Second Variety (Version 2)-Philip K. Dick

Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. Smith.When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner “IPV Arcturus” took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of a unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival (“Steve”) Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening, and hopefully save the honor of the brave pilots of the space-liner Arcturus from the desk-jockeys' in the Check Stations implications of imprecision - the nastiest insult you could cast at a ships pilot. He and the pilots are right, it was the Check Stations that were out of position, not the ships. But that's cold consolation because before the Arcturus reaches Mars it's attacked by a small, mysterious, globe shaped spaceship.Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Round the Moon (Version 2) by Jules Verne.Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book. Then we join our three adventurers in their huge projectile as they gather themselves after the shock of being fired at the Moon from the Columbiad cannon. Perhaps in a nod to Yankee exceptionalism, Verne permits them an extraordinary encounter in space, and better yet – to survive it! But that encounter has a lasting effect: despite all the careful preparations to deposit the projectile on the Moon, it appears the travelers are destined to miss it! (The book is not called “On the Moon”, is it?!) Careful scientists at heart, the former artillerymen in the projectile note every occurrence faithfully in their notebooks, along with the details of their observations of the Moon as they fly past… and round it.Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Columbus of Space by Garrett P. Serviss.An independent scientist discovers the secret of “inter-atomic energy”, and with it builds a craft which carries himself and three friends to Venus, where they discover the dwellers of the dark side, incredible floating cities, and peril at every turn.Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Men Into Space by Murray Leinster.MEN INTO SPACE is the thrilling story of man's gradual conquest of outer space. Starting with the rockets of today, the story moves on to trace the development of the Space Platform and spaceships. It concludes with the first successful attempts to land on the Moon ... Mars ... and points beyond.... The entire story is seen through the eyes of young Ed McCauley, whose adventures in outer space will excite you with the sheer wonder of man's daring in the Space Age.Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Door in the Wall, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells.A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, author of "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds". The science fiction master ranges over a variety of topics, each original and unexpected. Included in this collection is "The Country of the Blind" where a man with sight hopes to make himself king. In other stories a stranger offers to sell diamonds on the street, a magic door appears requires a sacrifice to go through it, a demon machine tries to become a god, an engineer finds an engineering solution to a love triangle, and a man dreams or does he?Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull by Philip K. Dick.Two stories in the inimitable Philip Dick style. What is a Wub? A 400 pound slovenly, fat, ungainly, drooling animal that looks like a cross between a walrus and an enormous hog? Well, yes that is pretty much what he looks like and for 50 cents, a good bargain no matter how he tastes. The hungry spaceship crew expect to find out. Of course the Wub may not entirely agree but it doesn't have much to say about it. The second story, The Skull, is a skillful mesh of time travel, unscrupulous governments, prisoners, and religion. With an assassin thrown in for good measure. Enjoy!Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Second Variety (Version 2) by Philip K. Dick.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!Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Eyes Have It & Tony and the Beetles by Philip K. Dick.Aliens have invaded the earth! Horrible one celled creatures disguised as normal human beings ! Well, at least that is what it seems to the author. Yes, The Eyes Have It is a whimsical story, making gentle fun of certain writing styles, but only a topflight science-fictionist like Philip Dick , we thought, could have written this story, in just this way. Tony and the Beetles takes place far in the future when Earth's enormous colonial empire is well established but the question is, how long can it last? 10 year old Tony grows up fast when history catches up with the human race. A sobering look at human history .. and our probable future. Two very different stories but both entertaining.Featured on Crystal Crypt, the & Beyond the Door.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.