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Nov 2023
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The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smi...

SCOTT MILLER
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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 on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

 

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Here’s the answer to our Sci-Fi Trivia question! What classic 1936 short story by C.L. Moore features the character "Jirel of Joiry" in a quest to obtain a powerful artifact? The answer, "The Dark Land".

 

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Our story can be found in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine in March 1948. Let’s go to page 62 for The Incredible Invasion by George O. Smith…

 

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