The important thing was that they survive. Men were needed who’d be able to explore the surface once the ship landed. Trainee for Mars by Harry Harrison. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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You can never have too much Harry Harrison! His story The Stainless Steel Rat remains one of the most listened-to episodes on our podcast.

Today’s tale first appeared in Fantastic Universe in June 1958, accompanied by this note from the magazine: “We seem so close to Space Flight that we’ve been afraid, these last weeks, that history might catch up with us and make Harry Harrison’s exciting story dated. There is that danger, these days.”

As it turned out, history took a little longer—nearly three years later, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, piloting Freedom 7 for 15 minutes and 28 seconds.

Open the pages of Fantastic Universe to page 4, Trainee for Mars by Harry Harrison…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, To those who were the goggle of Dr. Dragonet there is another world–of mystery, joy and, yes, terror… The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet by Fritz Leiber.

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Two bitter rival scientists are locked in a feud that consumes their lives, but nature has a strange way of taking sides. When an eerie moth appears, the battle takes an unexpected and unsettling turn. A Moth by H. G. Wells. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

If today’s story sounds familiar but you're scratching your head thinking, I thought it was called The Moth, you’re right. It was not uncommon for stories to have more than one title in the early days of science fiction. When a story was reprinted in a different magazine, anthology, or even in another country, the editor or publisher sometimes altered the title to better fit the publication’s style or market.

Whether you know it as The Moth or A Moth it’s still the same story and a very good one regardless of the title. Originally published in The Pall Mall Gazette on March 28th 1895, A Moth by H. G. Wells…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The important thing was that they survive. Men were needed who’d be able to explore the surface once the ship landed. Trainee for Mars by Harry Harrison.

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Only a race as incredibly elastic as the Grom could have a single rule of war: Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

We’ve featured Robert Sheckley’s work quite often on the podcast. Potential, The Perfect Woman, The Deep Hole to China, The Monsters and the apocalyptic tale Proof of the Pudding are some of the stories you’ve heard on the podcast. Seventh Victim is a story by Sheckley you should listen to if you haven’t already.

Let’s peruse the pages of Galaxy Science Fiction in November 1953 and discover aliens on their way to earth, and their intentions are not good, just inside the front cover on page 5, Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley…

Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Two bitter rival scientists are locked in a feud that consumes their lives, but nature has a strange way of taking sides. When an eerie moth appears, the battle takes an unexpected and unsettling turn. A Moth by H. G. Wells.

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