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X Minus One: There Will Come Soft Rains - Zero Hour (December 5, 1956)
- Narrated by: Fred Collins
- Length: 29 mins
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Publisher's summary
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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- Deb333
- 03-24-19
love it
I love Ray Bradbury stories so this was a great find and you cant beat the price.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Devin
- 10-19-17
great
audio a little scratchy, otherwise great. would recommend. will be purchasing other stories from the program
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- JN
- 07-31-16
Actual Radio Drama!
This is an actual radio drama from the fifties complete with multiple voice actors and sound effects throughout comma not just a single narrator voice sing all the parts as you find with most Audible books.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Tom
- 10-23-17
Great atmosphere within.
Great set of stories with a matching performance, only hampered by poor audio quality. Worth buying overall.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Tharden0825
- 05-11-16
Not what I was expecting
I was hoping for a reading of the original, got an abridged radio play that was significantly inferior. Oh well.
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- Cheyenne rain
- 09-03-18
not what i was expecting at all.
ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors, this didnt do him justice at all
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