3/28/56 ***
This time it's not men that are destroying the world, it's a comet that's pulled the Earth away from it's orbit. Two children hear their parents talk about what it's like to have a sun and plenty of air to breath. Now they have to breath from buckets of air. Real depressing, effective imagery by Fritz Leiber.
this is my favorite episode, not just of x-1 but from all of old time radio. I absolutely love it.
Posted by
alexxemak on 06/01 at 01:03 PM
I didn't like this story, it's one of those that I mark down so that I never listen to it again. Can't really be more specific, really, just didn't like it.
Posted by
reukeboom on 07/04 at 08:11 PM
It's been years since I've heard this one but will never forget it. That is the marking of a good story weather it is a feel good or not.
Posted by on 03/27 at 04:09 PM
I haven't heard this one since I was a kid in the 1950s, listening on my crystal radio. During recent heavy snows, I thought of it somehow - and found it here! Perfect!
Posted by on 03/31 at 04:48 PM
I first heard this story on public radio during a late winter nights drive. My kids were asleep in the back of the car. The setting was perfect and the story was just perfect. Still is 20 years later
Posted by on 04/03 at 05:40 PM
It's best read, and it is still my favorite.
Posted by on 04/23 at 03:56 AM