Ticket To The Moon
An overview of the state of science fiction in 1956, from the NBC Radio series ‘Biography In Sound’. The episode features editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine John W. Campbell Jr, authors Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, A. E. van Vogt and Robert Richardson, rocket expert and frequent contributor of fact articles to the sf magazines Willy Ley, radio playwright Arch Oboler, movie producer George Pal (The War of The Worlds, Destination Moon, When Worlds Collide), big-name science fiction fan Forrest J. Ackerman, and Mathilda ‘Wendy’ Wahrman (referred to in the episode as Mrs. Ackerman).
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