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(summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>14142</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cd1fae35a95d82c546932ce831ae08c9.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Man on the Meteor-Ray Cummings</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/man-on-the-meteor-ray-cummings--74445154</link><description><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74445154</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:09:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74445154/man_on_the_meteor_ray_cummings.mp3" length="137332794" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Philip K. Dick</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" 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"The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>9513</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cd1fae35a95d82c546932ce831ae08c9.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>5 SF stories by Mack Reynolds-Mack Reynolds</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-sf-stories-by-mack-reynolds-mack-reynolds--74362667</link><description><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74362667</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:28:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74362667/5_sf_stories_by_mack_reynolds_mack_reynolds.mp3" length="52456317" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Philip K. Dick</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. 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Beam Piper</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/edge-of-the-knife-h-beam-piper--74324045</link><description><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74324045</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:24:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74324045/edge_of_the_knife_h_beam_piper.mp3" length="52085751" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Philip K. 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(summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>6504</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cd1fae35a95d82c546932ce831ae08c9.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Islands of Space-John Wood Campbell, Jr</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/islands-of-space-john-wood-campbell-jr--74179534</link><description><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74179534</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:09:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74179534/islands_of_space_john_wood_campbell_jr.mp3" length="201914436" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Philip K. Dick</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" 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