Phil Chenevert
Ministry of Disturbance
Science Fiction at it humorous best written in the golden age of all the greats and published in Astounding Science Fiction December 1958. …
The Skylark of Space (version 2)
The Skylark of Space by E. E. “Doc” Smith invites listeners into a groundbreaking adventure of interstellar travel, marking a pivotal moment…
The Hour of the Dragon (version 2)
This is absolutely the best Conan novel ever written in my opinion. It follows Conan when at the peak of his power as king of Aquilonia, he…
St. Francis of Assisi
For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved th…
The Stainless Steel Rat
This is the story that inspired and kicked off the Stainless Steel Rat series of stories and novels by Harry Harrison. A slippery con man an…
Ribbon in the Sky
Med Service man Calhoun and his little sidekick Murgatroid run into another sizeable speed bump on their assigned visits to the planets of t…
Hunter Patrol
World War IV has dragged on for 12 years and the whole world is drained and tired of the killing and destruction. One man, a high school che…
The People of the Black Circle (version 2)
In "The People of the Black Circle," Conan the Cimmerian embarks on a perilous quest that intertwines magic, treachery, and the fa…
The Variable Man (Version 2)
Philip K. Dick wrote some great Science Fiction and here is an example. Published in 1953, in Space Science Fiction, t his story explores a…
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den lille havfrue, literally: "the little sea lady") is a very well known fairy tale by the Dani…
Rinkitink in Oz (version 3)
Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink and their companions have adventures that lead to the land of the Nomes and, eventually, Oz. In …
Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
Doctor Dolittle, the man who can speak with the animals, is back home but running short of money to care for all the animals who need his he…
Med Service
Excitement would seem far from the life of a Med Service man. Going from planet to planet in their tiny ships with just one little furry co…
Planet of the Damned (Version 2)
Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once—but they were something else no…
The World with a Thousand Moons
Other than boasting of having a thousand moons, this nasty planet could only brag of having the most numerous, vicious, mean, death dealing …
The Defenders
The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. …
Salvage in Space
This is an SF tale of excitement, danger, derring-do and strangely enough, love. A lonely and very poor asteroid miner, slowly collecting …
Five Beloved Stories by O. Henry
O. Henry wrote over 600 short stories. Naturally I have my personal top 20 stories that just seem to stand out because of their form, writin…
Just So Stories (version 5)
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So S…
Attitude
They had been captured, but by whom? And why where they allowed to build anything they wanted to escape? The space cruiser was powerful and…