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The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

by Scott Miller
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Today: #110 in Fiction, United Kingdom on our combined chart.

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Ranking history · United Kingdom

Latest daily rankings: Oct 22. New rankings will appear after the next update.

Position on the Fiction, United Kingdom combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

#96#113#130#146#163Chart rankOct 16Oct 18Oct 20Oct 22#110
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DateCombined RankApple PodcastsCastbox
Oct 22#110#80#92
Oct 21#106#75#94
Oct 20#113#80#85
Oct 19#108#72—
Oct 18#153#124—
Oct 17#130#93—
Oct 16#127#93—

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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.