Readings from old sci-fi, fantasy, and other genres of trade paperbacks. Also featured: Original stories by A Drifting Leaf.
Come along for the interplanetary space flight, and maybe drift yourself to hypersleep.
A barroom brag session turns into an interplanetary, inter-species challenge over technology.
Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1956 issue.
29 Sept 2026
Perfect Answer, by L. J. Stecher, Jr.
On a scouting mission in deep space, two explorers find a race of humanoids who have access to an enormously powerful tool. But who wields it?
Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1958 issue.
Find the back catalog of Galaxy Magazine on The Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine
10 Sept 2026
The Last Letter, by Fritz Lieber
In the future, sending mail could be dangerous.
Read from The Fifth Galaxy Reader, published in 1961 by Galaxy Publishing, edited by HL Gold. The book is collection of stories from Galaxy, a science fiction magazine published from 1950 to 1980. This story originally appeared in the June 1958 issue.
You can read the back catalog of Galaxy Magazine on The Internet Archive, at https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine
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