About this episode

The episode features a story about a silent invader in New York and the desperate measures taken by a few men against an unknown weapon.

A silent invader hangs over New York while entire buildings and war machines vanish without a sound. As governments prepare for surrender, one desperate idea forces a handful of men to walk straight toward a weapon no one has survived. The World In The Balance by J.P. Marshall. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. It’s always exciting to introduce a new author on the podcast. Only to discover that there is almost no information available about them. Author James. P. Marshall had only two stories published, one in 1927 and the other in 1929. That’s all we know. Published in Argosy All-Story Weekly on April 16th, 1927, on page 620, The World In The Balance by J.P. Marshall… Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, A drifting relic from the earliest days of interstellar travel crashes onto a lonely world, carrying the echo of a doomed voyage nobody fully understands. When a second ghost ship appears above Straba, one greedy visitor pushes too far into something that may still remember the people it lost. Strangers to Straba by Carl Jacobi. 👉 💎 Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ ☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee =========================== 🎧…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Topics covered

• science fiction
• invasion
• survival
• mystery
• interstellar travel

Keywords

• silent invader
• New York
• war machines
• J. P. Marshall
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Argosy All-Story Weekly

Books & works: The World In The Balance, Strangers to Straba

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