X Minus One - Surface Tension (#65)

08/28/56, episode 65
This episode provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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Excellent philosophic story by James Blish about scientists developing a microscopic race of humans as the Earth prepares to be destroyed by an expanding star. (from "The Critical X Minus One" by Jim Fanisher)
Credits (Goldin): Bob Hastings, Dan Ocko, James Blish (author), James Stevens, Larry Haines, Lawson Zerbe, Luis Van Rooten, Mason Adams, George Lefferts (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Scott Buckley (director), Fred Collins (announcer)

[@betsya7054]

That was terrific!

[@sonjapeterson7366]

This was great!

[@davidarundel6187]

James Blish , wrote some really good Storys , many of which remain in book form - potentially , only staying in the printed form .😎📚

[@jeremybear573]

Bravo !

[@howardoller443]

The ability to have the civil and intelligent conversation around 10:00 - 10:15 used to be much more common. Now, unfortunately we have so many people have foolishly, hatefully, and angrily closed their minds (and hearts) to Him.

[@thegodlessvulcan]

From the creator that gave us the term 'Gas Giant'.

[@kollerbrian]

Prayers can be the difference, To be or not to be hidden in your next prayer. B. Koller

[@feralbluee]

oh brother - you’ve got to be kidding - i haven’t noticed a tornado, hurricane, or volcanic eruption being stopped in its tracks lately, have you? good story though. . .

[@WilmerCook]

Who wrote this!

[@royborrill2711]

Me. I wrote it back in the day.

[@CRAllen083A]

"Surface Tension" is a science fiction short story by American writer James Blish, originally published in the August 1952 of Galaxy Science Fiction

[@strawwormcariama3280]

Wikipedia says that George Lefferts adapted it.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Shrinking space would not inherently shrink time as well. But it wouldn't be too hard to justify how your made-up science shrinks both at once.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

Wow. This is a truly awful adaptation' of one of my favorite stories. Shrinking the world to slow time because the sun is going to explode? That's just stupid and not part of the original story. In the original, the tiny people were genetically engineered to survive and colonize an alien planet.

[@brothermine2292]

A lot of very silly "science" in this story. And inconsistency in the rate that time flowed for the wee folk.

[@TheGoauldApophis]

And it was all added during adaption. They butchered one of my favorite stories by adding an exploding sun, the nonsense about time passing slower, and the crap about prayer and the creator.