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Tales of Science Fiction: Featuring X-Minus One
A collection of stories from the original 1950s radio show X Minus One recall the heyday of science fiction broadcasts, with contributions from Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Frederic Dahl, and many others.
- GenresScience Fiction
Audio Cassette
Published July 1, 2003
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Isaac Asimov
4,645 books27k followersWorks of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles,
The Foundation Trilogy
(1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.
Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).
People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.
Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.
Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...
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May 22, 2024
Growing up my mother had a series of cassette tapes that were Ray Bradbury reading his various short stories. We would listen to those tapes on car trips. These trips are why I love audiobooks, especially the ones read by the author.
When I got older, I found a cd collection of The Shadow radio dramas. It’s selected tales from the various versions of the series complete with the single sponsor advertising for Blue Coal the premium anthracite.
This collection is a combination of those two styles. Science fiction short stories by famous authors done as radio dramas. Some of the stories are good and some are simply fine. The amount of Cold War fear in evidence in some of the stories is really interesting. As of this review, I’m only 60% through the first season, but I will check this “book” out again to finish it.
When I got older, I found a cd collection of The Shadow radio dramas. It’s selected tales from the various versions of the series complete with the single sponsor advertising for Blue Coal the premium anthracite.
This collection is a combination of those two styles. Science fiction short stories by famous authors done as radio dramas. Some of the stories are good and some are simply fine. The amount of Cold War fear in evidence in some of the stories is really interesting. As of this review, I’m only 60% through the first season, but I will check this “book” out again to finish it.
December 26, 2019
Wasn’t able to find the exactly radio clip I listen to so this was the best I could find...
After listening to X Minus One: Nightfall (December 7, 1955) I really want to read the full book now. It’s an interesting concept about how life would be like in total darkness and how darkness could drive a man mad.
After listening to X Minus One: Nightfall (December 7, 1955) I really want to read the full book now. It’s an interesting concept about how life would be like in total darkness and how darkness could drive a man mad.
October 12, 2016
This is an amazing series that takes you back to the golden age of sci-fi. There is a surprisingly high number of 'horror' style tales which without becoming gory are quite unnerving . The only draw back is these are far from all the stories although the remainder are relatively easy to option. Highly recommended.
March 10, 2011
Listened to portions of this on an audio book
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