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Weird Tales Reborn — Classic Horror & Weird Fiction
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Fiction
The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories
by Scott Miller
Today: #110 in Fiction on our combined chart.
Today: #110 in Fiction, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #93 in Fiction, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #83 in Fiction, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #134 in Fiction, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #148 in Fiction, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #67 in Fiction, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #112 in Fiction, South Africa on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · South Africa
Latest daily rankings: Oct 22. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Fiction, South Africa combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 | #112 | #107 | — | — |
| Oct 21 | #147 | #144 | — | — |
| Oct 20 | #144 | #144 | — | — |
| Oct 19 | #88 | #89 | — | #86 |
| Oct 18 | #147 | #147 | — | — |
| Oct 17 | #86 | #94 | — | #20 |
| Oct 16 | #22 | #22 | #21 | #20 |
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About the show
The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast restores and narrates forgotten and underrated vintage science fiction short stories spanning from the 1700s through the mid-1960s. Each episode features a professionally narrated classic drawn from pioneering speculative fiction and the magazine era that shaped modern science fiction.
Released several times a week, the podcast explores timeless ideas—alien encounters, artificial intelligence, time travel, dystopian futures, and the human cost of progress—through stories by legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, and many others.
Now in its fourth year with more than 600 episodes, The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast has reached #1 on Apple Podcasts in 43 countries, reflecting a worldwide appetite for classic science fiction storytelling.
Narrated by Scott Miller, each episode brings the wonders, warnings, and possibilities of vintage science fiction to today’s listeners while celebrating the stories and ideas that helped shape the genre.