Target One – X Minus One (1957)
A trio of time travelers goes back in time to try to prevent the nuclear apocalypse that has ravaged the planet, which they believe can be achieved by assassinating just one man – Albert Einstein.
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Knock (X Minus One)
Based on the short story by Frederick Brown the story starts and ends with “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…”
Continue readingAt Midnight on the 31st of March
A year in the life of a small town which finds itself struggling to survive when the rest of civilization mysteriously vanishes overnight. Broadcast 31 March 1943 on NBC’s Author’s Playhouse anthology series.
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In this post-apocalyptic fable, Owen and Topsie cross the near-endless Desert of Glass, staying one step ahead of the radio-active glowwinds. Produced by Seeing Ear Theater.
Continue readingThe Defenders
Mankind has retreated underground to escape the horrors of a surface decimated by World War Three, leaving the machines to continue the fighting. Story by Philip Dick.
Continue readingThings to Come
In the near future, Everytown is hit by a war which drags on for decades, resulting in a mysterious illness and a quasi-medieval society. Adapted by H.G. Wells from his book. “Described audio” from the Movies for the Blind podcast.
Continue readingNightfall
Adapted for audio from the short story by Isaac Asimov about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated at all times on all sides. Part of the Dimension X anthology series.
Continue readingThere Will Come Soft Rains
An automated house faithfully continues its daily routines after its occupants – and the rest of humanity – have long gone. Story by Ray Bradbury. Part of the Dimension X anthology series. The BBC produced 4 versions of this story.
Continue readingWar of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed October 30, 1938.
Continue readingThe Fifth Horseman (1946)
A series of audio dramas released as part of a campaign to convince the American public to accept a plan to put all nuclear weapons under United Nations control.
Continue readingPlanet of the Apes – Power Records Listen and Read Along (1974)
Released in 1974 by Power Records, Planet of the Apes was the first of four “listen and read along” adaptations based on the series of films. It featured a 20-page full color comic, accompanied by 7″ 45rpm record with dramatized narration and musical soundtrack.
Continue readingDriving X by Gwendolyn Clare – Escape Pod Audio Fiction
Escape Pod is a long running podcast featuring Creative Commons-licensed audio narrations of great science-fiction short stories. Driving X by Gwendolyn Clare was featured in episode 319, and can be described as both dystopian and post-apocalyptic, and is definitely worth a listen.
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