TABLE
OF CONTENTS
DEDICATIONS
AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4
SOURCES AND RESOURCES 5
RADIO'S APPEAL and the
focus of this book 8
SCIENCE FICTION AND ITS ROLE ON RADIO BEFORE 1950 9
What is Science Fiction? 9
Story classifications? 10
Which Science Fiction story was the first to be aired? 11
What were some highlights of radio's pre-1950 Science Fiction? 11
War of the Worlds (Mercury Theatre) 11
Lights Out 12
Quiet, Please and Noted in Passing 13
The Hermit’s Cave and Suspense (part 1) 14
Mysterious Traveler (part 1) and Favorite Story 15
Escape (part 1) and Radio City Playhouse 16
Some Plays: R.U.R. and two by Bradbury 17
In Merrie Olde England 18
SCIENCE FICTION ON
RADIO IN THE PERIOD 1950-1959 19
The Great SF Race of 1950 19
Beyond
This World // Beyond Tomorrow 22
2000 Plus 23
Dimension X -Commentary 28
-Log
& Alphabetical List 31
Tales of Tomorrow 49
April
1953-April 1955 Hiatus & pt 2 of Suspense, Mysterious Traveler and Escape 53
X Minus One -Commentary 55
-Log
& Alphabetical 57
Exploring Tomorrow 106
Other
Anthologies Up to 1960 114
Lux Radio Theater, Theater Guild, NBC Short Story 114
Family
Theatre, Hollywood Star Playhouse. Think, and Hall of Fantasy 115
Tomorrow
and CBS Radio Workshop 116
In
Merrie Olde England, Once Again 118
A Pause for
Retrospectives: about the co-authors 120
- Adaptations: Original Story
Versus Radio Play 121
- Some Radio-related People of
1950-59 126
U.S. Shows-on the networks and off 131
Theatre Five 131
Crisis and CBS Radio Mystery Theatre (merely
noted) 134
Readings, FM and specials 135
The BBC 137
Title Index of BBC SF 147
SF 68 151
Canadian Shows 155
THE INDEX 157
Backword 194