How The Grinch Stole Christmas first aired as a half-hour CBS television animated Special on December 18, 1966. It was adapted from the Dr. Seuss classic by legendary cartoon animator Chuck Jones (1912-2002), who also directed the movie. Boris Karloff lends his charismatic voice to the project, narrating the entire movie, including the voice of …
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“Amabit Sapiens” by Craig DeLancey
“Joan” by John G Hemry
“Foreign Exchange” by Jerry Oltion
“Thanksgiving Day” by Jay Werkheiser
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“The Object of Worship”
“The Ethical Treatment of Meat”
“Hochelaga and Sons”
“The Sea, at Bari”
“The Darkness at the Heart of the World “
“Spiderkid”
“Njàbò”
“A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens”
“A Visit to the Optometrist”
“Roman Predator’s Chimeric Odyssey”
“Destroyer of Worlds”
“This Is the Ice Age
Introduction by James Morrow
Reviewed by Steven H Silver
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English born Arthur Sellings (pseudonym of Robert Arthur Gordon Ley: 1911-1968) aside from being a gifted science-fiction storyteller, was not only a scientist, but a book and art dealer; quite a commendable blend of professions. His first genre work appeared in 1953, and from then until his death fifteen years later he would pen six …
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Read More...We offer this special treat sandwiched between our weekly Sunday OTR episodes, especially for this Thanksgiving holiday. Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875-March 19, 1950) wrote Tarzan of the Apes in 1912. Tarzan first came to radio in 1932 as a daily serial broadcast three times a week in fifteen-minute installments. Jane was played by …
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Read More...Clifford D. Simak’s (“Simak,” pronounced with the short “i”) “Junkyard” was published in the May, 1953 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction and aired February 22, 1956 on X Minus One. It is one of the more intriguing science-fiction scenarios we’ve run across recently from our initial Old Time Radio perusals. It finds a spaceship crew …
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“A Large Bucket, and Accidental Godlike Mastery of Spacetime” by Benjamin Crowell
“Some Like It Hot” by Brian Stableford
“A Lovely Little Christmas Fire” by Jeff Carlson
“As Women Fight” by Sara Genge
“Animus Rights” by John Shirley
“Angie’s Errand” by Nick Wolven
“Leaving the Station” by Jim Aikin
“The Bride of Frankenstein” by Mike Resnick
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The Avenger radio program was a spinoff of magazine publisher Street & Smith’s The Avenger magazine (Street & Smith being the original publisher of Astounding Science Fiction, and for many decades the largest magazine publisher in the world), which ran from 1939-1942 and whose adventures were written by Paul Ernst. Hitting the airwaves in the …
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“The Tenant” by Mark RichMystery in the Air was a short-lived horror/mystery replacement series during the summer of 1947. It was hosted by the incomparable Peter Lorre (1904-1964), who also starred in several of the episodes. “The Marvelous Barrastro” (adapted from the Ben Hecht story and performed before a live audience) features Lorre in the lead role as a …
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