Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #246 & #247, March 1 & 15, 2018

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies #246 #247, March 1 & 15, 2018

BCS #246, March 1, 2018

 
“Do As I Do, Sing As I Sing” by Sarah Pinsker
“The Emotionless, In Love” by Jason Sanford
“Gennesaret” by Phoenix Alexander

BCS #247, March 15, 2018

“The War of Light and Shadow, In Five Dishes” by Siobhan Carroll

“Braving the Morrow Candle’s Wane” by J.W. Alden
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X Minus One — “The Merchants of Venus” by A. H. Phelps, Jr.

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X Minus One (1955-58) aired “The Merchants of Venus” on July 18, 1957 as its 103rd episode. It first appeared as a short story by A. H. Phelps in the March 1954 issue of Galaxy (cover at right). As far as I can determine this was the author’s sole genre story. Consensus among radio historians …

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The Saint — “The Frightened Author”

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The Saint (1945, 1947-51) aired “The Frightened Author” on July 23, 1950. We have run only three previous episodes of this fine show, the last being on June 3, 2017. For new listeners I now borrow freely from that show’s opening remarks as they deal with the creator and partial history of The Saint on …

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