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The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings - Short Science Fiction Story From the 1940s

The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings - Short Science Fiction Story From the 1940s

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


The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings - Short Science Fiction Story From the 1940s

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

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Groff ruled the world through Fear. Fear of his awful power ... his twisted, mad brain. For one day that brain would crack. When it did, the World would dissolve in cataclysmic Chaos. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.This is the first time author Ray Cummings has appeared on our podcast. Cummings was born in New York City in 1887. Before his career as a science fiction author took off he worked for inventor Thomas Edison as a personal assistant and technical writer for 5 years. He wrote more than 200 short stories in his career.Back in 1940 you could’ve purchased the Spring issue of Planet Stories Magazine for 20 cents. You would have discovered two short stories by Ray Cummings in that issue, The Girl From Infinite Smallness on page 30 and today’s story which appears on page 94 and is credited to Ray King, one of many pen names he used. The Man Who Killed the World by Ray Cummings…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Barstac found it hard to believe that this girl had helped him escape—until he learned her reason. Moon of Memory by Bryce Walton.Live Thursday February 22nd8 PM New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto7 PM Chicago, Winnipeg, Dallas, Kansas City6 PM Denver, Calgary, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque5 PM Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle4 PM Anchorage3 PM Honolulu ☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsV❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee $50 Anonymous Listener$25 Stephen Kagan James Van Maanenberg Irma Stolfo Josh Jennings Leber8tr Anonymous ListenerConrad Chaffee $10Anonymous Listener$5Anonymous ListenerMerchandise - https://lostscifi.creator-spring.comYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgyNZ7w5w7O714NHkRv5psAFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fiSign up for our newsletter https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/266431/102592606683269000/share Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 18, 2024
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Podcast episode

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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.