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Feb 2024
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Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury - Ray Bradbur...

SCOTT MILLER
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They wandered the dead and fragile cities, looking for the legendary Blue Bottle–not knowing what it was, nor caring, not really wanting to find it… ever… Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.


Ray Bradbury was one of the most successful and acclaimed authors of his time, and it is no surprise he is one of the most popular authors on our podcast. From Planet Stories Magazine in Fall 1950, turn to page 29 for, Death-Wish by Ray Bradbury


Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, The story of a modern Icarus, who tasted the freedom of the sky. He That Hath Wings by Edmond Hamilton.


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