X Minus One

X Minus One

"X Minus One" was a half-hour science fiction radio series broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various timeslots on NBC.

Overview

Initially a revival of NBC's "Dimension X" (1950-51), "X Minus One" is widely considered among the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio. The first 15 episodes were new versions of "Dimension X" episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with a few original scripts. [http://www.otrplotspot.com/X_Minus_One.htm OTR Plotspot: "X Minus One"] ]

Episodes of the show include adaptations of Robert Sheckley's "Skulking Permit,"Bradbury's "Mars Is Heaven," Heinlein's "Universe" and "The Green Hills of Earth", " Pohl’s "The Tunnel under the World," J. T. McIntosh’s "Hallucination Orbit," Fritz Leiber’s "A Pail of Air" and George Lefferts' "The Parade."

The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown, leading into this introduction (although later shows were partnered with "Galaxy Science Fiction" rather than "Astounding Science Fiction"):

:Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch SFX] 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'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of "Astounding Science Fiction" presents... "X Minus One".

The series was cancelled after the 126th broadcast on January 9, 1958. However, the early 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia for old-time radio; a new experimental episode, "The Iron Chancellor" by Robert Silverberg, was created in 1973, but it failed to revive the series. NBC also tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following the broadcasts. All episodes of the show survive.

Most recently the series was rereleased in podcast form beginning on June 22, 2007. [cite web|title= X Minus One Podcast |url=http://xmone.libsyn.com/]

Episodes

*List of X Minus One Episodes

ee also

*Audio theatre
*Old-time radio

Listen to

*InternetArchiveOTR|id=XMinus1_A|title=X Minus One
* [http://www.otr.net/?p=xmn1 OTR Network Library (123 episodes, including the 1973 revival)]
* [http://ottolejeune.com/index.php/downloads/index/ Otto Lejeune: "X Minus One" (107 episodes)]
* [http://www.botar.us/Xminusone.html free mp3 downloads of X-minus one]
* [http://www.whav.net "X Minus One" Listen online 10 p.m., Eastern, Tuesday nights, WHAV]

References

External links

* [http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logx1001.htm Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: "X Minus One"]
* [http://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/aut.log.txt Frank M. Passage log: "Audion Theatre"]


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