5 Zany & Diverting Sci-Fi Short Stories | Bedtime for Adults

In this compilation of Sci-Fi short stories, I read 5 zany and diverting stories written by the great authors of the 50's and 60's. Enjoy listening while driving, exercising or relaxing before bed.
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0:00 Introduction
1:12 Filthy Rich - Fred Sheinbaum
19:32 The Small World of M-75 - Ed M. Clinton Jr
46:55 The Addicts - William Morrison
1:07:58 X Marks the Pedwalk - Fritz Leiber
1:19:33 Minor Detail - Jack Sharkey
Filthy Rich - Fred Sheinbaum first appeared in the April 1957 edition of Worlds of If Science Fiction and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59849
The Small World of M-75 - Ed M. Clinton Jr first appeared in the July 1954 edition of Worlds of If Science Fiction and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32079
The Addicts - William Morrison first appeared in the January 1952 edition of Galaxy Science Fiction and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51240
X Marks the Pedwalk - Fritz Leiber first appeared in the April 1963 edition of World of Tomorrow and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52776
Minor Detail - Jack Sharkey first appeared in the November 1959 edition of Amazing Stories and is available as a public domain work on Project Gutenberg here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28156
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[@ruthmcpherson247]

Enjoyed all of 'em. Thanx!😃

[@storiesfromthesky]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@VidkunQL]

"The Filthy Rich" seems similar -- almost to the point of plagiarism -- to "The Midas Plague", published about three years earlier, which depicts the stress of trying to consume enough to keep up, the pride of those who are successful enough to go around in worn-out clothes, and the embarrassment of the desperately generous.

[@Growlinc]

Love your narration and thoroughly enjoy the tales you weave

[@storiesfromthesky]

Thank you kindly!

[@FRANKSNAKE71]

Love these stories! Thanks for posting👍

[@storiesfromthesky]

Glad you like them!

[@g3ndim]

Thank you 😊😊

[@storiesfromthesky]

Always welcome!

[@dehydratedwater9806]

👍👍

[@lisasnyder555]

I need one of those dirty so and so for my daughter.😂😂

[@davidchess1985]

Very nice, thank you as always! (I think my favorite line was "cast aside like a week-old suitcoat" or whatever it was; subtle and perfect.)

[@storiesfromthesky]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GaryColemanNC]

Thank you, William!

[@storiesfromthesky]

My pleasure!

[@casard5235]

Great compilation for the farcical natures of human imaginings. Thanks.

[@storiesfromthesky]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@UncleSam13]

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