Surface Tension by James Blish - X Minus One (Apocalyptic Audio Drama)

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  • Scientists discover the sun will explode in two weeks. The nations of the world unite to decide how humanity can be saved.
    Aired 28th August 1956, on X Minus One - the science fiction radio series broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC Radio

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  • @otterrivers3765
    @otterrivers3765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pro tip from one who is addicted to these things: go to settings and change the speed to 0.75%. Not only is it more relaxing while laying down to listen, but also your favorite stories last 1/4th longer!

  • @Hyperplaterine
    @Hyperplaterine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    An entertaining story, but the timescales were all wrong. The seconds the scientists took to attempt a rescue would have lasted generations for the hydronaughts.

  • @amirokareem3535
    @amirokareem3535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Like this listened to this one over and over.

  • @jeremybear573
    @jeremybear573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wonderful!

  • @circomnia9984
    @circomnia9984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What did they use to build their ships, and cities etc? Also, they have multiple generations per second. By the time their ship was spotted, and original guy finished telling the second guy about it, they would have been dead a couple of centuries!!

  • @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber
    @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A treat from the creator of Cities In Flight where famous cities from Earth take to space.

    • @otterrivers3765
      @otterrivers3765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for the tip! I love it when I find a good story and someone helps me find more from the same mind.

    • @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber
      @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@otterrivers3765 You're welcome! Do you follow Science-fiction TH-camrs? They provide abundant suggestions and reviews.

  • @glenrich-uu9zr
    @glenrich-uu9zr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the outstanding and amazing
    story plot was "The Humans" was sizes
    miniature as floating organisms,
    explodes the truth in the middle part
    of the novel.
    Otherwise, existed many refutes,
    such as: how can" The Humans"
    can read the metal plate, unless
    they were genetic settings by our
    Earth scientists, in the beginning.

  • @Apafis2112
    @Apafis2112 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Thank you

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      @davidbrown7186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @robsutton3092
    @robsutton3092 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great!

    • @mikesnyder1788
      @mikesnyder1788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was hoping to hear the Blish story as it was written. Surface Tension is one of my SF favorites!

    • @pforce9
      @pforce9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rob Sutton
      The original was much better. God was not involved.

    • @pforce9
      @pforce9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Meep I read the original version. In the original version, religion was not involved at all. This version was rewritten and it is not as good. Now, what did I miss?

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder what the first tiny universe story is, this is a good one!
    The first one I read was Sandkings when it came out, it's the same only different.

    • @starmnsixty1209
      @starmnsixty1209 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They go back at least to the early 20th century, and maybe further. "He Who Shrank" by Henry Hasse is a good variation on the theme.

  • @SomewhatDapperExtraterrestrial
    @SomewhatDapperExtraterrestrial หลายเดือนก่อน

    that cover goes hard

  • @jamessuper7855
    @jamessuper7855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sound is too low.

  • @ZionistWorldOrder
    @ZionistWorldOrder 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    while those two were wondering to help or not, the distressed ship experienced like 800 years in small people time 😂

  • @jeremybear573
    @jeremybear573 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely Love X Minus One's musical scores!

  • @asteroidkatfacts1036
    @asteroidkatfacts1036 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Their world would ends in September 24th 2056. Story takes place this time then.

  • @John-pg5rr
    @John-pg5rr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the use of diatoms in this story, pretty darn cool!

  • @paulsarnik8506
    @paulsarnik8506 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If only Cartman knew or Lisa Simpson about this!😮. 🤓😎✌🏻

  • @otterrivers3765
    @otterrivers3765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They get out of the tiny universe and find that Lisa Simpson is their creator

  • @sickman1655
    @sickman1655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    From the future to the past we've arrived.
    Did " THEY " have to take the book so seriously 😳

  • @teknomnk
    @teknomnk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not pictured: Lisa Simpson’s tooth....

  • @UnrepentantWolf
    @UnrepentantWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pretty good, but altered a lot from the written version.

    • @Hollis_has_questions
      @Hollis_has_questions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m just a few minutes into this fake intro and it’s terrible, horrible, shameful … and completely unBlishlsh!

    • @artmoss6889
      @artmoss6889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree that the radio adaptation is vastly inferior to the original short story. First, the notion that shrinking life to submicroscopic size would speed up life cycles millions of times is nonsensical. No where in nature has anything like that been oberved. Microscopic tardigrades, or water bears, for example, have been observed to have remarkably long life cycles. Second, the adaptation argues that although life on earth cannot be preserved past a two week period of common time, it will be some kind of moral victory that the reduced life will have experienced millions of generations in that two week period. The original story concerned perserving life so that it could continue indefintely, continue to explore, and continue to advance and develop. It's an inspiring story about human ingenuity overcoming immense odds. The adaptation turns that story into an exercise in futility.

    • @dathurleyfella5225
      @dathurleyfella5225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What’s the name of the written version?

    • @artmoss6889
      @artmoss6889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dathurleyfella5225 The original story is also called "Surface Tension."

    • @UnrepentantWolf
      @UnrepentantWolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dathurleyfella5225 Same name

  • @louisbrugnoni1291
    @louisbrugnoni1291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ahh the past! When even scientists knew that the ultimate answer is God!

    • @terry9238
      @terry9238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or “ancient aliens”.

    • @louisbrugnoni1291
      @louisbrugnoni1291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Terry Egrafed I personally don’t believe in aliens from another world but if they did exist, who created them?

    • @thekaiser4333
      @thekaiser4333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@louisbrugnoni1291 - Who created God?

    • @artmoss6889
      @artmoss6889 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except that it was the godless Eurasians who developed the scientific mechanisms to preserve life. And if you believe in a god that designed and created the universe, it was that god who is responsible for the destruction of the earth.

  • @stevesyncox9893
    @stevesyncox9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Feb 21

  • @bryine.willis8683
    @bryine.willis8683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    9pm...

  • @rafstrayhorn5772
    @rafstrayhorn5772 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thia is like...sub-Alabama quality science, lol

  • @thekaiser4333
    @thekaiser4333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr. President... LOL As if Trump would care about some egghead's calculations...