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QUIXOTE AND THE WINDMILL Episode #503 · Written by Poul Anderson · Narrated by Scott Miller Earth has reached a point earlier generations only imagined. Machines handle the labor. Factories run themselves. Food and comfort are abundant. Most citizens spend their days creating art, enjoying leisure, or pursuing specialized work […]

CASTAWAY Episode #502 · Written by A. Bertram Chandler · Narrated by Scott Miller The sea nearly takes him. The island offers sand, brackish water, and the faint comfort of a signal fire that once promised rescue. Yet when he follows the only footprints on the beach, he finds not […]

THE MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING Episode #501 · Randall Garrett · Narrated by Scott Miller Philip Merriwether has never frightened anyone. He is mild, forgetful, and easily overlooked. Then, without warning, his mind becomes a vault filled with every fact it touches. Questions no longer puzzle him. They answer themselves. […]

MICROCOSMIC GOD Episode #500 · Theodore Sturgeon · Narrated by Scott Miller Some stories warn us about the dangers of power. Others explore the loneliness of genius. Microcosmic God does both—then pushes far beyond, into territory that feels disturbingly inevitable. Theodore Sturgeon imagines a world where knowledge accelerates faster than […]

THE HOUNDS OF TINDALOS Episode #499 · Written by Frank Belknap Long · Narrated by Scott Miller Some experiments do not explode. They unfold quietly, with pencil marks, candlelight, and a single forbidden theory taken too seriously. In The Hounds of Tindalos, a restless intellectual becomes convinced that time is […]

THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM Episode #498 · Written by Victor Rousseau · Narrated by Scott Miller Dr. Ivan Brodsky is certain that death is not destruction but transition, and he has built a machine to prove it. In a sealed laboratory, he prepares to drive both himself and a soulless child […]

THE ULTIMATE WORLD Episode #497 · Written by Bryce Walton · Narrated by Scott Miller What does a perfect civilization do when perfection becomes unbearable? In The Ultimate World, Bryce Walton takes listeners to a future where every problem has been solved and every desire has already been fulfilled. The […]

THE ULTIMATE PARADOX Episode #496 · Written by Thorp McClusky · Narrated by Scott Miller Dr. Charles Severance is not surprised when his experiment works. He built it carefully, tested it mentally for years, and understands the cost before he activates it. What he cannot fully predict is how quickly […]

THE ULTIMATE WISH Episode #495 · Written by E. M. Hull · Narrated by Scott Miller Lola Pimmons has spent years enduring quiet cruelty, watching other people enjoy lives that seem permanently out of reach. When she is offered a single wish, the promise feels less like a miracle and […]