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Dueling Machine

Ben Bova

Step into a world where disputes are settled without injury in The Dueling Machine. In this thrilling tale, you and your opponent choose weapons and environments, entering an artificial reality to engage in battles to the virtual death‚Aîwithout any real harm. However, the stakes rise when a cunning warrior from the Kerak Empire discovers a way to translate these virtual confrontations into deadly reality. Now, the machines inventor, Dr. Leoh, must race against time to stop his creation from becoming a weapon of conquest. Originally written with Myron R. Lewis, this gripping story first appeared in the May 1963 issue of Analog Science Fact & Fiction. (Summary by Gregg Margarite) This show includes AI-generated content.

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81 episodes

  1. Defenders-Philip K. Dick 59:46
  2. Battles for the Stars (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. III)-Various 4:38:15
  3. Dueling Machine-Ben Bova 2:24:12
  4. People of the Crater-Andre Norton 1:35:16
  5. Looking Backward 2000-1887-Edward Bellamy 7:45:12
  6. Fighting Man of Mars-Edgar Rice Burroughs 8:44:07
  7. Watchbird-Robert Sheckley 1:30:28
  8. Earthman on Venus-Ralph Milne Farley 5:17:50
  9. Legacy-James H. Schmitz 7:50:15
  10. Attitude-Hal Clement 2:36:59
  11. World That Couldn't Be-Clifford D. Simak 1:31:46
  12. Fixed Period-Anthony Trollope 7:11:11
  13. Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth-H. G. Wells 6:16:46
  14. Mind-Bending World of Rog Phillips, Volume 1-Rog Phillips 7:01:24
  15. Anglo-American Alliance A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future-Gregory Casparian 3:18:04
  16. Men Into Space-Murray Leinster 5:24:36
  17. Last Space Ship-Murray Leinster 5:26:41
  18. Red Dust-Murray Leinster 2:45:43
  19. Runaway Skyscraper-Murray Leinster 1:42:46
  20. Retief Intergalactic Diplomat in Space, (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. V)-Keith Laumer 6:09:40
  21. Astounding Stories 16, April 1931-Ray Cummings, Tom Curry, Paul Ernst, Desmond Winter Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Jack Williamson 8:53:10
  22. Second Variety (Version 2)-Philip K. Dick 1:55:05
  23. Let'em Breathe Space-Lester del Rey 1:47:10
  24. Defiant Agents-Andre Norton 6:42:36
  25. Preferred Risk-Frederik Pohl, Lester del Rey 6:26:19
  26. Variable Man-Philip K. Dick 2:49:13
  27. Astounding Stories 20, August 1931-Harry Bates, Ralph Milne Farley, Captain S. P. Meek, R. F. Starzl, Harl Vincent 6:36:15
  28. Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899-Joseph R. Fisher 8:27:37
  29. First Men in the Moon-H. G. Wells 8:03:00
  30. Radio Beasts-Ralph Milne Farley 8:16:58
  31. Beast-Jewel of Mars-Leigh Douglass Brackett 1:46:22
  32. Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4-Parker Thomas Moon 6:37:42
  33. Cosmic Junkman-Rog Phillips 2:13:47
  34. War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells 6:43:34
  35. Second Variety-Philip K. Dick 1:43:33
  36. Black Star Passes-John Wood Campbell, Jr 7:40:05
  37. Pirates of Ersatz-Murray Leinster 6:16:32
  38. Dragon Queen of Jupiter-Leigh Douglass Brackett 51:47
  39. Diatessaron A Harmony of the Four Gospels-Tatian 6:31:13
  40. Time Machine (version 5)-H. G. Wells 3:45:50
  41. Astounding Stories 19, July 1931-Harry Bates, Ray Cummings, H. Thompson Rich, Nat Schachner, Jack Williamson, Arthur L. Zagat 8:33:35
  42. Wailing Asteroid-Murray Leinster 6:11:18
  43. Sentimentalists-Murray Leinster 1:50:30
  44. Hate Disease-Murray Leinster 2:02:10
  45. Naudsonce-H. Beam Piper 1:55:49
  46. Skylark of Space-Lee Hawkins Garby, E. E. Smith 9:22:44
  47. Astounding Stories 18, June 1931-Arthur J. Burks, Ray Cummings, Charles Willard Diffin, R. F. Starzl, Sewell Peaslee Wright 8:12:12
  48. Jewel of Bas-Leigh Douglass Brackett 2:12:47
  49. Machine Stops-E. M. Forster 1:12:23
  50. Deathworld-Harry Harrison 5:23:23