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Christmas on Ganymede

A Cosmic Christmas Catastrophe

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 133 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

41 minutos

When the Ganymedan Products Corporation decides to celebrate Christmas, nobody expects it to spiral into a full-scale lunar emergency. Olaf Johnson’s innocent talk of Santa Claus gives the native “Ossies” grand ideas — and soon the company’s entire mining quota, and everyone’s jobs, depend on delivering a jolly man in a flying sleigh to the icy moon of Jupiter. What follows is one of Isaac Asimov ... Leer más

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When the Ganymedan Products Corporation decides to celebrate Christmas, nobody expects it to spiral into a full-scale lunar emergency. Olaf Johnson’s innocent talk of Santa Claus gives the native “Ossies” grand ideas — and soon the company’s entire mining quota, and everyone’s jobs, depend on delivering a jolly man in a flying sleigh to the icy moon of Jupiter. What follows is one of Isaac Asimov
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Magnificent Possession, The

Fame, Fortune… and One Very Inconvenient Formula

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 188 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

45 minutos

For years, Walter Sills has scraped by running chemical tests in a shabby lab overlooking the Hudson. Fifty, tired, and nearly broke, he’s certain the world has passed him by — until he discovers a shimmering new metal that could change everything. It shines brighter than gold, costs less than aluminum, and promises to make him famous at last. But with news of his discovery splashed across the ... Leer más

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For years, Walter Sills has scraped by running chemical tests in a shabby lab overlooking the Hudson. Fifty, tired, and nearly broke, he’s certain the world has passed him by — until he discovers a shimmering new metal that could change everything. It shines brighter than gold, costs less than aluminum, and promises to make him famous at last. But with news of his discovery splashed across the
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S as in Zebatinsky

The Spy Who Was Never There

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 317 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

38 minutos

Marshall Zebatinsky is a talented nuclear physicist buried in a faceless government research team, just one more mind in an anonymous crowd. Desperate for recognition, he does the least “scientific” thing imaginable: he visits a dingy numerologist in a run-down storefront who claims to use a secret computer to tweak the probabilities of the future. The fix he suggests seems laughably small—change ... Leer más

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Marshall Zebatinsky is a talented nuclear physicist buried in a faceless government research team, just one more mind in an anonymous crowd. Desperate for recognition, he does the least “scientific” thing imaginable: he visits a dingy numerologist in a run-down storefront who claims to use a secret computer to tweak the probabilities of the future. The fix he suggests seems laughably small—change
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Pause, The

Something Out There Pressed Pause

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 164 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

33 minutos

Something strange has happened in the laboratory. Every Geiger counter has gone silent, every isotope has gone inert, and every trace of radioactivity—everywhere on Earth—has vanished. Physicist Alexander Johannison watches the instruments go dead, but the real horror begins when he finds the books themselves rewritten and his colleagues unable to remember that radioactivity ever existed. The ... Leer más

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Something strange has happened in the laboratory. Every Geiger counter has gone silent, every isotope has gone inert, and every trace of radioactivity—everywhere on Earth—has vanished. Physicist Alexander Johannison watches the instruments go dead, but the real horror begins when he finds the books themselves rewritten and his colleagues unable to remember that radioactivity ever existed. The
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Portable Star, The

Fire on a World Without Flame

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 197 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

39 minutos

A broken hyperspace drive strands two couples on a planet officially marked lifeless and uninhabitable. The atmosphere cannot support flame, the soil holds no carbon, and the sky never clears—yet something there is watching.At first it is subtle. A tremor of fear at the controls. Laughter that won’t stop. Desires that flare without warning. Soon the four travelers realize they are not alone and ... Leer más

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A broken hyperspace drive strands two couples on a planet officially marked lifeless and uninhabitable. The atmosphere cannot support flame, the soil holds no carbon, and the sky never clears—yet something there is watching.At first it is subtle. A tremor of fear at the controls. Laughter that won’t stop. Desires that flare without warning. Soon the four travelers realize they are not alone and
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Someday

The Day The Computer Listened

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 159 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

23 minutos

In a world where computers answer every question aloud and books speak instead of being read, two boys grow restless with old technology. They want sharper machines, faster systems, better stories. When one of them stumbles onto the ancient practice of “squiggles”—a forgotten way of writing and reading—the discovery feels thrilling, almost rebellious. Secret codes. Private clubs. Messages no ... Leer más

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In a world where computers answer every question aloud and books speak instead of being read, two boys grow restless with old technology. They want sharper machines, faster systems, better stories. When one of them stumbles onto the ancient practice of “squiggles”—a forgotten way of writing and reading—the discovery feels thrilling, almost rebellious. Secret codes. Private clubs. Messages no
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Let's Get Together

The Invisible Enemy Among Us

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 123 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

42 minutos

For a hundred years, global rivalry has been locked in perfect balance, forcing both sides to innovate without ever daring to strike. Now a chilling possibility emerges: what if the deadliest blow isn’t meant to be detonated, but merely suspected?In a world where science has outpaced certainty, the search for an unseen enemy becomes a race against panic itself. Every precaution risks accelerating ... Leer más

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For a hundred years, global rivalry has been locked in perfect balance, forcing both sides to innovate without ever daring to strike. Now a chilling possibility emerges: what if the deadliest blow isn’t meant to be detonated, but merely suspected?In a world where science has outpaced certainty, the search for an unseen enemy becomes a race against panic itself. Every precaution risks accelerating
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Starlight!

The Star That Should Not Be There

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 298 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

11 minutos

Arthur Trent thinks he has planned the perfect escape. A stolen cargo of Krillium worth ten million credits, a fast ship, and a hyperspace Jump that will carry him farther than any pursuer could hope to track.The real genius behind the plan belonged to an old computer designer named Brennmeyer. For thirty years he gathered astronomical records and fed them into a powerful navigation computer. ... Leer más

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Arthur Trent thinks he has planned the perfect escape. A stolen cargo of Krillium worth ten million credits, a fast ship, and a hyperspace Jump that will carry him farther than any pursuer could hope to track.The real genius behind the plan belonged to an old computer designer named Brennmeyer. For thirty years he gathered astronomical records and fed them into a powerful navigation computer.
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Ring Around The Sun

Two Pilots, One Fatal Assumption

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 215 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

39 minutos

Two veteran space pilots take a dangerous assignment meant to shave months off a mail run, relying on an experimental ship designed to cheat the Sun itself. At first, the danger feels familiar—sweat, glare, pressure—but once the ship enters the most hostile region of the solar system, the rules begin to change in ways neither man expected.As the temperature drops instead of rises, endurance ... Leer más

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Two veteran space pilots take a dangerous assignment meant to shave months off a mail run, relying on an experimental ship designed to cheat the Sun itself. At first, the danger feels familiar—sweat, glare, pressure—but once the ship enters the most hostile region of the solar system, the rules begin to change in ways neither man expected.As the temperature drops instead of rises, endurance
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Jokester

The Computer That Ended Comedy

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 185 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

37 minutos

Isaac Asimov’s Jokester begins innocently enough—with a scientist feeding jokes into Multivac, humanity’s most powerful computer, to uncover what makes people laugh. But what starts as curiosity turns into revelation when the machine traces the origin of humor itself—and exposes something far beyond human understanding.Asimov transforms a simple question into a startling exploration of psychology, ... Leer más

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Isaac Asimov’s Jokester begins innocently enough—with a scientist feeding jokes into Multivac, humanity’s most powerful computer, to uncover what makes people laugh. But what starts as curiosity turns into revelation when the machine traces the origin of humor itself—and exposes something far beyond human understanding.Asimov transforms a simple question into a startling exploration of psychology,
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Weapon, The

The Ultimate Weapon Exists… But It’s Not Yours to Wield

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 283 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

33 minutos

In The Weapon, Isaac Asimov sends an Earthman into the austere presence of Mars’ oldest and most advanced race. Facing planetary collapse and rising tyranny, Preston Calvin pleads for assistance—only to encounter an alien civilization that has long abandoned emotion, war, and moral urgency alike. Their refusal forces him to consider an unthinkable alternative: taking by force what logic and ... Leer más

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In The Weapon, Isaac Asimov sends an Earthman into the austere presence of Mars’ oldest and most advanced race. Facing planetary collapse and rising tyranny, Preston Calvin pleads for assistance—only to encounter an alien civilization that has long abandoned emotion, war, and moral urgency alike. Their refusal forces him to consider an unthinkable alternative: taking by force what logic and
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Living Space

Infinite Earths, Infinite Possibilities—And One Fatal Flaw

de Isaac Asimov ...

Narrado por Scott Miller ...

Series Audiolibro 184 - Lost Sci-Fi
Completo

38 minutos

Humanity has solved overpopulation at last. Instead of crowding together, families now live in perfect isolation, each on their own version of Earth—vast, silent, and seemingly lifeless. In Living Space, that elegant solution is taken for granted, until a single disturbance raises an impossible question: what if the system isn’t as flawless as everyone believes?Isaac Asimov builds a calm, orderly ... Leer más

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Humanity has solved overpopulation at last. Instead of crowding together, families now live in perfect isolation, each on their own version of Earth—vast, silent, and seemingly lifeless. In Living Space, that elegant solution is taken for granted, until a single disturbance raises an impossible question: what if the system isn’t as flawless as everyone believes?Isaac Asimov builds a calm, orderly
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