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  • By: Robert Heinlein
  • Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)
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By: Robert Heinlein
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Summary

This collection features four classic, dramatized Robert Heinlein stories:

Universe

Humans occupy the lower decks of a space ark; mutants control the upper decks. But is there life beyond? Based on a story by Robert Heinlein, this episode of Dimension X originally aired on August 2, 1951.

Requiem

A dying tycoon wants to live out his final days on the Moon. Based on a story by Robert Heinlein, this episode of Dimension X originally aired on September 22, 1951.

The Green Hills of Earth

Based on Robert Heinlein's classic story of "Noisy" Rhysling, a blind space-traveling singer who longs to return to Earth, this episode of X Minus One originally aired on July 7, 1955.

The Roads Must Roll

Engineers create conveyor-belt-like roads, the only way to keep the congested future moving. But now a strike is shutting it all down. Based on a story by Robert Heinlein, this episode of X Minus One originally aired on January 4, 1956.

Featuring "adventures in time and space told in future tense", Dimension X aired over NBC from April 8, 1950, through September 29, 1951. The series adapted stories by the modern masters of science fiction, including Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Theodore Sturgeon, and many others.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

Want to hear more episodes of X Minus One and Dimension X? Click here.
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"The landmark series was Dimension X, which was broadcast by NBC....It was the first radio series to treat science fiction in an adult way." (Mike Ashley, Transformations: The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine 1950 to 1970)

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Nice American 1950's Radio.

Being old enough to remember listening to radio science fiction on the BBC back in the late 1950's, pre-television era for my family, these shows bring back memories of sitting in the dark enjoying such stories. Great fun!

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very old recording.

very old recording. a lot of backend noise. hard to listen to.
stories are good, though.

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