# Alfred Coppel

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Postmark Ganymede by Robert Silverberg

Consider the poor mailman of the future. To "sleet and snow and dead of night"—things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds—will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won't stay put. Maybe he'll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain't worth it. Postmark Ganymede by …

The Hills of Home by Alfred Coppel

“Normality” is a myth; we're all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common. And some types (providing the subject is not suffering so extreme a case as to have crossed the border into psychosis) can be not only usef…

Electronic Landslide by Clyde Hostetter

When technology enters politics, human instincts collide with inhuman logic. What begins as a clever shortcut toward power escalates into a reckoning no backroom deal can control. Electronic Landslide by Clyde Hostetter. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. More 5 star reviews on Apple Podcasts…

The Invader by Alfred Coppel

An intelligence from beyond Earth arrives convinced it has found salvation for its dying race. What follows is a terrifying collision between certainty and misunderstanding, where survival depends on knowing what it truly means to belong. The Invader by Alfred Coppel. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi…

Blood Lands, by Alfred Coppel

“You will never take us away from our land, men from the stars ... and no one who has touched this, our sacred land, shall ever leave it!” This short story appeared in the December 1952 issue of Dynamic Science Fiction. ----- Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004) was…

Space Adventures by Alfred Coppel

In this episode, we’re diving into the psychological and atmospheric worlds of Alfred Coppel, a master of mid-century speculative fiction.  First, we travel to the lunar surface in 'First Man on the Moon', originally published in a 1950 issue of Planet Stories. But this isn't a story of triumphant …

The Vidiot by Ib Melchior

Don Hartley has stumbled upon an invention that could make him fabulously wealthy—and give anyone who controls it the power to watch anyone, anywhere. Before he cashes in, he must decide whether some discoveries are simply too dangerous to share. The Vidiot by Ib Melchior. That’s next on The Lost S…

Blood Lands by Alfred Coppel

The people of Kana refuse to abandon their forgotten world, and Kenyon is determined to discover what could make them choose isolation over the stars. Deep beneath the strange islands, something ancient has already decided who belongs on Kana—and who will never leave. Blood Lands by Alfred Coppel. …

The Invader by Alfred Coppel

A lone alien scientist slips down to Earth on a scouting mission, hoping to prove that this planet is the answer to his dying race’s prayers. Everything goes smoothly until his first steps out among the locals, when things start going very wrong in ways he can’t begin to understand. It’s a sharp li…