Captain Brandon was a pioneer. He explored the far reaches of space and reported back on how things were out there. So it was pretty disquieting to find out that the “far reaches of space” knew more about what went on at home than he did. The Quantum Jump by Robert Wicks. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

Another day, another podcast and another author we know nothing about. Don’t know when or where Robert Wicks was born or where he lived. We do know he had three published stories, one in 1958, another in 1959 and the last in 1960.

His first story appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories in October 1958. Let’s turn to page 20, The Quantum Jump by Robert Wicks…

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It was a wonderful bodyguard: no bark, no bite, no sting ... just conversion of the enemy! Martians Never Die by Lucius Daniel. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

We went through a stretch where episodes were a little scarce, but that’s changing now—we’re going all in! Our goal is to bring you a brand-new episode every single day for the rest of 2025. If we can pull it off, we’ll cross the 500-episode mark by December. Thanks so much for sticking with us and supporting the podcast.

When our YouTube channel got wrongfully shut down last year, a lot of you told us that what we really lost was the sense of community we’d built together. So—we’re fixing that! 🎉 We’re launching a Discord server where you can hang out with other listeners, ask questions, join us for live narrations, and just be part of the fun again. You’ll find the invite link in the description—we’d love to see you there!

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Lucius Daniel makes his first appearance on the podcast today! We wish we could share a full backstory on him, but like many authors who only published a handful of tales, there’s not much information out there. What we do know is that he gave us three stories—one in 1952, another in 1953, and a final one in 1954.

His first story appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction in April 1952 on page 105, Martians Never Die by Lucius Daniel…

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Alone on the scorching side of this tiny little world, an astronaut races against time as the blazing sun creeps closer to incinerating him. Survival depends on outthinking the most unforgiving environment in the solar system. Summertime on Icarus by Arthur C. Clarke. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Todays story Summertime on Icarus is also known as The Hottest Piece Of Real Estate In The Solar System. It was published in Great Science Fiction By Scientists in 1962 but first appeared in Vogue in June 1960, Summertime on Icarus by Arthur C. Clarke…

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