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Jokester

The Computer That Ended Comedy

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 185 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

37 min

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, ... Read more

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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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Time Pussy

The Purrfect Paradox

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 219 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

8 min

In Time Pussy, a quiet conversation between a boy and an old asteroid prospector opens a door into one of the strangest ideas Isaac Asimov ever explored. On a distant asteroid, miners once kept small, catlike creatures whose bodies extended not just through space, but through time itself. These unusual beings behaved like pets, yet obeyed rules no human could ever intuit without consequences.As ... Read more

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In Time Pussy, a quiet conversation between a boy and an old asteroid prospector opens a door into one of the strangest ideas Isaac Asimov ever explored. On a distant asteroid, miners once kept small, catlike creatures whose bodies extended not just through space, but through time itself. These unusual beings behaved like pets, yet obeyed rules no human could ever intuit without consequences.As
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Portable Star, The

Fire on a World Without Flame

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 197 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

39 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Misbegotten Missionary AKA Green Patches

An Unexpected Prophet on an Alien World

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 387 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

41 min

Humanity encounters a form of life so advanced, so unified, that it views individuality as a tragic flaw. From its perspective, conflict, hunger, and fear are not inevitable truths but symptoms of a deeper biological failure. In Misbegotten Missionary, Isaac Asimov explores what happens when absolute harmony confronts human chaos—and when help arrives without being asked for.This is a quiet, ... Read more

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Humanity encounters a form of life so advanced, so unified, that it views individuality as a tragic flaw. From its perspective, conflict, hunger, and fear are not inevitable truths but symptoms of a deeper biological failure. In Misbegotten Missionary, Isaac Asimov explores what happens when absolute harmony confronts human chaos—and when help arrives without being asked for.This is a quiet,
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Day of the Hunters

When Time Travel Rewrites Extinction

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 109 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

22 min

It starts innocently enough: three friends arguing over the atomic age, the future, and wild scientific rumors about time travel. Then a half-drunk stranger interrupts—an ex-scientist, perhaps, or a lunatic—and tells them he’s already been to the Mesozoic Era. What follows is a revelation so unexpected that it silences their laughter and echoes long after the bar lights fade.The “Professor” ... Read more

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It starts innocently enough: three friends arguing over the atomic age, the future, and wild scientific rumors about time travel. Then a half-drunk stranger interrupts—an ex-scientist, perhaps, or a lunatic—and tells them he’s already been to the Mesozoic Era. What follows is a revelation so unexpected that it silences their laughter and echoes long after the bar lights fade.The “Professor”
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Let's Get Together

The Invisible Enemy Among Us

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 123 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

42 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Ring Around The Sun

Two Pilots, One Fatal Assumption

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 215 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

39 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Starlight!

The Star That Should Not Be There

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 298 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

11 min

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. ... Read more

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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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S as in Zebatinsky

The Spy Who Was Never There

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 317 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

38 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Living Space

Infinite Earths, Infinite Possibilities—And One Fatal Flaw

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 184 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

38 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Magnificent Possession, The

Fame, Fortune… and One Very Inconvenient Formula

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 188 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

45 min

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 ... Read more

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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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Weapon, The

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

by Isaac Asimov ...

Narrated by Scott Miller ...

Series Audiobook 283 - Lost Sci-Fi
Unabridged

33 min

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 ... Read more

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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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