“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” first saw print anonymously in The Knickerbocker magazine in 1837 as “The Fountain of Yonder,” and later the same year under its present title in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s collection Twice-Told Tales. The theme is the ages-old search for immortality, as Dr. Heidegger comes into the possession of water supposedly from Florida’s legendary Fountain …

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While we try to mix things up a bit from week to week, it’s been over a month since we presented an episode of X Minus One, acknowledged as the greatest pure SF radio show of all time. It’s been even longer since we ran one from Ray Bradbury (1920-    ), his previous two being …

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