The series was canceled after the 126th broadcast on January 9, 1958. The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street & Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction presents. These are stories of the future adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one. The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown, leading into the following introduction (although later shows beginning with Episode 37, were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction):Ĭountdown for blastoff. McIntosh’s "Hallucination Orbit", Fritz Leiber’s " A Pail of Air", and George Lefferts' "The Parade". Included in the series were adaptations of Robert Sheckley's "Skulking Permit", Bradbury's " Mars Is Heaven", Heinlein's " Universe" and " The Green Hills of Earth", Pohl's " The Tunnel under the World", J. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by Kinoy and Lefferts. Initially a revival of NBC's Dimension X (1950–51), the first 15 episodes of X Minus One were new versions of Dimension X episodes, but the remainder were adaptations by NBC staff writers, including Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, of newly published science fiction stories by leading writers in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. ![]() 2 Episodes based on stories by famous writers.
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