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Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks - Sci Fi Short Stories

Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks - Sci Fi Short Stories

FromThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories


Forsyte's Retreat by Winston Marks - Sci Fi Short Stories

FromThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please? Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Support the show - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVMerch https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/ We decided to do a story every day in October to say thank you for your overwhelming support. We now have 83 ratings on Spotify with an average of 4.9, 136 ratings on Apple Podcasts with an average of 4.99 and more 5-star reviews.  Sci-fi-guy2001 says, “If podcasting went away completely, I would miss The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast more than any other podcast I have ever listened to. The narration is outstanding and the story selection never fails to impress me. Thank you, thank you. Rich in Texas” Thank you, Rich, that is an amazing review. Your ratings and reviews encourage others to check us out and we thank you for your support. Please keep those Spotify ratings and Apple Podcast reviews coming! Little known Winston Marks turned out some interesting stories during his career. This one appeared in the May 1954 issue of, If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine. Open the yellowed pages to the illustration on page 96 and the text of the story on page 97 for, Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks… Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, one of my newfound favorites, “Who is Sylvia? What is she?” Oh, no! What is Sylvia… and who isn’t she? Upon the Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Support the show
Released:
Oct 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Join us every week for a trip back in time to the early days of science fiction. Travel the solar system with aliens, robots and space pirates aboard space ships capable of travel beyond light-years to discover planets and people, conflicts and conundrums. Short science fiction stories from some of the greatest vintage sci-fi authors of all time, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber, Alan E. Nourse,  Frederik Pohl, Kurt Vonnegut and many more.We’ll go back in time sixty to a hundred years, or more, when these amazing sci-fi short stories were written and very often find ourselves in the future. Narrator Scott Miller is your host for this journey through space and time.