Joe Carson's Weapon by James R. Adams

About this episode

Two strangers pursue a boy they believe possesses a world-ending weapon, leading to a moral dilemma about its use.

Two exhausted strangers track a boy across miles of dark road, convinced he holds something that could wipe out an entire world. When they finally corner him, the question isn’t whether the weapon exists—it’s whether they dare let him use it. Joe Carson's Weapon by James R. Adams. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. Author James R. Adams returns to The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast with another off beat story about aliens. Published in the Spring 1945 issue of Planet Stories Magazine on page 108, Joe Carson's Weapon by James R. Adams… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, When survival becomes a series of terrible choices, intelligence alone offers no protection from consequence. The Smart Ones asks whether being clever is enough when civilization collapses—and what kind of future intelligence might actually inherit. The Smart Ones by Jack Sharkey. 👉 💎 Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ ☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee =========================== 🎧 Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/ Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebook YouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtube X - http://Lostscifi.com/x Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguy…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Guest: James R. Adams

Topics covered

• survival
• moral choices
• intelligence
• aliens
• science fiction

Keywords

• weapon
• survival
• dark road
• aliens
• civilization collapse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Planet Stories Magazine

Books & works: Joe Carson's Weapon, The Smart Ones

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