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A pioneering adult science-fiction anthology built around original stories of future technology, space travel, scientific experiments, and the consequences of invention.

17 recordings1950–1951
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The Men from Mars

· Episode 3

Two boys who are refused permission to make a trip to Mars decide to take matters into their own hands, putting together a rocket of their own and setting off for the red planet without the…

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When the Machines Went Mad

· Episode 7

In a future city run by a computerized Master Controller, a small group of dissidents challenges a system in which machines dominate civic life and electronic authority has become a form of tyranny.

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When the Worlds Met

· Episode 8

Martians arrive on Earth to deliver a grave warning to humanity, only to find a civilization still organized around fear, military force, and suspicion of outsiders.

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When the Worlds Met (AFRS)

· Episode 8

Martians arrive on Earth to deliver a grave warning to humanity, only to find a civilization still organized around fear, military force, and suspicion of outsiders.

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The Brooklyn Brain

· Episode 15

A dim-witted Brooklyn man volunteers for an experiment that can dramatically increase his intelligence, hoping that becoming cultured and clever will finally help him win the woman he loves.

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Space Wreck

· Episode 16

In the year 2370, the interplanetary passenger liner Golden Star begins its maiden voyage but is struck by a meteor and left crippled in space, turning a routine commercial flight into a struggle for survival.

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A Veteran Comes Home

· Episode 17

A traumatized veteran returns to his family after fighting in the Martian War and struggles with what he experienced, only to discover that his own son is eager to enlist and repeat the cycle he has…

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The Green Thing

· Episode 29

Patients in a sanitarium begin reporting the same nightmare about a strange green creature. The shared dream suggests that what appears to be mass hysteria may instead be an intrusion from beyond Earth.

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The Giant Walks

· Episode 35

A power-mad scientist develops a serum capable of turning ordinary men into thirty-foot giants and intends to use his new race of titans as the foundation for world conquest.

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Alone (AFRS #39)

· Episode 36

A man finds himself apparently alone in the world, confronting the eerie isolation of a society in which everyone else seems to have disappeared.

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Worlds Apart

· Episode 37

A space expedition returning from Neptune is unexpectedly arrested and imprisoned, leaving its crew to discover why they are being treated as criminals after coming home.

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The Rocket and the Skull

· Episode 77

Colonel Bradbury survives a catastrophic experimental rocket crash only because he is ejected in time, but his skull is badly shattered. Doctors implant an experimental metal plate while the West's race to dominate space continues, and…

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xx (xx) The Insect

A scientist experiments with a growth ray capable of enlarging arthropods. While he is away, his wife becomes trapped in the laboratory with one of the experiment's terrifyingly successful results.

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xx-xx (xx) The Flying Saucers

An alien spacecraft appears over an Air Force base. When military leaders choose to fire on the unidentified visitor, the attack sets off consequences far beyond what they expected.

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xx-xx (xx) The Robot Killer

A suburban couple wins a robotic house servant in a contest, but the supposedly helpful machine becomes dangerous inside a household already destabilized by the wife's severe psychological problems and violent impulses.

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Xx-Xx (Xx) the Temple of the Pharaohs

Astronaut Wilson and archaeologist Professor Sebastian are thrown thousands of years into the past and land in ancient Egypt. Mistaken for divine messengers, they use futuristic technology to help the pharaoh find his kidnapped son and…

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