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Oct 2023
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A Traveler in Time by August Derleth - T...

SCOTT MILLER
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You can’t always escape evils by running away from them… but it may help! A Traveler in Time by August Derleth, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

 

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We’ve got another time travel story for you today with a very interesting ending. Our author, August Derleth, was one of several authors in a previous podcast that included 9 short stories. 

 

Today’s story was published in Orbit Science Fiction Magazine. Orbit is another one of those magazines that didn’t last very long, publishing only 5 issues, 2 in 1953 and 3 in 1954. From issue #2 in December 1953 let’s turn to page 48 for, A Traveler in Time by August Derleth…

 

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Intelligent parents readily understand why they must not try to educate and train their children. Robots do it much better; they do not confuse them with complexes or emotions or petty impulses. Even tired old Ed Doyle could tell you that much… Progeny by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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