“X MINUS ONE” Multi-Episode Marathon 05 #WeirdDarkness #RetroRadio

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Get full-length pulp audiobooks pulp eBooks and old-time radio shows ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD by emailing WeirdDarkness RadioArchives com By the mid 1950s science fiction had largely fallen into a familiar pattern regardless of medium When fans tuned into the radio or caught the latest science fiction movie they either encountered space opera adventures or fare aimed largely at a juvenile audience Only in magazines such as Astounding Science Fiction and Galaxy were stories grounded firmly in science fiction being told with mature themes aimed at character development true literature taking off to the stars The debut of X Minus One in April 1955 changed that on radio making this program not only the best of its type but in many ways one of the only shows from Radio s Golden Age to present science fiction for a well-rounded adult audience It is an often debated point among experts and fans as to whether or not X Minus One was simply a new season of Dimension X a program that ran on NBC in 1950-51 or a revival of sorts of this previous show The latter is probably more accurate since the first 15 episodes of X Minus One were new productions of Dimension X episodes What makes X Minus One stand out however is the fact that the remaining programs were actually adaptations of works from two of the best science fiction magazines of the period NBC staff writers primarily Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts scoured the pages of Astounding Science Fiction and then later Galaxy Magazine for tales that would thrill and chill their listeners aiming most assuredly at the more sophisticated science fiction fans Stories penned by noted science fiction and genre authors such as Philip K Dick Robert Heinlein Frederik Pohl and Isaac Asimov and many others found themselves expertly adapted for radio over the program s nearly three-year run Listen to X Minus One and rocket to new heights of top-notch science fiction old time radio 00 00 00 000 INTRODUCTION00 01 54 470 The Old Die Rich July 17 1956 00 29 53 682 Stars Are The Styx July 24 1956 00 58 49 731 Student Body July 31 1956 01 26 43 327 The Last Martian August 07 1956 01 55 23 093 The Snowball Effect August 14 1956 02 18 49 235 Surface Tension August 28 1956 02 47 21 482 Tunnel Under The World September 04 1956 03 16 05 504 The Lifeboat Mutiny September 11 1956 03 44 20 539 The Map Makers September 26 1956 04 13 02 085 Protective Mimicry October 03 1956 04 40 56 609 Colony October 10 1956 SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS This episode is sponsored by http RadioArchives comWeird Darkness Retro Radio theme by Storyblocks I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https weirddarkness com eternaldarknessWeirdDarkness – is a registered trademark Copyright Weird Darkness 2024 CUSTOM WEBPAGE https weirddarkness com xminusone-marathon-005Click here to visit this podcast episode