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Reviewer: justinman - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 24, 2019

Subject: love these stories ive listened to them all over and over they are great but some nitpicking comes in like with cold equasions if it is really that tight on fuel her being there at all ruined the trip ejecting her wouldnt change



with no contact you have to ask what kind of FTL communication device do they have to instantly transmit and receive at the edge of the galaxy



at least they covered the time delay with pictures don't lie



love the c-chute but i was confused how they could keep the passenger compartment sealed when the klorels turned the atmosphere into chlorine i assume an airlock but having an airlock to a hallway makes no sense cause the first guy got shot as he opened the door so it seems there was none



a gun for dinosaur i thought is better than the bradbury sound of thunder



a logic named joe amazing the foresight but shampoo that can make you sober was pushing it



requiem great story couldnt they have come up with a better system for the old guy like a liquid filled tank and give him scuba





the vital factor great story but foolish they never did tests with the new ships to find out the guy was holding something back



tunnel under the world confused about human brain circuits unless somehow people had some kind of implants



project mastadon very fun but uncontollable time travel seems annoying the device can only go exactly 50,000 years to the past and the future i only assume they are terrified to go 50,000 years into the future



project trojan awesome idea german engineers acomplished the impossible but it backfired



seventh victim great story what a world to live in the movie was cool had to go find it



the seventh order great story but wouldnt a buried bomb have worked as well?



- May 24, 2019love these stories

Reviewer: Harry Wilson - - October 31, 2018

Subject: Hey Bix!

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles Check out this page: - October 31, 2018Hey Bix!

Reviewer: BixLives - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 31, 2018

Subject: Missing Episodes There are 119 episodes in circulation. I appreciate the good quality of most of the tapes, but they are missing a lot of programs! - October 31, 2018Missing Episodes

Reviewer: will09 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 23, 2017

Subject: X Minus What? Sitting under my bed, there was a hole in my mattress, I recall listening to X-1, (echoing) from a clock radio in my bedroom, Stories about the future. i listened, and enjoyed every moment many times over and still, the 1950's mix with morality a touch of each and survive, have we turned away from our past? Or was it Demention X? salute the past. and thanks to those great sci-fi pulps and all the greater storytellers. you covered me with space dust. - February 23, 2017X Minus What?

Reviewer: SaraBellePalsy - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 11, 2017

Subject: A lot of files and pages There are several pages and/or files of uploaded X minus One episodes, some with all the episodes, some with half (as above) some with crisp clean audio, some with dull audio. Ya never know which is which. SOMEBODY needs to take charge, so as only the highest quality audio is presented to (especially first time) listeners. I don't have the computer to do it, or I would. Send me a PC with the right apps, and I'll do old time radio uploads until I die. - February 11, 2017A lot of files and pages

Reviewer: NM5TF - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 16, 2015

Subject: Takes Me Back Thanks for sharing these great old radio shows. I remember listening to them on my bedside radio when I was probably

8-10 years old. They don't make them like these anymore. - October 16, 2015Takes Me Back

Reviewer: gl1200phil - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 4, 2013

Subject: Fantastic anthology series!



To address questions & comments below:



1. I don't know why my Android wouldn't play these files either, BUT I figured out how to get them to play on my android device. Download the files to your device, then go to the free online file converter and convert them to mp3 files. Not sure what format the files are currently, but this does the trick! Here's the URL:



http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-mp3



a. Click on 'CHOOSE' by the first box. Then browse to the file that you downloaded.

1.On android devices you must go to your storage card first. It will be named

/mnt/sdcard

or something similar.

2. Then you need to find the folder with the file you want to convert. 'It will most likely be in a folder named "downloads" or possibly "music". The file will be named



xminusone_(date)_(title)



b. Clicking on the file, will load it onto the web page. I like to lower the bitrate, to make the file smaller. These files are low fidelity, 16 bps shows no loss in quality.

c. Go a little furthet down the page and click on the "convert" button.

d. When the file has been converted, you'll get a message asking how you want to download the file, just like when you downloaded the file from

You will now get a playable file that will be in the same place as the original file you first downloaded.

UPDATE: MX Player ( Available in a free version At Google Play, Android Market and others, will play these files. My original media app for my old android 2.3.4 version would not play these files.



2. I went to Counter Productions website also. While I didn't find any files to download, (I didn't look real hard) I didn't have any problems and it seemed like a legitimate website to me. no promises though...



3. Someone asked for other similar programs. Arch Obeler's Lights Out, The Inner Sanctum, The Creaking Door, The Weird Circle, and Suspense come to mind.

It's of a different genre, but I have to plug one of my very favorites, Elliott Lewis in The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen.

I hope this can be of value to someone! These are great shows!! As each show is unique, & written by different writers, some obviously are better than others. Few will disappoint!To address questions & comments below:1. I don't know why my Android wouldn't play these files either, BUT I figured out how to get them to play on my android device. Download the files to your device, then go to the free online file converter and convert them to mp3 files. Not sure what format the files are currently, but this does the trick! Here's the URL:a. Click on 'CHOOSE' by the first box. Then browse to the file that you downloaded.1.On android devices you must go to your storage card first. It will be named/mnt/sdcardor something similar.2. Then you need to find the folder with the file you want to convert. 'It will most likely be in a folder named "downloads" or possibly "music". The file will be namedxminusone_(date)_(title)b. Clicking on the file, will load it onto the web page. I like to lower the bitrate, to make the file smaller. These files are low fidelity, 16 bps shows no loss in quality.c. Go a little furthet down the page and click on the "convert" button.d. When the file has been converted, you'll get a message asking how you want to download the file, just like when you downloaded the file from archive.org . Just respond as you did at archive.org to download the file.You will now get a playable file that will be in the same place as the original file you first downloaded.UPDATE: MX Player ( Available in a free version At Google Play, Android Market and others, will play these files. My original media app for my old android 2.3.4 version would not play these files.2. I went to Counter Productions website also. While I didn't find any files to download, (I didn't look real hard) I didn't have any problems and it seemed like a legitimate website to me. no promises though...3. Someone asked for other similar programs. Arch Obeler's Lights Out, The Inner Sanctum, The Creaking Door, The Weird Circle, and Suspense come to mind.It's of a different genre, but I have to plug one of my very favorites, Elliott Lewis in The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen.I hope this can be of value to someone! - December 4, 2013Fantastic anthology series!

Reviewer: networksam - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 6, 2013

Subject: greatest series I just love this series! It has some really great stories and acting. Cant seem to get the shows to work on my android device. Samsung galaxy s3. Does anyone have a workaround? - January 6, 2013greatest series

Reviewer: PostalRetired - - February 13, 2012

Subject: Warning Just to give a heads up, I tried going to the www.counterproductionstheatre.com web site just to check things out. Listed in the review prior to mine. My virus software (Avast) warned me of a Trojan. Just a friendly warning. - February 13, 2012Warning

Reviewer: enigma2118 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 7, 2011

Subject: X Minus 1 in the Theatre review

The Parade

A Logic Named Joe

Hallucination Orbit

It was awesome!

www.counterproductionstheatre.com

Thank you! I had posted here about two years ago about my theatre company doing some staged productions of X Minus One stories. I just want to tell ya all, it was the greatest experience I have had as an artist so far. It was a complete blast. We do plan to give this another try at some time. I'll probably stop by and let ya know. Again, I'm not trying to advertise here, take it down if it comes across that way. But I do want to leave my theatre's website address, come check out the pictures from:The ParadeA Logic Named JoeHallucination OrbitIt was awesome!Thank you! - February 7, 2011X Minus 1 in the Theatre review

Reviewer: Digital_Freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 2, 2010

Subject: Gene Roddenberry Was Right! Ok, there must of been millions of us that were living decades ago that noticed the very high accelerated rate of America's technology increasing. I bet most of us believed the Jetsons (cartoon) were going to be reality for most of us, no doubt we had that Americans and other countries would mostly be transported by flying-cars and/or beaming our body particulars from spaceships.



No, we failed to take into account that the rapid rate of increase in electronics, science and technology in general would greatly slowdown from the concept of earth building moon and mars bases as we fought militarily battles in space when dozens of space-aliens as we made friends with other aliens from other planets (and they would all speak in ENGLISH!!).



No, what I mean is Gene was right a few decades ago when he endorsed an audio collection of 60 old science fiction radio shows that contained many of the old Dimension-X and X-1 radio shows. Gene described how he felt as a young growing boy listening to many of these exact same radio shows and how they made him feel in an era of the cold-war. I bet Gene shared the same opinion of all of these old Sci-Fi shows that he shared about the 60 select radio show collection he endorsed many decades ago.



The only new show I have heard that comes close to the quality of these old episodes is the post 2002 copyrighted radio show of remakes of most of the popular Twilight Zone series. But today's radio shows, when they rarely are produced, seem to never match the quality of old shows such as X-1. I suppose the last really good radio show that many would describe as Science Fiction would be the 1970's CBS Mystery Theater. Like most fans of these radio shows I would love to see a serious high budget Sci Fi radio/mp3 podcast etc shows to be once again made -(need good acting and digital sound loops can tend to over polish such an audio show, and the pay-off of the hard work done in these shows is really obvious).



Can anyone advise other audio series such as the cbs mystery theater and the post 2002 remade for radio Twilight Zone series that might be out there? They simply do not make the quality of entertainment these radio shows pull off, and it's really a shame actors now have to worry more about their wait, breast size, hairline etc. instead of keeping their minds on performing good for an audience that may be around over a hundred years.



I hope limits on copyrights can be placed on newer radio shows so that after 50, 60 years or more they fall into public domain. That is plenty of time to make a profit and yet not force poor people into copyright violation by the simple action of copying a radio show older than they may be. I feel copyrights were never attended to preserve profits forever, they should have a limit and become public domain as many older creative arts were done.



If you like Sci Fi, these radio shows are better than many old Sci Fi movies, and the sound effects work out better than most of the newer produced shows using digital samples! - September 2, 2010Gene Roddenberry Was Right!

Reviewer: danneauxs - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 8, 2010

Subject: over and over again I've listened to these for years. My CD's have become unreadable over the years and it's great to have access to these archives. This is great classic sci-fi and just great storytelling. Some of it's simple by today's standards but the production is good and the stories hold up. Many of today's audiobooks are to full of themselves and listening to one narrator can get boring. I could easily see home productions of newer short stories by talented armature writers, producers and actors. - August 8, 2010over and over again

Reviewer: Hamigreg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 17, 2010

Subject: When Sci Fi was un complicated Listening to these shows takes me back to my childhood when sci fi was a glimpse into the future No one told you that it was outside the limits of the laws of Physics ,Quantum or otherwise. It was just pure escapism. I can hear these shows over and over again and still get that buzz - April 17, 2010When Sci Fi was un complicated

Reviewer: drlong - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 14, 2009

Subject: Golden Age of Sci-Fi This show and Dimension X were both classic examples of good storylines and production. That is why I enjoy classic sci-fi so much. The plots are basic and engage in elemental phlisophical and social issues still relevant today.



My kids now enjoy listening to this show and revel in being able to stay up and listen to the downloads. - September 14, 2009Golden Age of Sci-Fi

Reviewer: Mr Wednesday - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 17, 2009

Subject: Dimension X These are brilliant. However if you've listened to Dimension X a good 50% of disk 1 of X Minus 1 is repeated episodes from that show. - March 17, 2009Dimension X

Reviewer: reen1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 8, 2009

Subject: X Minus One Rules! Thank you! This collection is a wonderful gift for those of us who love OTR sci-fi. - February 8, 2009X Minus One Rules!

Reviewer: hff1981 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 13, 2008

Subject: Great series. Great Series,good sound e some really superb episodes like "tunell under the world".

thank you! - September 13, 2008Great series.

Reviewer: Beldapriest - favorite favorite - July 8, 2008

Subject: Yawn Most of these are the beginnings of what would be some great stories. Very dated, actually kind of weak. The writers of some reputation are represented fairly well, yet most stories are just tired. - July 8, 2008Yawn

Reviewer: digitalzen - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 7, 2008

Subject: Great Series for the Uninitiated X minus 1 is a great sci-fi series with some really classic stories. They are not always Martian Ray Gun stories, but you will get a good dose of the retro sci-fi era, back in the good ole days when there was oxygen on Mars and Saturn was only a couple weeks travel away. The recording quality of almost all of these is excellent. If you are new to OTR, this is definitely one you want to check into. - June 7, 2008Great Series for the Uninitiated

Reviewer: robking - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 1, 2008

Subject: Good stuff I'm not normally a sci-fi fan. I listen mostly to Gunsmoke, Frontier Gentleman, and various horror series. I gave this one a shot, listening to Cold Equation first (after reading about it in the comments), and I think I'm hooked. Very well done series. - May 1, 2008Good stuff

Reviewer: MDSys - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 1, 2008

Subject: Great series

I recorded a few of these shows and listened to them for years until the taps were worn out.

Last year I accidentally discovered

X-Minus-1 has to be one of the best shows I've found here.

The stories are well written and acted. It doesn't matter that it's from the 50's.

Another great series is "Journey into Space". I live in Belgium and used to listen to "American forces network" radio when I was a kid (late 70's).They had a show called "midnight mysteries". Well it was a collection of old radio shows like "Johnny Dollar, The Whistler, ...I recorded a few of these shows and listened to them for years until the taps were worn out.Last year I accidentally discovered Archive.org and I love it.X-Minus-1 has to be one of the best shows I've found here.The stories are well written and acted. It doesn't matter that it's from the 50's.Another great series is "Journey into Space". - May 1, 2008Great series

Reviewer: someguy2 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 13, 2008

Subject: fav sci-fi OTR I'm with you on Cold Equations for #1, TforThomas, that plot got to me. Absolute no-win scenario.



I'd put C-Chute #2 just cause I like that geeky guy's voice and how his hobby was handy sort of like Flight of the Phoenix.

He's good in Pictures don't lie too.

Reminds me of Les Nessman, WKRP. :)



Norman Rose is a killer narrator voice in Colony.

All of these are worth hearing. Don't bother picking, check 'em all out!

I've heard most about 6 times.



When will modern production pick up on what was great!?

When will sci-fi audio-shows make a comeback? - February 13, 2008fav sci-fi OTR

Reviewer: XMinusOne - - January 25, 2008

Subject: If you're going to rate the episodes...... While I appreciate the ratings, if I were a potential listener, I wouldn't know how to take the them. What is the criteria for the episode being three stars, or however many? The potential listener doesn't know if you liked (or disliked) the show because of the plot, it being a rehash of similar but better shows, good or bad writing (or action, or sound effects). I personally think X Minus 1 is a great series because it generally has above average story lines with well crafted scripts, they're mostly believeable, even when far-fetched, the acting is above average, and because I like science fiction; but even as a fan of the series and being familiar with the episodes, you would better get my attention to re-listen to episodes by (instead of saying it gets 2 stars out of 5 or 5 stars out of 5) giving a one-line sentence (or less) capsule summary and saying "2 stars out of 5 because it's an old story line" or "the plot's not realistic even for science fiction", or "poor acting, no sense of emotion", or "a a slow plot that drags until an unexpected closing sequence and an in-your-face surprise ending."

minute with an unexpected . To simply say 2 out of 5 is like would be like saying Nolan Ryan is a better baseball player than Ted Williams, or that Norman Mailer is a better writer than Madam Curie was a scientist. - January 25, 2008If you're going to rate the episodes......

Reviewer: TforThomas - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 24, 2008

Subject: X Minus 1



550825_ColdEquations [5 stars]

550901_Shanghaied [4 of 5 stars]

551103_Hello

551130_TheVital

551221_Marionettes

551228_ALogicNamed

560104_TheRoadsMust

560208_C-

560307_AGunFor

560314_TunnelUnderThe Rating these for my own re-listening convenience, thought I'd post these as a guide to any first-time listeners looking for a place to start.. Just my opinions though.550825_ColdEquations [5 stars]550901_Shanghaied [4 of 5 stars]551103_Hello Tomorrow.mp3 [3 of 5 stars]551130_TheVital Factor.mp3 [4 of 5 stars]551221_Marionettes Inc.mp3 [3 of 5 stars]551228_ALogicNamed Joe.mp3 [4 of 5 stars]560104_TheRoadsMust Roll.mp3 [4 of 5 stars]560208_C- Chute.mp3 [5 stars, Isaac Asimov]560307_AGunFor Dinosaur.mp3 [5 stars]560314_TunnelUnderThe World.mp3 [5 stars] - January 24, 2008X Minus 1

Reviewer: JonCorry - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 18, 2007

Subject: Great Stuff I found X Minus One when I was a child when it was played on saturday nights on a local radio program called Golden Age of Radio Theatre. I was thrilled to find these here and that they were all available. This show really is top notch, and the writing and acting is great. This is a classic and I'm glad that it is available here for all to fall in love with it, as I did. - December 18, 2007Great Stuff

Reviewer: naaier - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 28, 2007

Subject: MP3 bit-rate note Edit: Removed note about shows being in 32Kbps rather than 64Kbps--Looks like only the very first episode is encoded at 32Kbps. - July 28, 2007MP3 bit-rate note

Reviewer: tomwsmf - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 2, 2006

Subject: Everything old is new again We think of our situation in the world as a unique artifact of time and place, but here we can see this just is not so. The current state of media is 90% of it is pewp on ice and the remaining 10% ranges from watchable to jaw dropingly good.



It was the same for radio. Much of it was soap operas, rehashed crime drama (CSI:1950 anyone?) and various serialized branded shows that where commericials with cute characters.



In the 10% there was DimX and X-1. Just look at the talent that was being used as story crafters. It is a testiment to their great works that even having been rewritten for the radio the stories still shined.



Some of the incidental music in these series can sound corny as all get out to our ears, but even that cant diminish the shows.



The lasting mark these shows have had over the decades can be seen not only in the traditional SF world but also in homages such as Commander Hoek and Cadet Stimpy.



All in all these two series are Must Listen Radio (tm) for any and all OTR lovers.



-tomhiggins - August 2, 2006Everything old is new again

Reviewer: Lonesome Cowboy Bill - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 9, 2006

Subject: Woot! I haven't heard many of these since the 1970's, when a CBC program, "As It Happens" broadcast many different examples of OTR...it's strange to hear 1987 considered to be the future....





Much thanks to the person who posted these! - June 9, 2006Woot!

Reviewer: Hythe - favorite favorite favorite - February 24, 2006

Subject: Thank you X Minus 1 Fairy! I'm not entirely clear who dumped these file here, but thank you! There can not ever be enough OTR on the net. God, I love anachronism!



I have almost the entire run of "Quiet, Please...," an OTR spook-fest far superior to X Minus 1 - if I hear from people, I'll try to dump it on the archive. sungreenleaves verizon net - February 24, 2006Thank you X Minus 1 Fairy!

Reviewer: macwizuk - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 15, 2006

Subject: Real Sci-fi It is more than a notch above your normal OTR sci-fi. Such stuff is often cops n robbers or cowboys n indians in space. But this is genuine thought provoking sci-fi. You'll find Clifford D Simak, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinelein and others here. Don't fill your ipod with GBytes of songs from iTunes... this is much more interesting.

All I need now is some DimensionX. - February 15, 2006Real Sci-fi