Gentleman SpaceMan’s Atomic Hideout
Welcome to Gentleman SpaceMan’s Atomic Hideout - where each week we explore pulp science fiction stories from the Atomic Age, and beyond.
Episodes

Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 2023
19 min
The CarnivoreWith special guest narrator: Louise Porter
Why were they apologetic? It wasn't their fault that they came to Earth much too late.It's the end of the world, and humanity has been saved by a conglomerate of the cutest aliens imaginable. So, why do they seem so worried... and why to they keep apologizing?
Written by Katherine MacLeanNarrated by Louise Porter - https://louiseportervo.com/ Originally published in 1952 in Startling Stories magazine

Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
16 min
Morgue Ship, Part 1By Ray BradburyThis was Burnett's last trip. Three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors—and he would be among the living again.
Written by Ray BradburyNarrated by Brad GrochowskiOriginally published in Summer 1944 in Planet Stories

Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
18 min
Morgue Ship, Part 2By Ray BradburyThis was Burnett's last trip. Three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors—and he would be among the living again.
Written by Ray BradburyNarrated by Brad GrochowskiOriginally published in Summer 1944 in Planet Stories

Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
24 min
Ask A Foolish QuestionBy Robert ShecklyIt's well established now that the way you put a question often determines not only the answer you'll get, but the type of answer possible. So ... a mechanical answerer, geared to produce the ultimate revelations in reference to anything you want to know, might have unsuspected limitations.Written by Robert ShecklyNarrated by Brad GrochowskiOriginally published in Science Fiction Stories, 1953

Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
19 min
Stand By For Mars! - CHAPTER 5
A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure
We're exploring this novel a few chapters at a time, interspersed throughout each series. We return for our fourth visit to this story, with chapter 5.
Stand by for Mars! is the first of eight novels written between 1952 and 1956. It features a young Tom Corbett who is trying to fulfill his dream of becoming a Space Cadet on his way to joining the Solar Guard. But interpersonal conflicts stand in his way.
Written by Carry RockwellNarrated by Brad GrochowskiOriginally published in 1952 by GROSSET & DUNLAP

Apr 2, 2024
Apr 2, 2024
20 min
A Bad Day for SalesBy Fritz LeiberDon't wait to "Get 'em while they're hot."By then, it is too late to get them of all!In our final episode of The Atomic Hideout, we meet a salesman. Or rather, a salesbot, on a day that just may not pay off to be in the sales business.Written by Fritz LeiberNarrated by Brad GrochowskiOriginally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953







