Saturday, November 7, 2009

(2409) Librivox Short Sci-fi Story Collection, Vol. 017 by Various Authors

Summary:
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected collection of short stories, first published between 1951 and 1962, that entered the US public domain when their copyright was not renewed.Summary by Cori Samuel, with Wikipedia input

In this collection:
Belly Laugh by Gordon Randall Garrett

Citadel by Algis Budrys

Cully by Jack Egan

the Defenders by Philip K. Dick

the Good Neighbors by Edgar Pangborn

in the Avu Observatory by H. G. Wells

Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg

Toy Shop by Harry Harrison

Vital Ingredient by Gerald Vance

the Vortex Blaster by E. E. Doc Smith

On Librivox: http://librivox.org/short-science-fiction-collection-017/