Audiobooks narrated by Various Performers

"Adventures in time and space ... told in future tense..." was famous narrator Norman Rose's opening to the radio show with some of radio's earliest science fiction, adapted from masters of the genre. Dimension X was one of radio's first adult science-fiction series and made its mark by adapting short stories by acknowledged masters in the field, including Isaac Asimov, Clifford D. Simak, and William Tenn. Scriptwriters Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, who also contributed their own original scripts, adapted the original stories. At the start of every broadcast, host Norman Rose promised us "adventures in time and space, told in future tense" and you knew you were about to be transported from your everyday existence to somewhere completely different-maybe even a distant planet. Radio was a fertile medium for science fiction. It was easy to visit other planets, interact with aliens, or fly in a rocket ship simply by using your imagination. Dimension X debuted April 8, 1950 and completed its broadcast run September 29, 1951. "It was not until the 1950s that science fiction radio really hit its stride, even as science fiction was beginning to appear on television as well. Radio programs such as...NBC's Dimension X were anthology series that offered a variety of exciting tales of future technology, with a special focus on space exploration (including alien invasion), though both series also often reflected contemporary anxieties about the dangers of technology."-M. Keith Booker, author of Science Fiction Television, praise for the series

Hollywood 360 (Author), Norman Rose, Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Classic Radio's Greatest Shows, Vol. 2

This collection contains twelve of the greatest radio shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos 'n' Andy; Bob Bailey in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee and Molly; William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley; Eve Arden as Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks; William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke; Edward G. Robinson in a terrifying episode of Suspense, plus many more. You can relive the classic radio shows from yesterday, featuring the legendary stars that made them great, in this incredible collection. Contents include: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, "The Girl from Pitchfork Corners," starring Gerald Mohr The Amos 'n' Andy Show, "Kingfish's Brother-in-Law Visits," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll Dragnet, "The Big Test," starring Jack Webb Fibber McGee and Molly, "Merchant Marines," starring Jim and Marian Jordan Gunsmoke "The Overland Express" starring William Conrad Have Gun-Will Travel, "The Silver Queen," starring John Dehner The Life of Riley, "Thanksgiving with the Gillises," starring William Bendix Our Miss Brooks, "The Auction Mix-Up," starring Eve Arden Suspense, "My Wife, Geraldine," starring Edward G. Robinson The Whistler, "Package for Emily," starring Bill Forman X Minus One, "Nightfall," by Isaac Asimov and starring Bob Hastings Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, "Rasmussen Matter," starring Bob Bailey

Hollywood 360 (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Classic Radio's Greatest Comedy Shows, Vol. 2

Relive twelve of the best classic radio comedy shows from yesterday and the legendary stars that made them great in this incredible collection. Here are twelve of the greatest American comedy shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio. You'll hear Ozzie and Harriet Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll in Amos 'n' Andy, Ed Gardner as Brooklyn barkeep Archie on Duffy's Tavern, Jim and Marian Jordan in Fibber McGee and Molly, William Bendix as Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley, Lucille Ball in My Favorite Husband, and Eve Arden as English teacher Connie Brooks in Our Miss Brooks, plus many others, including The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, The Fred Allen Show, The Great Gildersleeve, Life with Luigi, and Lum and Abner. Contents include: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, "The Antique Vase," starring Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard The Amos 'n' Andy Show, "Arrested as Spies," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll Duffy's Tavern, "Guest: Marie 'The Body' MacDonald," starring Ed Gardner The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, "Guest: Martha Ray," starring Edgar Bergen Fibber McGee and Molly, "Too Much Energy," starring Jim and Marian Jordan The Fred Allen Show, "Guest: Carmen Miranda," starring Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa The Great Gildersleeve, "An Old College Chum Visits," starring Harold Peary The Life of Riley, "Win a Buick Contest," starring William Bendix Life with Luigi, "Getting Rid of His Cough," starring J. Carrol Naish The Lum and Abner Show, "Bulldogging Lum," starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff My Favorite Husband, "George Attends a Teenage Dance," starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning Our Miss Brooks, "No Uniforms for Opening Day," starring Even Arden

Hollywood 360 (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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X Minus One, Vol. 1

X Minus One, widely regarded as one of the finest science fiction dramas ever produced for radio, was broadcast on NBC from 1955 until 1958. It began as a revival of NBC's Dimension X, which ran for just a year and a half, from 1950 to 1951. Though the first fifteen episodes of X Minus One were merely new versions of Dimension X episodes, the rest were adaptations of newly published works of science fiction stories by some of the genre's top authors, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, and Theodore Sturgeon, along with some original scripts by NBC staff writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts. Each episode opened with the introduction: "Countdown for blastoff ... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one ... Fire! From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds. The National Broadcasting Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction, presents ... X Minus One." Collected here are twelve episodes, including "The C-Chute" adapted from Isaac Asimov, "Skulking Permit" adapted from Robert Sheckley, and three episodes adapted from Theodore Sturgeon's stories.

Hollywood 360, Nbc Radio (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Dimension X, Vol. 1

Dimension X was one of old-time radio’s first adult science fiction shows. Though it only ran for a short time, the show made its mark by adapting short stories written by some of the best known masters of the genre—Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and others. Writers Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts adapted the stories, occasionally contributing original scripts of their own. The show, promising “adventures in time and space, told in future tense,” transported listeners from their everyday existence to new worlds and foreign landscapes, where alien encounters and rocket ship adventures were no more unusual than a stroll through a park. Episodes include “With Folded Hands” by Jack Williamson, starring Peter Capell and Philip Bourneuf “The Report on the Barnhouse Effect” by Kurt Vonnegut, starring Santos Ortega and Bob Hastings “No Contact” by George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, starring Wendell Holmes and Lawson Zerbe “Knock” by Fredric Brown, starring Arnold Moss and Luis van Rooten “Almost Human” by Robert Bloch, starring Santos Ortega and Rita Lynn “The Embassy” by Donald Wollheim, starring Joseph Julian and Berry Kroeger “The Green Hills of Earth” by Robert Heinlein, starring Ken Williams and Nelson Olmsted “Beyond Infinity” by Villiers Gerson, starring Les Damon and Lotte Stavisky “Hello Tomorrow” by George Lefferts, starring Nancy Olson and Santos Ortega “Time and Time Again” by H. Beam Piper, starring Peter Capell and Joe De Santis “Universe” by Robert Heinlein, starring Mason Adams and Peter Capell “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov, starring John McGovern and Staats Cotsworth

Hollywood 360 (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Things I'll Never Say

Fifteen top young-adult authors let us in on some provocative secrets in this fascinating collection of short fiction that will have listeners talking. A baby no one knows about. A dangerous hidden identity. Hookups that are off-limits. A parent whose problems your friends won't understand. Everyone keeps secrets—from themselves, from their families, from their friends—and secrets have a habit of shaping lives around them. Acclaimed author Ann Angel brings together some of today's most gifted YA authors as they explore unique perspectives on secrets, in genres as diverse as the writers themselves: Do they make you stronger or weaker? Do they alter your world when revealed? Do they compartmentalize your life into what you're willing to share and what you aren't? The one thing these stories have in common is how they reveal the characters' secret selves buried underneath—whether they want them to be shared or not. With stories by: Ann Angel, Kerry Cohen, Louise Hawes, Varian Johnson, erika l. kaufman, Ron Koertge, E. M. Kokie, Chris Lynch, Kekla Magoon, Zoë Marriott, Katy Moran, J. L. Powers, Mary Ann Rodman, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Ellen Wittlinger.

Ann Angel (Editor) (Author), Amy Rubinate, Anne Flosnik, Bahni Turpin, Luke Daniels, Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Fred Frees Favorites: An Audiobook Sampler: The Best of BearManor Radio, Vol. 4

Trying to decide which audiobook is best for you? Let Fred Frees pick out some samples for you! This series of hour-long programs presents the first chapters of Fred’s handpicked favorite BearManor and Waterlogg audiobooks. This collection includes: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors by Nat Segaloff The Laugh Makers: Bob Hope’s Incredible Gag Writers by Bob Mills Son of Harpo Speaks by Bill Marx An Interview with Arthur Marx Don’t Wear Silver in the Winter by Janet Cantor Gari Journey thru the Unknown by the Unknown Comic Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story by Alan Reed Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua 3712 by Ben Ohmart, performed by Fred Frees Sons of the Father by Janette Anderson, read by Mike Dennis Another Nice Mess by Raymond Valinoti, narrated by Jack de Golia Pedro’s Parodies by Pedro Pablo Sacristán, performed by Joe Bevilacqua

Alan Reed, Charles Dawson Butler, Fred Frees, Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Murray Langston, Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Pedro Pablo Sacristán, Robert L. Mills, Robert L. Mills Jd, Various Authors, Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, Charles Dawson Butler, Fred Frees, Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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A Prairie Home Companion: Duets 2

Featuring performances from some of the greatest names in the music world, including: Garrison Keillor and Sara Watkins, The Every Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, Robin and Linda Williams, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, Suzy Bogguss and Steve Wariner, The Civil Wars, The Cactus Blossoms, Storyhill, Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldauer, Heather Masse and Aoife O'Donovan, and many more!

Garrison Keillor (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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The Best of Cartoon Carnival

This collection includes all four volumes of The Best of Cartoon Carnival. As the protégé of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler, veteran award-winning broadcaster Joe Bevilacqua is no stranger to the cartoon world. From Mel Blanc to June Foray, from Disney to Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Carnival is a lively hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, children’s records, cartoon music and sound effects, new radio cartoons, interviews, and mini-documentaries about the wonderful world of animation. Just a small sampling of the delightful characters you’ll encounter in this must-have audio includes Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, the Flintstones, Quick Draw McGraw, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Popeye, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. There’s fun for the whole family!

Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Lorie Kellogg, Waterlogg Productions (Author), Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 29

Experience one of television’s greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today’s biggest celebrities. The 25th Hour (starring Mike Nussbaum) A busy executive can’t find enough time in his week to keep his boss and his girlfriend satisfied. This problem is quickly solved when a strange old man with a mysterious invention gives him all the time he needs—but at what price? Nanobots (starring David Pasquesi) A washed up reporter takes on nanotechnology as his new assignment. He happens across a new way to clean up oceanic oil spills only to find that the microscopic nanobots will eat just about anything—and everything. Another Place in Time (starring Malcolm McDowell) A physicist on a remote island in the Irish Sea finds a link to multiple dimensions. Contemporary science refers to them as parallel universes. Two people find out the hard way that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Ten Days (starring Ned Bellamy) Michael Franklin is a driven workaholic who focuses on business at the expense of genuine human contact. When Michael finds out he has only ten days to live, he realizes that he’s been living his life all wrong—but is it too late to do anything about it? Missing, Presumed Dead (starring Danny Goldring) Letters written by an army captain to parents of soldiers missing in action could have the power over whether the soldiers live or die. Rest Stop (starring Brandon Eels) In books, films, and television shows that explore alien invasion of the planet Earth, the aliens are either very good or very bad. When a massive alien invasion of Earth takes place, the whole world reacts in ways both expected and unexpected.

Various Authors, Various Authors (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 27

Experience one of television’s greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today’s biggest celebrities. There Goes the Neighborhood (starring Tim Kazurinsky) When a timid scientist builds a device that transports a grotesque beast from another dimension, he quickly learns the unsightly visitor has a kind, gentle nature. The scientist must thwart his greedy wife’s efforts to exploit the creature. The Walkabouts (starring Mike Starr) A writer of conspiracy books claims to have concrete evidence that UFOs and aliens really do exist. His goal is to write a bestseller blowing the lid off the topic—but in doing so, he may make an enemy or two. Once upon a Time (starring John Rhys-Davies) Janitor Woodrow Mulligan escapes to the future thanks to his employer’s time-helmet invention. Once there, though, he’s not so sure the future is all that it’s cracked up to be. Now You Hear It, Now You Don’t (starring Dee Wallace) A powerful businesswoman reluctantly agrees to wear an experimental hearing aid when she begins to lose her hearing. With the aid of the hearing device, she believes she can now hear other people’s thoughts—and fears her husband is plotting to kill her. The Invaders (starring Kathy Garver) An elderly couple living on a remote farm is attacked by tiny alien invaders from another planet, and the pair is soon in a battle for their very lives. Beewinjapeedee (starring Sean Astin) A documentary filmmaker travels to the Everglades in search of his brother’s killer and encounters a legendary Indian princess and shape-shifter with a ravenous appetite.

Various Authors, Various Authors (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 28

Experience one of television’s greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today’s biggest celebrities. I Sing the Body Electric (starring Dee Wallace) When the mother of three young children dies, the father brings home a robotic grandmother to help raise them. Eye of the Beholder (starring Virginia Williams) A young woman with horrific facial disfigurements has undergone several surgeries in the hopes of looking like everyone else. If her latest procedure is not successful “The State” will banish her to a place where others with her same condition live. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (starring Christian Stolte) A Confederate spy is spared death when the rope meant to hang him miraculously breaks. Or does it? Snow Angel (starring Sean Astin) At Christmastime, a pregnant teenage runaway finds herself in the care of an elderly grandma-type who is an independent, practical, tough-minded recluse living in a remote part of South Dakota. The Time of Your Life (starring John Rhys-Davies) A young woman still mourning the death of her husband is visited by a traveling salesman who can sell her a clock with the power to bring her husband back—for a price. Mrs. Pierce Is Praying for Me (starring Tim Kazurinsky) A small-time hustler who’s down on his luck and running from the mob seeks the help of an old woman, Mrs. Pierce, to help him save his older brother’s life.

Various Authors, Various Authors (Author), Various Performers, Various Performers (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Various Performers