{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/652cab3808a248001210aa70/66cd47365c1cdf240a42c606?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Parasite by Arthur C. Clarke","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/652cab3808a248001210aa70/1773995472692-d965da07-6cf5-47b7-9290-da2e5d20bc8a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Ever done anything for no particular reason at all ? Ever feel as if you were arguing with yourself? Do you sometimes get the feeling that you’re really two people who are at odds over the basic rights and wrongs of life? . . . The Parasite by Arthur C. Clarke</em>, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>Today’s story appeared in the short lived <em>Avon Science Fiction And Fantasy Reader</em>. It was the second and last issue published in the ASFAFR in April 1953. We will discover this intriguing tale on page 119, <em>The Parasite by Arthur C. Clarke</em>…</p><p><br></p><p>Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, <em>Hallam wanted to get out of space – but even more he wanted to make a fortune first. Now he had found a way to do it – by selling – The Ultimate Vice by A. Bertram Chandler</em></p><p><br></p><p>☕ Buy Me a Coffee - <a href=\"https://lostscifi.com/coffee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.com/coffee</a></p><p>===========================</p><p>🎧 Newsletter - <a href=\"https://lostscifi.com/free/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.com/free/</a></p><p>Facebook - <a href=\"https://lostscifi.com/facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.com/facebook</a></p><p>YouTube - <a href=\"https://lostscifi.com/youtube\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.com/youtube</a></p><p>X - <a href=\"http://lostscifi.com/x\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://Lostscifi.com/x</a></p><p>Instagram - <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguy</a></p><p>Bluesky - <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/lostscifipodcast.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bsky.app/profile/lostscifipodcast.bsky.social</a></p><p>👕 Merchandise - <a href=\"https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.creator-spring.com/</a></p><p>===========================</p><p><br></p><p>❤️ ❤️ Thanks to Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee</p><p>$200 Someone</p><p>$100 Tony from the Future</p><p>$75 James Van Maanenberg</p><p>$50 MizzBassie, Anonymous Listener</p><p>$25 Someone, David Bell, Steve, Miriam, Someone, Someone, Eaten by a Grue, Jeff Lussenden, Fred Sieber, Anne, Craig Hamilton, Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener</p><p>$15 Every Month&nbsp;Someone</p><p>$15&nbsp;Someone, SueTheLibrarian, Joannie West, Amy Özkan, Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener</p><p>$10 Anonymous Listener</p><p>$5 Every Month Eaten by a Grue</p><p>$5 TLD, David, Denis Kalinin, Timothy Buckley, Andre'a, Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://lostscifi.com/podcast/the-parasite-by-arthur-c-clarke-episode-270/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://lostscifi.com/podcast/the-parasite-by-arthur-c-clarke-episode-270/</a></p>","author_name":"Scott Miller"}