Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster, born on June 16, 1896, in Virginia, was a prolific American science fiction writer whose imaginative tales have captivated readers for decades. Known for his pioneering contributions to the genre, Leinster wrote over 1,500 stories, including short stories, novels, and screenplays. His work often merged technology with humanity, exploring themes like space travel, communication, and the complexities of life in a rapidly changing world. One of his most notable achievements is the invention of the concept of "interstellar communication," a foundational idea that continues to influence science fiction today.
Nightmare Planet
Nightmare Planet invites listeners into a vivid science fiction landscape where adventure and introspection intertwine. Following the charac…
The Red Dust
You who have read "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, will welcome the sequel to that story. The world, in a far distant future, …
The Ambulance Made Two Trips
Big Jake Connors is taking over his town through violence, inimidation and bribery but Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald can only grind his teet…
The Runaway Skyscraper
Arthur Chamberlain has problems. His one-man engineering firm is faltering and his pretty secretary Estelle barely notices him. But these pr…
The Last Space Ship
Here are three stories from Murray Leinster, The Disciplinary Circuit, The Manless Worlds, and The Boomerang Circuit. All three were publis…
A Matter of Importance
The importance of a matter is almost entirely a matter of your attitude. And whether you call something "a riot" or "a war&qu…
The Aliens (Version 2)
The human race was expanding through the galaxy ... and so, they knew, were the Aliens. Who were these beings? Traces of them could be found…
Tanks
Tanks and the future of war is what Murray Leinster speculates about in this story. Written in the 1920's he observed the terrible new inven…
The Deadly Dust
Murray Leinster does not disappoint with this gem of a story. The dust is deadly. It is slowly drifting down over the North American cont…
Sand Doom
The problem was as neat a circle as one could ask for; without repair parts, they couldn’t bring in the ship that carried the repair parts! …
Murder Madness
Murder Madness! Seven Secret Service men had completely disappeared. Another had been found a screaming, homicidal maniac, whose fingers wri…
Exploration Team
"If you took a spitting cobra and crossed it with a wildcat, painted it tan-and-blue and then gave it hydrophobia and homicidal mania a…
The Sentimentalists
Lon and Cathy, deeply in love and new farmers on a far away world, found they owed their souls to the company. The greedy company had design…
If You Was a Moklin
Moklins are the friendliest aliens humans ever encountered. They LOVE humans, and want to imitate them in every way they can. And evolution…
The Mad Planet
It is 30,000 years following dramatically changed climate conditions on earth which had let massive amounts of carbon dioxide belch from the…
Pariah Planet
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of million…
A Thousand Degrees Below Zero
The War to End All Wars has ended and the world has taken a deep breath and is trying to recover normal life in 1919. But a super Villan in…
Be Young Again
Just about every confidence gag had been tried on old Vachti, except the Elixir of Youth. Only this was different—Professor Barr had a uniqu…
Men Into Space
MEN INTO SPACE is the thrilling story of man's gradual conquest of outer space. Starting with the rockets of today, the story moves on to tr…
Med Ship Man (version 2)
Scattered through the galaxy are thousands of worlds colonized by humans. Many have native microbes dangerous to the human immigrants. Other…