X Minus One: Countdown

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X Minus One: Countdown

By: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick

Narrated by: full cast

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Onward into the future with radio's most acclaimed science fiction anthology! From producer William Welch, script editors Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, and a rocket full of the genre's most respected authors come 18 classic episodes of X Minus One!

Theodore Sturgeon, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Sheckley bring you early space-age adventure, wonder, and fear. Test the limits of physics, hope, and imagination. Ponder what lies beyond the stars and what lies in store for humanity.

Episodes include: "Bad Medicine" 07-10-56; "The Stars Are the Styx" 07-24-56; "The Last Martian" 08-07-56; "Surface Tension" 08-28-56; "Colony" 10-10-56; "Soldier Boy" 10-17-56; "Pictures Don't Lie" 10-24-56; "Chain of Command" 11-21-56; "There Will Come Soft Rains/Zero Hour" 12-05-56; "Hostess" 12-12-56; "The Reluctant Heroes" 12-19-56; "Saucer of Loneliness" 01-09-57; "The Trap" 02-13-57; "The Seventh Victim" 03-06-57; "The Lights on Precipice Peak" 03-13-57; "Inside Story" 06-20-57; "The Category Inventor" 06-27-57; "Early Model" 07-11-57.

Science Fiction