Hostess by Isaac Asimov, Science Fiction - X Minus One

Humanity has spread out into the galaxy and made contact with four other intelligent non-human races. Harg Tholan, a medical doctor and researcher from the Planet Hawkin's arrives on Earth and visits a research biologist and her husband, a police officer.
Aired 12th December 1956, on X Minus One - Science Fiction radio series broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC Radio
Keywords: Nightfall, Asimov, alien visitation, non-human, SF

[@alanfenick1103]

I have listened to this episode many times. Each time I pick up something I missed from the last listening. Very intriguing and imaginative.

[@jeremybear573]

Agreed

[@reiteam2593]

You need a girlfriend. or another lol kidding. I feel the same

[@michaelblair5566]

Dr. Asimov was a very brilliant author.

[@babalon7778]

There used to be a band around SF called Charming Hostess, now I know why.
This is one of those stories that stays with me, wow!

[@actsrv9]

wow. Asimov always thinks out of the box.

[@scottuehlinger7887]

Great Story! I have been reading Asimov all my life....but have never Heard or Read this story before!

[@jauregi2726]

One of my favorite stories by the master. Thank you!

[@gabbar51ngh]

that was frigging awesome

[@brucezar9517]

Great vocab!

[@njm3211]

Just love the dramatic musical interludes.

[@theycallmeken]

Fire episode

[@777Atum]

I wish the volume could get louder.

[@Dcyph3rx]

Brilliant.

[@temu2044]

What a gem

[@jeremybear573]

Love it!

[@Nickelodeon81]

Fascinating story

[@uglypinkeraser]

Toxoplasma gondii. Look it up. The similarities are uncanny

[@aishalotter9995]

Is that the one with cats and old ladies ?

[@uglypinkeraser]

@@aishalotter9995 Cats spread it yes, and old ladies can contract it yes but so can anybody else. They screen pregnant women for it and also give medicine to pregnant women to treat it, maybe that's where the old ladies part comes from?

[@kaltonian]

Thank god for people like Isaac asimov who gave us great tools for imagination.
But we're are they now ? if they are about then why can't we hear them as loud as we used to ? Is it because we are drowning in technology so that we cannot here or see our imaginative ways, lol,
Great collection of short stories guys, thank you.

[@locutusdborg126]

Aliens came to Earth I the 1930's and secretly influenced many scientists and writers, who expressed alien ideas in science fiction. Now all humans have been exposed to the ideas of aliens, so the invasion can begin. Spam and Cheez Whiz were both invented by aliens, as was Velcro.

[@garychap8384]

They're still out there... perhaps you just stopped reading.
And, when you stop reading, you can quickly stop imagining. The internet is hardly a substitute. It's mostly pre-chewed, pre-digested opinions, and that makes you dull. Movies, on the other hand, make you more a passive receiver rather than a co-creator in imagination. Worse, google has almost become a substitute for knowing.
If I were your doctor, I'd prescribe some Greg Egan... and a library card : )
And, with them, a start on the path rehabilitation.
Or, perhaps intensive therapy : Long walks out of the city away from movement, people and traffic - no screen - no earbuds ... where all your mind has to think about is putting one foot in front of the other - till it becomes thoroughly bored and starts trying to entertain itself in thought... exploring new parts of itself... hunting for forgotten toys in the corners of your mind.
It's at times like that, you can pick up something as mundane as a rock... and see it as something fascinating, as a child might ... your mind desperate to absorb as much of this new sensory input as it can.
Curiosity and imagination are like muscles, they require exercising. Unfortunately, the modern mind lives out it's life confined to a wheelchair of convenience and distraction. Take it out for a spin.

[@anandsharma7430]

@@locutusdborg126 And you can reveal this secret because resistance is futile and we will be assimilated anyways, right?

[@locutusdborg126]

@@anandsharma7430 Precisely. lol

[@reiteam2593]

S000PER COOL
Thought provolone
What has happened to cool, creative storytelling??
Even the Greeks 3000 years ago had better stories than anything out of HollyHACK L0L

[@thedavecorp]

Yeah? Why'd he marry her then?

[@artmoss6889]

This adaptation isn't as clear about that as the original short story. Asimov's story reveals that Drake married Rose so that the parasite he carries can sexually reproduce with the parasite she carries. The mixing of their DNA creates a parasite that can infect aliens. After killing the alien to keep the parasite disease secret, Drake, who has only recently married Rose, will now become one of those first-year married men who become missing persons, taking off into space in order to spread the parasite to the other sentient beings.

[@Fyodor48]

Anyone know the actors taking part? The cop sounds like Micheal Rennie .

[@manchesterkid8639]

very human

[@kangill2411]

I didn’t get it. Not exactly Asimov’s best work.

[@nlotsobabies996]

Amazing par the mild sexism

[@joker_views]

i feel like the sexism adds to the story but i do agree it reeks of old world ideologies

[@martin5504]

@@joker_views I like the old world.