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A Dusty Tomes Audiobook
In Cooperation with Spoken Realms
Science Fiction Stories of the Future from the Past
Narrated by Joseph Tabler
- “The Automatic Maid of All Work” by M. L. Campbell originally published in The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature for July, 1893.
- “Ely’s Automatic Housemaid” by Elizabeth W. Bellamy originally published in The Black Cat, December, 1899.
- “Mr. Meek—Musketeer” by Clifford D. Simak originally published in Planet Stories, Summer, 1944.
- “Mr. Meek Plays Polo” by Clifford D. Simak originally published in Planet Stories, Fall, 1944.
- “In the Year Ten Thousand” by William Harben originally published in The Arena Vol. VI, 1892.
- “Service with a Smile” by Charles L. Fontenay originally published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, June, 1958.
- “Family Tree” by Charles L. Fontenay originally published in If Worlds of Science Fiction, December, 1956.
- “Glow Worm” by Harlan Ellison originally published in Infinity Science Fiction, February, 1956.
All stories are in the public domain, read from Project Gutenberg.
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