# The Dwindling Years by Lester del Rey

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Podcast: [The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-lost-sci-fi-podcast-vintage-sci-fi-short-stories-5315368)
Published: 2026-07-16T03:31:00+00:00
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Arthur Giles helped build a civilization that believed death had been defeated, but one terrible diagnosis forces him to measure the future in years instead of centuries. When a dangerous experimental starship suddenly becomes his only chance to reclaim what time has taken away, the risk no longer seems impossible. The Dwindling Years by Lester del Rey. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.

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