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

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

De: Scott Miller
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The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast restores and narrates forgotten and underrated vintage science fiction short stories from the Golden Age of science fiction. Each episode presents a professionally narrated classic originally published in pulp magazines and early science fiction publications of the late 19th and early to mid-20th century.


Released several times a week, the podcast explores timeless speculative ideas—alien encounters, artificial intelligence, time travel, dystopian futures, and the human cost of progress—through the works of legendary authors such as Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, and many others.


Approaching its 500th episode on its fourth anniversary, The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has reached #1 on Apple Podcasts in 34 countries, reflecting a global appetite for classic science fiction storytelling. These restored short stories offer modern listeners a chance to rediscover the imagination and daring speculation that shaped the genre’s formative years.


Narrated by Scott Miller, each episode serves as an accessible entry point into science fiction’s rich literary history—bringing the wonders, warnings, and possibilities of vintage sci-fi to a new generation of listeners.

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  • World's End by Henry Kuttner

    World's End by Henry Kuttner
    Feb 16 2026

    When a glimpse of tomorrow reveals how the world is undone, a scientist is given a narrow window to act. The risk isn’t failure—but coming back unable to remember what he changed. World’s End by Henry Kuttner. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.


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    I can never tell enough time travel stories, just cannot get enough of them. This one was first published in Weird Tales magazine in February 1938 on page 204, World’s End by Henry Kuttner…


    Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, They built a machine to handle chores, not to wait by the door or feel the sting of being left behind. When affection stops being programmable, someone has to decide whether turning it off is an act of mercy or something far worse. Helen O’Loy by Lester Del Rey.


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  • Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson

    Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson
    Feb 14 2026

    A factory worker wakes up far from Earth after a routine job triggers something no one warned him about. What he learns there forces a choice between keeping quiet—and deciding who gets to live longer back home. Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.


    If you consider yourself the biggest science-fiction fan on the planet and you’ve never heard of Allyn Donnelson, you’re forgiven. He appears to have published only a single story, and beyond that, nothing. We don’t know when or where he was born or anything about him. I’ve said this before about authors with just one published story—and I’ll say it again, I can’t help wishing there had been more.


    Published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in September 1954 on page 86, Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson…


    Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, When a glimpse of tomorrow reveals how the world is undone, a scientist is given a narrow window to act. The risk isn’t failure—but coming back unable to remember what he changed. World’s End by Henry Kuttner.


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  • Final Exam by Sam Merwin Jr.

    Final Exam by Sam Merwin Jr.
    Feb 12 2026
    Earth’s most powerful leader discovers that the counsel he trusted most may soon be gone—just as the stakes become irreversible. When guidance disappears, the final responsibility cannot be delegated, delayed, or avoided. Final Exam by Sam Merwin Jr. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.When you’re diving into the early days of sci-fi, one name you keep bumping into — even if you don’t always recognize it — is Sam Merwin Jr., who makes his debut on the podcast today. Born Samuel Kimball Merwin Jr. on April 28, 1910, in Plainfield, New Jersey, he came into the world with storytelling in his blood: his father, Samuel Merwin Sr., was an established novelist and playwright. After finishing his BA at Princeton University in 1931, he also studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, and then spent the early 1930s in journalism — reporting for the Boston Evening American and later serving as New York bureau chief for The Philadelphia Inquirer. His first published science fiction story arrived in 1939, a tale called “The Scourge Below” in Thrilling Wonder Stories. In 1940 wrote a mystery novel, Murder in Miniatures, and over the years he continued to write both mysteries and science fiction, often under his own name and occasionally under pseudonyms like Matt Lee, Jacques Jean Ferrat, Carter Sprague, and others. Like many of his peers he even wrote a few comic book stories for DC's Strange Adventures and Mystery in Space.What really makes Merwin’s impact in the genre interesting isn’t just the fiction he wrote, but the work he did behind the scenes. In the 1940s and early 1950s, he became a key editor at some of the era’s most influential science fiction magazines — Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fantastic Story Quarterly, and Wonder Stories Annual.Our story comes near the end of his career as a science fiction author, published in Fantastic Universe in November 1955 on page 61, Final Exam by Sam Merwin Jr…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A factory worker wakes up far from Earth after a routine job triggers something no one warned him about. What he learns there forces a choice between keeping quiet—and deciding who gets to live longer back home. Welcome to Paradise by Allyn Donnelson.☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffeeNewsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebookYouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtubeRise - http://Lostscifi.com/riseX - http://Lostscifi.com/xInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguy❤️ ❤️ Thanks to Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$100 Tony from the Future$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 MizzBassie, Anonymous Listener$25 Someone, Someone, Eaten by a Grue, Jeff Lussenden, Fred Sieber, Anne, Craig Hamilton, Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Every Month Someone$15 SueTheLibrarian, Joannie West, Amy Özkan, Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Every Month Eaten by a Grue$5 TLD, David, Denis Kalinin, Timothy Buckley, Andre'a, Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listenerhttps://lostscifi.com/podcast/final-exam-by-sam-merwin-jr/Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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An excellent collection of short stories from various writers long forgotten in many cases. Many of them I had never heard of, but they are now part of my listening collection. The narrator is top-notch and brings each story to life..Bravo Sir!

Vintage Sci-Fi at its BEST!

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I like everything about this podcast. The stories,the pace of narration and of course, the music

the narration

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