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X Minus One: Saucer of Loneliness (January 9, 1957)
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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- Length: 27 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
- By: Ray Bradbury
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,730
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,464
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,038
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- By: Isaac Asimov
- Length: 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 38
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old radio program
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- Length: 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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4 out of 5 stars
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Deja vu all over again!
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,882
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Finally on Audible!
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- Unabridged
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Greatest' is the word...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Story with a Few Glitches
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 897
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We all know that without water we couldn't survive, and that sometimes a cup of coffee or a glass of wine feels just as vital. But do we really understand how much we rely on liquids, or the destructive power they hold? Set over the course of a flight from London to San Francisco, Liquid Rules offers listeners a fascinating tour of these formless substances, told through the language of molecules, droplets, heartbeats, and ocean waves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book!
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If Chins Could Kill
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,675
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,534
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,520
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5 out of 5 stars
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Chin-tacular
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X Minus One: Surface Tension (August 28, 1956)
- By: James Blish, George Lefferts - adaptation
- Narrated by: Fred Collins
- Length: 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.
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X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.
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Night watch
Aw, memory's of peace filled moon lite nights, blue black sky's filled uncountable diamonds on fire with their own wight light, floating on dark glass water, air disturbed only by my a radio just Autable, to human ear, and the shrill distant cry of an octagonal night bird, as I fished on Lake Waconia.