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The Murray Leinster Library

The Murray Leinster Library

By: Murray Leinster
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There are strange worlds to be met, stranger minds to be understood, and problems which must be solved before the last valve blows or the last star sets. The Murray Leinster Library presents the complete books of Murray Leinster, read in full: tales of first contact, perilous planets, sidewise histories, ingenious machines, and human beings using courage, wit, and practical sense against the unexpected immensities of the universe.Public domain Science Fiction
Episodes
  • The Pirates of Ersatz Chapter 3
    Jun 21 2026
    In which the morning dawns over the gleaming capital of Walden, and amid the bustle of an Interstellar Embassy preparing parcels for distant worlds, a resourceful man named Hoddan slips away from his reluctant watchers to catch a space liner bound for the planet Darth. On arrival, he encounters a rugged, unpaved village and confronts hostile natives with his trusty but discharged stun-pistols, setting out with a devoted retainer to seek a nobleman whose favour might pave his way in this strange, untamed land.
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    39 mins
  • The Pirates of Ersatz Chapter 2
    Jun 20 2026
    In which Bron Hoddan, a discontented youth from a piratical world, finds asylum in the Interstellar Embassy after his attempt to promote a technical innovation stirs unrest in a staid society; employing ingenuity and a novel ionising device, he cleverly eludes the police’s trap while reflecting on the challenges of change amidst complacent civilisation. As tension rises around his presence, Hoddan navigates betrayals and deceptions with a mixture of rueful insight and hopeful resolve, contemplating a future beyond the confines of the tedious planet Walden.
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    36 mins
  • The Pirates of Ersatz Chapter 1
    Jun 19 2026
    In which Bron Hoddan, an exiled mind from a piratical family, finds himself arrested and accused of sabotage on the highly cultured planet Walden after trying to introduce an innovative power receptor, only to discover that his invention has unintentionally caused a death and his efforts are met with suspicion and confinement. Amidst the gleaming society’s unease with change and his resulting escape, he seeks refuge in the Interstellar Embassy, where his defiance of authority brings him unexpected hope of political asylum.
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    33 mins
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