X Minus One
X Minus One was a half-hour radio program broadcast in America from April 1955 to January 1958 on NBC.
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 Heinlein, with a few original scripts.
Among the best episodes are Pohl?s "Tunnel Under The World", J.T. McIntosh?s "Hallucination Orbit", and Fritz Leiber?s "A Pail of Air."
The series was cancelled in 1958, but the early 1970?s brought a wave of nostalgia for old-time radio. NBC tried broadcasting the old recordings, but their irregular once-monthly scheduling kept even devoted listeners from following broadcasts.
All episodes of the show survive, and are available from various retailers.
