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Factory In The Sky by Basil Wells
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- May 22, 2026
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- 1451
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Summary
Factory workers race to meet impossible wartime production demands while hidden enemies move through the endless machinery of a spinning city in space. One man notices a detail no one else catches, and suddenly millions of lives depend on whether he acts before the shift ends. Factory In The Sky by Basil Wells. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.What can you get for 16 cents a day? Almost nothing anymore.But for less than the price of a cup of coffee once a month, you can unlock all 556 episodes of The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast completely commercial-free — plus bonus episodes you won’t hear anywhere else.Lost Sci-Fi Premium is the best way to support the podcast and enjoy uninterrupted listening.Go to LostSciFi.com/premium or just click the link in the description.Basil Wells takes us back to the Golden Age of science fiction with a strange journey high above the Earth, where industry has escaped the ground entirely and danger waits in the clouds. From page 68 in the September 1941 issue of Astonishing Stories, here’s Factory In The Sky by Basil Wells…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, 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. Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee=========================== Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebookYouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtubeX - http://Lostscifi.com/xInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguyBluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/lostscifipodcast.bsky.social Merchandise - https://lostscifi.…