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.
X Minus One is considered among the finest science fiction dramas
ever produced for radio. Many of the stories 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.
Each epidode opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the
famous X Minus One countdown, leading into the introduction for
the show:
Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two,
X minus one... Fire! [Rocket launch special effects.] 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.
This collection of X Minus One (X-1) Greats includes
128 different shows and appearances for a total of 51+ hours of
listening enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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