Exploring Tomorrow
Exploring Tomorrow was an American science fiction anthology series broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network from late 1957 to late 1958. The series was hosted by legendary editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine John W. Campbell Jr., although the magazine itself was not sponsoring the show.
Notable writers whose work appeared in the series include Randall Garrett, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson, John Fleming, Raymond E. Banks, George O. Smith and Tom Godwin.
Many of the details of the individual episodes are either lost or uncertain, and quite a few episodes are missing, with others spliced together from repeat broadcasts on the American Forces Network and similar syndicated networks. Consequently, the details given below should be treated with caution. Note especially that the episode numbers are merely the order in which the episodes are thought to have been broadcast — they are not the actual episode numbers.
Notable writers whose work appeared in the series include Randall Garrett, Gordon R. Dickson, Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson, John Fleming, Raymond E. Banks, George O. Smith and Tom Godwin.
Many of the details of the individual episodes are either lost or uncertain, and quite a few episodes are missing, with others spliced together from repeat broadcasts on the American Forces Network and similar syndicated networks. Consequently, the details given below should be treated with caution. Note especially that the episode numbers are merely the order in which the episodes are thought to have been broadcast — they are not the actual episode numbers.
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Episode 21: Inferiority
An expedition to obtain diamonds from a strange mountain on Venus leads a pair of life-long friends to question their relationship. First broadcast: 4 June 1958. Original Story by John Fleming. Cast: Mason Adams, Donald Buka. |
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Episode 22: The Space Baby
A woman aboard a space station is about to give birth prematurely, but where do you find an incubator in a space station when one is needed in a hurry? First broadcast: 18 June 1958. Original Story by Randall Garrett. Cast: Lawson Zerbe, Carol Teitel. |
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Episode 23: Flashback
A military officer, involved in a secret space medicine program, arrives at a hospital to await the birth of his first child. Falling asleep, he has a vision of the future, where a small group of human refugees is trying to evade the Kinoy — aliens who have invaded Earth. (The Kinoy may be a nod to Dimension X and X Minus One writer/producer Ernest Kinoy.) First broadcast: 29 October 1958. Original Story by Unknown. Cast: Unknown. |
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Episode 24: Country Boy
A farm boy from Montana is robbed by a beautiful woman in the New York City of the future. The yokel decides to become a policeman to try and reform the poor girl. First broadcast: 17 December 1958. Original Story by Robert Silverberg. Cast: Unknown. |
