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.
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 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…
The Disciplinary Circuit
The Disciplinary Circuit is watching you. Always watching that your thoughts are correct and pure. The Council want only what is best for …
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…
Murder Madness
Murder Madness! Seven Secret Service men had completely disappeared. Another had been found a screaming, homicidal maniac, whose fingers wri…
Ribbon in the Sky
Med Service man Calhoun and his little sidekick Murgatroid run into another sizeable speed bump on their assigned visits to the planets of t…
Med Service
Excitement would seem far from the life of a Med Service man. Going from planet to planet in their tiny ships with just one little furry co…
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…
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 Grandfathers' War
Another twisty tale from Murray Leinster about that busy little Med Ship fixing problems throughout the universe. In this case, the med serv…
Nightmare Planet
Nightmare Planet invites listeners into a vivid science fiction landscape where adventure and introspection intertwine. Following the charac…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…