The first expedition to Mars is surprised to find life on the planet. What is more surprising is that these people think they are on Earth in the 1920s. Is this place really Heaven? Or someplace else? Good science fiction from a story by Ray Bradbury.
May 08, 1955
Rating: ***
The first expedition to Mars is surprised to find life on the planet. What is more surprising is that these people think they are on Earth in the 1920s. Is this place really Heaven? Or someplace else? Good science fiction from a story by Ray Bradbury.
May 08, 1955
Rating: ***
Excellent story. A doll maker in Washington makes talking dolls. They seem cute, but then the family dog is killed, the father's important government documents are stolen, and all evidence points to the little 6-inch doll. Some good twists. From a story by George Lefferts.
June 05, 1955
Rating: *** 1/2
3/21/56 **Some fireworks in Las Vegas are bothering some Martians so they send a ship to Earth to end the trouble. Next they'll be telling us to turn the stereo down. Sheesh.
7/25/57 ***An old scientist invents a machine to transfer his life force to a newer younger body. Guess what? Things don't work the way he expects. But that would be giving away a plot that you've seen happen a million times. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good story by Frederic Pohl.
3/20/57 ***A Dirg, a disembodied voice from another planet, can predict the future and protects a student named Bob from danger. Bob never knew, or cared, that such dangers existed at every turn. Imagine your mom telling you to sure to button your jacket. Only it's much, much worse. A good story by Robert Sheckley.
10/3/57 **1/2Another space westen, this one by Finn O'Donovan (I'm picturing John Wayne) in this story. On the planet Corella, the hero knows he must kill a Corellan - a dirty brown looking like a spider with long tentacles (they sound like Tonto) - but a windstorm hits on the planet and the space ship cannot battle the wind and leaves.
Typical radio fare.
X minus One
NOTE: All the episodes are now here... enjoy!
X Minus One was a science fiction radio series on NBC from April 1955 through January 1958. The show feature stories written by some of the big names in 1950s science fiction, like Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and Issac Asimov.
The X Minus One series followed in the footsteps of another great sci-fi series called Dimension X which appeared on the airwaves in 1950-51. Some of the X-1 shows were later rebroadcast on X Minus One. X Minus One truly was one of the forefathers of the science fiction television/radio age.
Each X Minus One starts with this intro, to the sound effects of a rocket lifting off:
Countdown for blast-off. X Minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X Minus 1, Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you will live in a million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Corporation in cooperation with (Galaxy Magazine, then Astounding Science Fiction) presents . . . . X Minus One
Comment:
It's amazing how relevant many of the 1950s science fiction stories still are... take away the chrome rocket fins and aliens, and suddenly you've got the evening news.
Pete Comely
X Minus One theatre plays...
Other stuff out there
MindWebs. More free Old Time Radio Sci-fi.
More X-Minus One
Botar. MoreX minus One Radio Sci-fi.
Episodes
- 000 And The Moon Be Still As Bright
- 001 No Contact
- 002 The Parade
- 003 Mars is Heaven
- 004 Universe
- 005 Knock
- 006 The Man in The Moon
- 007 Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls
- 008 The Green Hills Of Earth
- 009 Dr. Grimshaw’s Sanitorium
- 010 Nightmare
- 011 The Embassy
- 012 The Veldt
- 013 Almost Human
- 014 Courtesy
- 015 The Cold Equation
- 016 Shanghaied
- 017 The Martian Death March
- 018 The Castaways
- 019 And the Moon be still as bright
- 020 First Contact
- 021 Child’s play
- 022 Requiem
- 023 Hello Tomorrow
- 024 Dwellers in silence
- 025 The Outer Limit
- 026 Zero Hour
- 027 Vital Factor
- 028 Nightfall
- 029 To the Future
- 030 Marionettes, Inc.
- 031 A Logic Named Joe
- 032 The Roads Must Roll
- 033 Time And Time Again
- 034 Perigi’s Wonderful Dolls (Rebroadcast)
- 035 The Parade (Rebroadcast)
- 036 Cave Of Night
- 037 C-Chute
- 038 Skulking Permit
- 039 Junkyard
- 040 Hello, Tomorrow
- 041 A Gun For Dinosaur
- 042 Tunnel Under The World
- 043 $1000 A Plate
- 044 A Pail Of Air
- 045 How-To
- 046 Star Bright
- 047 Jaywalker
- 048 The Sense Of Wonder
- 049 Sea Legs
- 051 Hallucination Orbit
- 050 The Seventh Order
- 052 The Defenders
- 053 Lulunganeena
- 054 Project Mastadon
- 055 If You Was A Mocklin
- 056 Project Trojan
- 057 Wherever You May Be
- 058 Mr. Costello, Hero
- 059 Bad Medicine
- 060 The Old Die Rich
- 061 Stars Are The Styx
- 063 The Last Martian
- 062 Student Body
- 064 The Snowball Effect
- 065 Surface Tension
- 066 Tunnel Under The World
- 067 The Lifeboat Mutiny
- 067 The Map Makers
- 069 Protective Mimicry
- 070 Colony
- 071 Soldier Boy
- 072 Pictures Don’t Lie
- 073 Sam, This Is You
- 074 Appointment In Tomorrow
- 075 (Repeat of episode 17)
- 076 Chain Of Command
- 078 There Will Come Soft Rains
- 079 Hostess
- 080 The Reluctant Heroes
- 081 Honeymoon In Hell
- 082 The Moon Is Green
- 083 Saucer Of Loneliness
- 084 The Girls From Earth
- 085 Open Warfare
- 086 Caretaker
- 087 Venus Is A Man’s World
- 088 The Trap
- 089 Field Study
- 090 Real Gone
- 091 The Seventh Victim
- 092 The Lights On Precipice Peak
- 093 Protection
- 094 At The Post
- 095 Martian Sam
- 096 Something For Nothing
- 097 Discovery Of Morniel Mathaway
- 098 Man’s Best Friend
- 099 Inside Story
- 100 The Category Inventor
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I have preset the 'donate' amount at $2... I don't think anyone should donate more than that... I would rather people download and enjoy the stories.
Myself, I just need to find the space for the MP3 files. :-)