Some listeners to Robert Heinlein's "Universe" had previously read the story in Dell's 1951 paperback edition.

X Minus One was a half-hour radio program broadcast in America from April 1955 to January 1958 on NBC. Image File history File linksMetadata Universedell. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Universedell. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

A revival of Dimension X, X Minus One is widely considered among the finest radio dramas ever produced. The first fifteen episodes were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations of newly published science fiction stories by respected writers such as Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, with a few original scripts. Dimension X was an old-time radio program broadcast April 1950 to September 1951 on NBC. Dimension X was the first notable adult science fiction series on radio, preceded only by the short-lived Two Thousand Plus, scattered episodes of anthology dramas, and juvenile fare, such as Flash Gordon. ... Frederik Pohl (born November 26, 1919) is a noted American science fiction writer and editor, with a career spanning over sixty years. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... Ray Bradbury in 1945. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ...

Among the best episodes are Bradbury's Mars Is Heaven, Heinlein's Universe, Pohl’s Tunnel Under The World, J.T. McIntosh’s Hallucination Orbit and Fritz Leiber’s A Pail of Air. 1964 hardback edition Orphans of the Sky is a 1951 science fiction novella by Robert A. Heinlein, consisting of two parts: Universe and Common Sense. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Announced by Fred Collins, the listener was greeted with the following introduction each night, although later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction: The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein in Galaxy, Sept. ... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

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, and an experimental new episode was created in 1973, "The Iron Chancellor" by Robert Silverberg, but failed to revive the series. NBC also tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following broadcasts. All episodes of the show survive. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... An ad for an Atwater Kent radio receiver, in the September 1926 issue of Ladies Home Journal. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ...

Listen to

• X Minus One "Colony," adapted from Philip K. Dick's story
• X Minus One: "Mars Is Heaven," adapted from Ray Bradbury's story
• X Minus One: "Marionettes Inc." - 12/21/1955

Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction writer. ...

External links

• Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: X Minus One
• OTR Plotspot: X Minus One
• Botar's Old Time Radio - Free mp3 downloads of X minus one Old Time Radio Shows