<P><I>X Minus One</I> widely regarded as one of the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio was broadcast on NBC from 1955 until 1958. It began as a revival of NBC's <I>Dimension X</I> which ran for just a year and a half from 1950 to 1951.</P><P> Though the first 15 episodes of <I>X Minus One</I> were merely new versions of <I>Dimension X episodes</I> the rest were adaptations of newly published works of science fiction stories by some of the genre's top authors including Isaac Asimov Ray Bradbury Philip K. Dick Robert A. Heinlein Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon...</P><P>Collected here are 12 episodes for your listening pleasure:<UL><LI>'The C-Chute' adapted from Isaac Asimov starring Bob Hastings.</LI><LI>'Skulking Permit' adapted from Robert Sheckley starring Mandel Kramer.</LI><LI>'The Sense of Wonder' starring William Quinn.</LI><LI>'Sea Legs' starring William Redfield.</LI><LI>'The Seventh Order' starring James Monks.</LI><LI>'Lulungameena' starring Ralph Camargo.</LI><LI>'Mr. Costello Hero' adapted from Theodore Sturgeon starring Joe DeSantis.</LI><LI>'Bad Medicine' starring Karl Weber.</LI><LI>'The Stars Are the Styx' adapted from Theodore Sturgeon starring Craig McDonnell.</LI><LI>'The Snowball Effect' starring Ted Osborne.</LI><LI>'The Lifeboat Mutiny' starring Leon Janney.</LI><LI>'Saucer of Loneliness' adapted from Theodore Sturgeon starring Elaine Rost.</UL></LI></P><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>