Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent philosophical thought experiments presented in entertaining ways. Protagonists typically "think" rather than "shoot" their way out of problems, but the definition is flexible because there are no limits on an author's imagination. The reader-selected stories presented here were written prior to 1962 and became US public domain texts when their copyrights expired.

Latest episodes of the podcast Short Science Fiction Collection 046 by Various

• A Filbert is a Nut
• Ask a Foolish Question
• The Beasts In The Void
• The Burning Bridge
• From an Amber Block
• The Gate to Xoran
• Goodbye, Dead Man!
• Holes, Incorporated
• The Last Supper
• Lost In The Future
• Made in Tanganyika
• A Matter of Magnitude
• The Planet of Dread
• Say 'Hello' From Me
• Silver Dome
• The Day Time Stopped Moving
• The Natives
• The New Accelerator
• Vampire of Venus
• Vanishing Point