plus-circle Add Review

comment Reviews

Reviewer: The True Brain Pimp - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 13, 2020

Subject: Top 10 Hall of Fame Show This is the Gold Standard of Sci-fi. You want to hear the place where all the tropes started? This is it. X-1 is on the list with: The Whistler, Suspense, Gunsmoke, Escape, Lux, Jack Benny as the First Order of their genre. If you want to get ANYONE interested in OTR, start here. In these days of quaranteen, the End of The World epic , "Nightfall" would make good family listening - August 13, 2020Top 10 Hall of Fame Show

Reviewer: Thrgfr - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 7, 2020

Subject: Radio Days These are great!! I made CD's for the car. - May 7, 2020Radio Days

Reviewer: newdickmorris - - April 29, 2019

Subject: . My favorite episode is Lulungomeena. I also really like The Cave of Night, Tunnel Under the World, and Hostess. - April 29, 2019

Reviewer: BixLives - - December 3, 2018

Subject: Why? Obviously something is up with most X minus one files. Weird, but No Contact plays.



I have them all -even the experiment revival from 1971 and in the best audio, but I am always looking for a better source. have not found one in a few years, so 'spect I have the best examples there are, but...you never know.



I love them all except the ones written by Ray Bradbury, I can't see anyone older than 4 years listening to his Radio plays. Bradbury is an over-rated, unoriginal old FRAUD. - December 3, 2018Why?

Reviewer: Marxxx77 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 29, 2018

Subject: What's wrong with X Minus One? Most of the episodes of this show will not play???

I keep getting an error message " Error loading media: File could not be played???

So, consequently I haven't heard well over 2/3'ds of theses episodes.

Can anything be done?



Steve Monroe - November 29, 2018What's wrong with X Minus One?

Reviewer: Decoy Commander - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 2, 2018

Subject: Listening Problems Try using the Firefox web browser. It worked for me. - November 2, 2018Listening Problems

Reviewer: Carly Corday - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 4, 2018

Subject: What's the problem? I can hear every story with a click and a happy sigh. It's the Evil Upgrades in our STUFF that took you listeners' stories away from you. The dehumanizing, endless, enslaving "improvements" and "progress" that really only cost us money and gorge the landfills, serving no real purpose to Mankind at all, and a distinct, documentable DISSERVICE.



I listen on one of 2 Vista PCs I have in my home, bought from eBay for peanuts when my Vista laptop wore out. The speakers I use on one are VERY old, of a quality that can't be had anymore in a PC, that still sound spectacular, but were cheap and ordinary back when I first acquired them.



If the thrill of addiction to your never-put-down, handheld, tiny-screen computer that can also be used as a telephone is worth it, just go away and forget enjoying these stories ever again. Unfortunately for me, the opposite will no-doubt happen: This site will undergo an earthquake of "upgrading" to meet YOUR devices' demands, leaving me with no option but to give up these stories or become one of YOU people, connected by nerves and blood-vessels to a handheld toy.



As things are now, I can download these episodes as MP3s and save them on CDs to play in my car or my bedside stereo, or wherever I wish. Or I can listen directly from the site, right here, one after another automatically, without having to download a thing. I live in real dread of the day it all goes away, and hope I won't even be around anymore when it happens.



(Off that topic, I have a complaint about the stories, just a silly one: This series has not one, but TWO, deafening intros to endure before each story begins. What were they thinking back in those days, making all these radio dramas, the GOOD ones, start with screeching, horrible noise? Think of all the tired, working GROWNUPS back then yelling, "Turn that #$%$#@!! off!!" to their kids every time a good program started on the radio, because of the shrieking, astonishing, pointless decibels of noise. Think of the younger people having to sit close to the radio with hand on volume knob to keep it low until the screeching racket ceased, so they wouldn't get the angry yell from daddy or mama. What in the world was the point of it??) - September 4, 2018What's the problem? I can hear every story with a click and a happy sigh.

Reviewer: PhoenixDarque - - August 23, 2018

Subject: Site not working I haven't been able to hear these broadcasts in a long time now. I miss hearing my favorites. - August 23, 2018Site not working

Reviewer: SaraBellePalsy - - July 5, 2018

Subject: Site No longer working Please alter files. Over 80% of us visiting site can't enjoy these files anymore. They were okay last year - What changed on this site? Please make it playable again! PLEASE! I really want to listen to these. - July 5, 2018Site No longer working

Reviewer: Harry Wilson - - May 13, 2018

Subject: Malfunctioning Chrome Androids Everything that raygberg said, but you can also click the word 'MP3' under the download options to expand a list of only the mp3 files.



If you're married to Chrome and still want to listen to them in your browser, you can click 'OGG VORBIS' under download options, click the file name on the now-expanded list, and it should play in your browser. If you're listening to a lot of shows in sequence, be sure to note the episode number, because when you click your back button to return to the Archive page you'll be starting from scratch. - May 13, 2018Malfunctioning Chrome Androids

Reviewer: raygberg - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, 2018

Subject: X MInus One Won't Play in Chrome I've found that if the episode won't play in Chrome, you can download the files from Archive.org and they'll play in Windows Media. On this page, scroll down to the "Download Options" box, and click on "Show All". You'll get a list of mp3s for each episode. Find your episode's .mp3 file, right click on it and choose "Save link as...". - May 13, 2018X MInus One Won't Play in Chrome

Reviewer: scifimike451 - - May 7, 2018

Subject: Files not playing. Clicking on any of the files gives the error message 'Error loading media: File could not be played'. Strangely though, episode 3 and a few other files play without a problem. Seems to only be affecting Google Chrome browser. Files play as normal in Firefox and Safari. Can anyone associated with this collection find a solution? Thanks. - May 7, 2018Files not playing.

Reviewer: Ti74Raven - favorite favorite favorite - April 25, 2018

Subject: No longer plays back on Android it seems Used to play fine. Will no longer play to Android it seems. - April 25, 2018No longer plays back on Android it seems

Reviewer: Franco1999 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 3, 2018

Subject: Play back problems Why won't most play back in android? - April 3, 2018Play back problems

Reviewer: 8L337EE8 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 3, 2018

Subject: Secret Space Program



Could there actually be... might we in reality have a Black or Dark Fleet..?



https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g7DlsthMsDbpgLWG3pM2VDvD7vepK31L



It's all quite suggestive, perhaps some say the original authors may have been individuals possessing "psychic" competencies as their understanding of resonant frequency emergent field structure capacities of one's cognizant consciousness.



Think I'll listen to all of X Minus One this rainy Saturday... and Dimension X will follow whilst continuing my research, perhaps acquiring some inspiration from more of this so brilliantly articulated and sentiently authored work. Additionally, allow me to note the sound effects are quite immersive lending themselves well to the storyline... Remembering before, how humanity perceived with their minds and there were no screens flashing imagery that so incessantly programed societal behavior visually and concepts were so well conveyed over an auditory spectrum we merely detect but a fraction of with our ears, yet is still only another form of electromagnetic wave propagation. Spending the past several months in NASA Technical and Training servers reading abstracts around advanced propulsion has me beginning to question if in some ways parts of this might be truer than the books jaundra might imply.Could there actually be... might we in reality have a Black or Dark Fleet..?It's all quite suggestive, perhaps some say the original authors may have been individuals possessing "psychic" competencies as their understanding of resonant frequency emergent field structure capacities of one's cognizant consciousness.Think I'll listen to all of X Minus One this rainy Saturday... and Dimension X will follow whilst continuing my research, perhaps acquiring some inspiration from more of this so brilliantly articulated and sentiently authored work. Additionally, allow me to note the sound effects are quite immersive lending themselves well to the storyline... Remembering before, how humanity perceived with their minds and there were no screens flashing imagery that so incessantly programed societal behavior visually and concepts were so well conveyed over an auditory spectrum we merely detect but a fraction of with our ears, yet is still only another form of electromagnetic wave propagation. - March 3, 2018Secret Space Program

Reviewer: SPACEPATROL47 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 10, 2016

Subject: NIGHT CALL,COLLECT TO ROBBO4473,YOU CAN FIND THIS RADIO SHOW ON YOUTUBE UNDER BRADBURY 13 NIGHT CALL, COLLECT.THIS SERIES OF RADIO PROGRAMS WAS WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME. STILL HOLDS UP WELL TODAY - March 10, 2016NIGHT CALL,COLLECT

Reviewer: chy03001 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 23, 2015

Subject: Amazing Series As a fan of science fiction it's amazing how many of these stories later inspired episodes of Star Trek, Twilight Zone and others.



Some stories are unique and could only have been done justice through the power of radio. In particular: Hallucination Orbit. - December 23, 2015Amazing Series

Reviewer: Reed Mee - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 20, 2015

Subject: Fantastic! I really love the sci fi radio stuff! Thanks so much for this! - November 20, 2015Fantastic!

Reviewer: Keesha16 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 20, 2015

Subject: Great Series! Wish there were more episodes.

http://www.radioechoes.com/bradbury-thirteen#.VdUjeIZHarU



Internet Archive, love the new look of your site! I find it a lot easier to use in this new format! Robbo4473: that story is a Ray Bradbury story called "Night Call Collect". You can find it here on the Bradbury 13 site by Brigham Young UniversityInternet Archive, love the new look of your site! I find it a lot easier to use in this new format! - August 20, 2015Great Series! Wish there were more episodes.

Reviewer: Robbo4473 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 11, 2015

Subject: Great Stuff! X Minus One was my first introduction to OTR and will always be one of my favorites.



Does anyone know if "Death Calls Collect" is on the Archive anywhere? It's the one where this 80 year old guy who's completely alone on the planet gets a call from himself when he was young. Turns out when he was young, for fun and alleviate the boredom of being alone, creates a program that on his 80 birthday will call himself to talk (like Siri!) - but it kind of drives him nuts to be taunted by his younger self. Probably my favorite X. - July 11, 2015Great Stuff!

Reviewer: networksam - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 31, 2015

Subject: Great SciFi shows here. The only bad thing about this show is when you realize you have listened to all of the episodes. Then I go back to Dimension X to see if I can tell the differences in productions. - May 31, 2015Great SciFi shows here.

Reviewer: allnewsanchor - favorite favorite favorite - March 31, 2015

Subject: Good early, weak late As a major fan of classic sci-fi, I feel compelled to mention the falloff in what began as a terrific show. "Dimension X," its predecessor, was virtually flawless and deserves the full 5 stars. Almost every script and performance--great.



"X Minus One" started out that way. But then it began adapting scripts from stories of lesser authors...many of which descended into silliness. I have to believe there were better short stories and novellas to choose from, but the Golden Age was on the wane and NBC probably didn't want to pony up for the good stuff. - March 31, 2015Good early, weak late

Reviewer: Major Mike - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 29, 2015

Subject: X-1/No Contact Really enjoyed this first X-1 show. Thanks for making it available on line. Looking forward to listening to many of the great shows. - March 29, 2015X-1/No Contact

Reviewer: Media Lover - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 21, 2015

Subject: Only Second To Reading A Sci-Fi Book! These X Minus One series are just gems that need to be treasured for future generations. In this era of CGI and other computer manipulated images, the simple telling of science fiction tales through just the audio mode is still thrilling and effective. The imaginative juices are just kicked to jumpstart and go places where no joysticks on the video control panels have gone before.



Like I said in the title, the only things that beat these radio shows, in terms of thrilling imaginations, are the science fiction books that I had read over the years. - March 21, 2015Only Second To Reading A Sci-Fi Book!

Reviewer: sugarpromises - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 21, 2015

Subject: Fantastic Old Radio Shows



Here is an extensive list of the shows with authors for you to reference:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_X_Minus_One_episodes Science Fiction has the best old time radio shows. This list is fantastic. With authors like Bradbury, Dick, Heinlein, and Asimov, how can you go wrong?Here is an extensive list of the shows with authors for you to reference: - March 21, 2015Fantastic Old Radio Shows

Reviewer: mrmarketcap - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 14, 2014

Subject: X-Minus One The Outer Limit This is probably the best in the series. The last line makes the entire show awesome. Sends chills down my spine. - May 14, 2014X-Minus One The Outer Limit

Reviewer: Out of Stone - favorite favorite favorite - July 25, 2013

Subject: Countdown to hit n miss Best episodes are set aboard spaceships or on weird Zog-like planets - these are the thoughtful, intelligent and absorbing episodes. Unfortunately, there are far too many jokey, throwaway episodes (mostly from '57) resulting in tedium, which can be counteracted only by a deadly earnest inter-galactic spaceflight in Exploring Tomorrow. - July 25, 2013Countdown to hit n miss

Reviewer: TomBaker - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 28, 2012

Subject: Best radio show in existence. Just downloaded the entire works, this is a great place to offer free downloads like this, I'm a young guy, but I can sure appreciate the classics. If only I'd been born a few decades earlier. - October 28, 2012Best radio show in existence.

Reviewer: NadaClue - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 21, 2011

Subject: X Minus One I was 5 years old when this radio show went off the air. It was truely brilliant and the precursor to TV shows like "The Twlight Zone", "The Outer Limits", and “Star Trek”. I thank you for re-opening the best 3-D experience possible. The theater of the mind! - July 21, 2011X Minus One