His assignment is simple: document the mission, interview
... Read more
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Star, The

A Cosmic Catalyst: Humanity’s Search for Meaning Among the Stars

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 203 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

18 min

Some discoveries expand our understanding of the universe. Others challenge the stories we tell ourselves about our place within it.In The Star, Arthur C. Clarke delivers a quiet, devastating meditation on faith, knowledge, and moral consequence. Set against the immense backdrop of deep space, the story follows a brilliant scientific mind grappling with the emotional weight of an astronomical ... Read more

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Some discoveries expand our understanding of the universe. Others challenge the stories we tell ourselves about our place within it.In The Star, Arthur C. Clarke delivers a quiet, devastating meditation on faith, knowledge, and moral consequence. Set against the immense backdrop of deep space, the story follows a brilliant scientific mind grappling with the emotional weight of an astronomical
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Nine Billion Names of God, The

A Monastery’s Cosmic Mission

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 518 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

20 min

Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Nine Billion Names of God” is one of the most iconic short stories in vintage science fiction. It follows two weary engineers who journey to a remote Tibetan monastery to install a computer designed to complete a sacred project three centuries in the making. For generations, the monks have been manually compiling all possible names of the divine—believing that once the list ... Read more

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Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Nine Billion Names of God” is one of the most iconic short stories in vintage science fiction. It follows two weary engineers who journey to a remote Tibetan monastery to install a computer designed to complete a sacred project three centuries in the making. For generations, the monks have been manually compiling all possible names of the divine—believing that once the list
... Read more
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Castaway

A Tragedy Measured In Miles

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 208 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

18 min

Something ancient, fragile, and alive is set adrift in a universe that does not notice its passing. Castaway is a quietly devastating meditation on isolation, scale, and the tragic mismatch between human perception and cosmic reality. Arthur C. Clarke strips science fiction down to its essentials, letting awe and melancholy carry the weight where action never could. The story unfolds with a calm ... Read more

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Something ancient, fragile, and alive is set adrift in a universe that does not notice its passing. Castaway is a quietly devastating meditation on isolation, scale, and the tragic mismatch between human perception and cosmic reality. Arthur C. Clarke strips science fiction down to its essentials, letting awe and melancholy carry the weight where action never could. The story unfolds with a calm
... Read more
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Superiority

When Progress Becomes the Enemy

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 328 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

31 min

In Superiority, Arthur C. Clarke delivers a sharply focused military science fiction classic told as an official postwar testimony. A defeated supreme commander sets out to correct public misunderstanding, explaining how his seemingly unbeatable civilization lost a war despite superior fleets, talent, and confidence. What unfolds is a gripping account of escalation, innovation, and overconfidence ... Read more

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In Superiority, Arthur C. Clarke delivers a sharply focused military science fiction classic told as an official postwar testimony. A defeated supreme commander sets out to correct public misunderstanding, explaining how his seemingly unbeatable civilization lost a war despite superior fleets, talent, and confidence. What unfolds is a gripping account of escalation, innovation, and overconfidence
... Read more
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Travel by Wire

by Arthur C. Clarke ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 320 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

13 min

A breakthrough in transportation promises to erase distance, delay, and inconvenience with the push of a button. People step into a transmitter in one city and emerge moments later in another, intact, conscious, and amazed. Governments celebrate it. Businesses depend on it. Millions embrace it without hesitation. Travel by wire becomes so normal that no one pauses to ask what might go wrong.The ... Read more

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A breakthrough in transportation promises to erase distance, delay, and inconvenience with the push of a button. People step into a transmitter in one city and emerge moments later in another, intact, conscious, and amazed. Governments celebrate it. Businesses depend on it. Millions embrace it without hesitation. Travel by wire becomes so normal that no one pauses to ask what might go wrong.The
... Read more