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Did you know that the Internet Archive has classic sci-fi radio dramas? (archive.org)
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I've been listening to X-Minus-One episodes for the last few days and am really starting to appreciate the radio play format. Some of the stories are pretty dated, being from the 40's and 50's, but a lot of them still hold up if you're a little forgiving on the science details.

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nice are they available to download?

[-] DrFunkenstein@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I love x minus one! I listened to it as an audiobook forever ago, so cool that it's available for free now! One of my favorite was "Nightfall," based on an Isaac Asimov story

[-] bbqlegs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

There's also a ton on the Old Time Radio Researchers yt channel. I want to say when I looked into it there was more on yt. Also check out Dimension X! Old time radio can be a WILD listen sometimes, interesting snapshots of the entertainment industry at the time.

[-] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What’s also great is that there are a fair number of famous stories by famous sci-if authors. Hell, Heinlein and Bradbury are 4 of the first 10 episodes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X_Minus_One_episodes

(Jeeze… Sheckley, Pohl, Simak, Sturgeon, Anderson, Silverberg, Leiber - and that’s just in 1957!)

[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

X Minus One is amazing! We have a lot of fun with that on long drives.

[-] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hey I recognize that art from the cover of The White Mountains of the Tripods Trilogy!

[-] thetrekkersparky@startrek.website 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice. I'll give them a shot. Thanks.

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