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Nov 2023
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The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D...

SCOTT MILLER
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Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops—even though he was aware this was—The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak­­­­­­, 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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Winner of three Hugo Awards a Nebula and a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master, Clifford D. Simak was one of the most awarded science fiction authors of his time. It’s easy to fall in love with his writing. From Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine in January 1958 turn to page 108 for, The World That Couldn’t Be by Clifford D. Simak­­­­­­…

 

Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, It’s very difficult to find a good, sound, legal way of stopping an aggressor–when the victims always anxiously invite him to come in and take over! The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smith. That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.



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