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Chapter VIII, Part 2
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Raymond Z. Gallun
In The Planet Strappers
The Planet Strappers started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wante…
07 - Peter
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Jacob A. Riis
In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
10 - Wellington, part 2
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
J. Walker McSpadden
In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…
39 - Sunday Morning
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Christopher Morley
In Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
29 - Reform Through Reading
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Heywood Broun
In Seeing Things at Night
This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)
11 - Chapter 11
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
In The Outlaw of Torn
The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the p…
Whirligigs
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
O. Henry
A collection of short stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer
J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement - Part 2
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In The Captain of the Polestar, and other tales
This is a collection of early Sir Arthur Conan Doyle short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. (Summary…
08 - Exploring
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Jules Verne
In The Underground City or the Child of the Cavern
Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiv…
Chapter 2
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
William Turner and William Oliver Turner
In The High Hander
Tesno was a troubleshooter. That's why the railroad construction company had hired him. His job was to make sure that nobody interfered with…
02 - THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
O. Henry
In The Four Million (Version 2)
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry origi…
25 - ORIANNA
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Abbie Phillips Walker
In Sandman's Goodnight Stories
Have you every read a bed time story to a child? Or had one read to you? Fun, isn't it? These 28 delightful, short, well written and whimsic…
Chapter 4
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Bram Stoker
In The Lair of the White Worm (Version 2)
The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is p…
The World Beyond
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Ray Cummings
Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)
Chapter 3 - In Which Things Happen in Half Moon Street
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Sapper
In Bulldog Drummond
‘Sapper’, the pseudonym of Colonel. H.C. McNeile M.C. was one of the most popular English writers of thrillers between the two world wars. A…
Uncle Wiggily and the Baby
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Howard R. Garis
In Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland
Howard Garis, one of the most prolific children's writers of the 20th century, is credited with writing over 1500 Uncle Wiggily stories. In …
06 - The Daily News
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
James Thomson and George William Foote
In Satires and Profanities
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…