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The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast – Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

The Star Beast by Damon Knight

32 min • 21 juli 2025

They called this strange tentacle-headed blob that had floundered into the System Oscar. They were to learn a better name. The Star Beast by Damon Knight. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Damon Knight returns to the podcast today with a story from Planet Stories Magazine. We will discover our story in the Spring 1949 issue on page 59, The Star Beast by Damon Knight…

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Robot Nemesis by E. E. Doc Smith

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Dwellers in Silence by Ray Bradbury AKA The Long Years

The Irresistible Perfume by Harold Lawlor

The Volcanic Valve by W. L. Alden

The Thing in the Trunk by Paul Ernst

Dead Man's Planet by William Morrison

The Mercurian by Frank Belknap Long

The Artificial Honeymoon by H. Bedford–Jones

Anton's Last Dream by Edwin Baird

The Shoddy Lands by C. S. Lewis

The Artificial Man by Clare Winger Harris

The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley

The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft

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Infiltration by Algis Budrys - What if the monsters are more human than we are?

Con-Fen by James R. Adams

The Stranger by Gordon R. Dickson - Not a Rocket. Not Human. Not Safe?

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The Avenger by Damon Knight - Earth’s Last Hope Was No Longer Human

The Unnamable by H. P. Lovecraft - They Spoke of the Unseen… Until It Spoke Back

A World to Die For by Sam Carson - To Build, to Love, to Stand Among Titans

Master of the Asteroid by Clark Ashton Smith - Alone, Doomed, and Deified on a Forgotten Asteroid

The Crystal Man by Edward Page Mitchell

Exile of the Eons by Arthur C. Clarke - The Long Sleep and the Longer Exile

Old Crompton's Secret by Harl Vincent - In the Shadows of Progress, One Man Dared to Play God

Return of a Legend by Raymond Z. Gallun - Survival is the Only Law on Mars

Man–Hunting Robot by James Rosenquest

Forever by Robert Sheckley - Living Forever Comes at a Price

The Coming of the Ice by G. Peyton Wertenbaker - Humanity’s Last Days Before the Freeze

Lake of Fire by Frank Belknap Long - After Mars, Earth Is Just a Memory

Eight Million Dollars From Mars by Winston Marks - Crime, Corruption, and Crimson Horizons

The Crystal Egg by H. G. Wells - A Window to Another World

The Father Thing by Philip K. Dick - Not All Monsters Come From Outer Space

The Time Snatcher by Randall Garrett - A High-Stakes Chase Through Time Itself

A Prophecy of Monsters by Clark Ashton Smith and The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim

Misbegotten Missionary by Isaac Asimov, also known as Green Patches - The Creatures, and the Truth!

Before the Fact by Zenna Henderson - When Premonitions Become Reality: A Masterpiece of Sci-Fi Suspense

Orphans of the Void by Michael Shaara - A Classic Sci-Fi Adventure Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Cosmic Mystery

Beyond Annihilation by Henry Kuttner - A Cosmic Battle for Survival

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Adam and No Eve by Alfred Bester - A Chilling Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Tale from a Sci-Fi Grand Master

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The Goggles of Dr Dragonet by Fritz Leiber - A Short Science Fiction Story from 1961

Trainee for Mars by Harry Harrison - Training for the First Space Flight to Mars

A Moth by H. G. Wells - A Short Story from the "Father of Science Fiction" in The Pall Mall Gazette in 1895

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Captain Midas by Alfred Coppel - Science Fiction Short Story From the 1940s

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The Untouchable Adolescents by Harlan Ellison - Vintage Science Fiction from the 1950s

The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake - 1960s Classic Science Fiction

The Good Seed by Mack Reynolds - 1960's Science Fiction Short Story from If

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Collision Orbit by Clyde Beck - Classic Science Fiction Short Story From the 1950s

Transience by Arthur C. Clarke - Science Fiction Short Story From the 1940s

The Minions of Midas by Jack London - Jack London Short Stories

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