Dimension X, Vol. 1

Dimension X wasone of old-time radio's first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ranfor a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by someof the best known masters of the genre-Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others.Writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted the stories, occasionallycontributing original scripts of their own.The show, promising "e;adventures in time and space, told infuture tense,"e; transported listeners from their everyday existence to newworlds and foreign landscapes, where alien encounters and rocket shipadventures were no more unusual than a stroll through a park.Episodes include"e;With Folded Hands"e; by Jack Williamson, starring PeterCapell and Philip Bourneuf"e;The Report on the Barnhouse Effect"e; by Kurt Vonnegut, starring SantosOrtega and Bob Hastings"e;No Contact"e; by George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, starring Wendell Holmes andLawson Zerbe"e;Knock"e; by Fredric Brown, starring Arnold Moss and Luis van Rooten"e;Almost Human"e; by Robert Bloch, starring Santos Ortega and Rita Lynn"e;The Embassy"e; by Donald Wollheim, starring Joseph Julian and Berry Kroeger"e;The Green Hills of Earth"e; by Robert Heinlein, starring Ken Williams and NelsonOlmsted"e;Beyond Infinity"e; by Villiers Gerson, starring Les Damon and Lotte Stavisky"e;Hello Tomorrow"e; by George Lefferts, starring Nancy Olson and Santos Ortega"e;Time and Time Again"e; by H. Beam Piper, starring Peter Capell and Joe De Santis"e;Universe"e; by Robert Heinlein, starring Mason Adams and Peter Capell"e;Nightfall"e; by Isaac Asimov, starring John McGovern and Staats Cotsworth