Sextus Rollo Forsyte had his trouble with the bottle, but nothing out of a bottle ever produced such a hotel as the Mahoney-Plaza: only 260 rooms ... only two guests to a room ... but accommodating 5200 guests—all at the same time!... Floor please? Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.


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Little known Winston Marks turned out some interesting stories during his career. This one appeared in the May 1954 issue of, If Worlds of Science Fiction Magazine. Open the yellowed pages to the illustration on page 96 and the text of the story on page 97 for, Forsyte’s Retreat by Winston Marks…

 

Tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, one of my newfound favorites, “Who is Sylvia? What is she?” Oh, no! What is Sylvia… and who isn’t she? Upon the Dull Earth by Philip K. Dick. That’s tomorrow on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast. 

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