About this episode

The episode features a story about patrolmen on Titan facing a disaster that leaves them trapped outside their fortress.

The patrolmen on Titan expected another brutal week guarding the chroidex mines, but a sudden disaster leaves them trapped outside their own fortress with a thousand enemies behind its walls. As ammunition runs low and escape disappears, Captain Staley gambles everything on a plan so bizarre his own men think he has finally cracked under the pressure. Crisis on Titan by James R. Adams. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Get Lost Sci-Fi Premium and listen to the podcast without commercials. Here’s what Premium member Josh has to say, “It’s hard to believe these stories could get any better…but that’s exactly what happens when I listen to them without any ads! It’s a win all around: I get to support the best scifi podcast, and I get uninterrupted stories at the same time!”  Want to listen without the commercials? Go to https://lostscifi.com/premium or click on the link in the description. The Spring 1946 issue of Planet Stories sold for just 20 cents and packed in a full novelette along with seven short stories. Turn to page 79 and you would find a desperate battle for survival on Saturn’s largest moon, Crisis on Titan by James R. Adams… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Topics covered

• disaster
• survival
• science fiction
• space
• military

Keywords

• Crisis on Titan
• James R. Adams
• Titan
• chroidex mines
• survival
• science fiction

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Planet Stories

Places: Titan, Saturn

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