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X Minus One was the best of the full-cast science fiction radio shows of the 50s (episodes like “Star Bright”, “The Parade”, and “Field Study” are forever etche
by flats 6y ago
X Minus One was the best of the full-cast science fiction radio shows of the 50s (episodes like “Star Bright”, “The Parade”, and “Field Study” are forever etched in my memory) but there were several others - I recommend the Relic Radio Science Fiction podcast (https://www.relicradio.com/otr/home-2/science-fiction/ https://www.relicradio.com/otr/home-2/science-fiction/) for a sampling of them.
My favorite science fiction radio, though, is Michael Hanson’s Mind Webs. You can listen to all of the episodes at the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410 https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410) & I compiled a list of my favorite episodes to guide you on your journey at https://blog.robador.com/2015/04/the-best-of-mind-webs/ https://blog.robador.com/2015/04/the-best-of-mind-webs/. Not full cast, but great stories told well with good music. They even made some new episodes a couple years ago before Michael Hanson died.
- mintplant 6y agoMind Webs is excellent! I would also recommend Quiet Please, which has a similar feel and quality but a more horror/speculative fiction focus. https://www.quietplease.org/episodes/ https://www.quietplease.org/episodes/ The episode The Thing On The Fourble Board is widely regarded as a classic of that era of radio. https://www.quietplease.org/episodes/the-thing-on-the-fourble-board-60.html https://www.quietplease.org/episodes/the-thing-on-the-fourbl... While I'm at it, I'll point to Erik Bauersfeld's Black Mass as well, another high-quality horror-fantasy radio show that was produced locally in the Bay Area. The adaptation of The Outsider always gives me chills. https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/thriller/black-mass/the-outsider-1968-11-20 https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/thriller/black-mass/th...