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Darkness Syndicate members get the commercial-free version with all artwork created for the YouTube and podcast thumbnails https weirddarkness tiny us 2p945rnxIN THIS EPISODE It s ThrillerThursday so tonight you ll be hearing a story of fiction I ve been on an old-time radio kick recently listening to shows like The Whistler Dimension X and Strange Tales One of my favorite shows is called X-Minus One It was a half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24 1955 to January 9 1958 in various timeslots on NBC radio At the end of each episode they tell you where the stories they used came from before they adapted them for radio and one of those sources was the publication Astounding Science Fiction Magazine I jumped online to see if there were old copies I could look at and I found a book an anthology of many of the stories from that magazine The book was published in 1954 The story was entitled First Contact written by Murray Leinster in 1945 The story is credited as one of the first instances of a universal translator in science fiction So influential is the story that it won a retro Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1996 SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE First Contact by Murray Leister from Astounding S-F Anthology https amzn to 3zhbBWiWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library Over time links seen above may become invalid disappear or have different content I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story or if a credit is incorrect please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46 WeirdDarkness is a registered trademark Copyright 2024 Weird Darkness Originally aired May 07 2021CUSTOM LANDING PAGE https weirddarkness com firstcontactClick here to visit this podcast episode