X Minus One Project
Various
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a collection of public domain science fiction stories which were turned into half-hour plays for the classic mid-1950's American radio series, X Minus One. All of these stories were added to Project Gutenberg via Greg Weeks and crew at Distributed Proofreaders.(Summary by BellonaTimes) (7 hr 35 min)
Chapters
Coffin Cure, The | 41:29 | Read by Max Lindberg |
Death Wish | 23:55 | Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) |
Defenders, The | 1:00:05 | Read by Tom Weiss |
Moon Is Green, The | 36:50 | Read by Juli Carter |
Old Die Rich, The | 52:15 | Read by Juli Carter |
Old Die Rich, Part 2, The | 52:58 | Read by Juli Carter |
Project Mastodon | 1:10:15 | Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) |
Time and Time Again | 44:53 | Read by Bellona Times |
Tunnel Under the World | 1:12:31 | Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) |
Reviews
Classic Tales Well Told
Sorker
The radio versions were classics and I am happy to see these well-read original short stories. The stories are, of course, more slow to develop than are the radio plays but that's OK, as it takes us into the realm of a good sci-fi reading experience. The radio plays eventually exeeded the written material and can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/XMinus1_A The radio plays were revived in the 1980s and played on at least one major US station until 2002.
amazing work
justinman
this is super its great to be able to listen to the story and see the differences if i didnt sound like a stuttering saul rosenburg i'd give it a whack cant wait for the seventh order,c-chute,first contact those are my faves looks like they did end as a world but its not in the "project" http://www.archive.org/download/short_science_fiction_068_2006_librivox/ssf068_03_various_128kb.mp3
Paul Ajzenman
Good short stories all though some are long enough that they are their own books in the Librivox catalog.
good collection
Barry Towe
good collection, especially like "time and time again"
HURRAH!
Ligeia DeSoto
Thanks for the starter of this and I just wanted to thank Sorker for the other link. I was sitting here thinking, "Huh? That's it? I know this stuff is around here somewhere... Oh, a-ha!" Now I can show this off to my Star Trek buddy. Cheers!
tunnel under the world
A LibriVox Listener
An unsettling story to say the least. Especially since A.I. is so close on our horizon. And hard to believe that an A.I. society wouldn't enjoy plays by Shakespeare featuring little humans who thought their lives had meaning.
X Minus One Project
David R. Smith
Story is a good listen and is well read - Thanks!
great variety
darthlaurel
Lots of interesting, and several very thought provoking stories. Worth a listen!