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X Minus One
- The Category Inventor (Dramatized)
- Length: 21 mins
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- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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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, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.
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- Andy Harper
- 15-06-20
Classic Sci-fi
Classic sci-fi in the vein of The Twilight Zone and a good story. Great fun. Enjoy it
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- ~ UKPurplePanther ~
- 26-04-19
Awful
Absolutely Awful performance and story. I was only chatting to Alexa when somehow I purchased this awful book.