Exploring Tomorrow
Beginning as a replacement for "Gangbusters" and "Counterspy" this
series premiered on December 11, 1957 and ran until June 13, 1958 on
Mutual stations. According to Astounding Magazine, the series was
billed as the "first science fiction radio show of science-
fictioneers, by science-fictioneers, and for science-fictioneers...".
The shows, running approximately 25 minutes each, aired on Wednesdays
at 8:05 PM. Twenty eight of the twenty nine shows in the series
survived and are available to collectors.
The series was narrated by the editor of Astounding Magazine, John W.
Cambell, Jr., with scripts written by some of the best writers of
science fiction including Gordon Dickson, Robert Silverberg and
others.
57/07/26 The Cold Equasions 57/12/11 1 The Convict 57/12/18 2 Country Boy 57/12/25 3 Desert Object (The Alien) (Nago) 58/01/01 4 Dreams 58/01/15 6 First Contact 58/01/22 7 First Men on the Moon (The Moon is New) 58/01/29 8 Flashback 58/02/05 9 The Gift (The Happiness Effect) 58/02/12 10 How Big Is A Man (Ethan) 58/02/19 11 The Last Doctor 58/02/26 12 The Liar 58/03/12 14 Made in Avak (Fair Fight) 58/03/19 15 The Mimic 58/03/26 16 The Mutant 58/04/02 17 Sound Decision (The Martian Queen)(Do it And Like It) 58/04/09 18 Overpopulation (No Way Out) 58/04/16 19 Planet of Geniuses (Genius) 58/04/23 20 The Secret (With All the Trappings) 58/04/30 21 The Stowaway(Cold Equations) 58/05/07 22 Telepathic (Telepaths) 58/05/14 23 Time Heals 58/05/21 24 Time Traveler (Meddler's Moon) 58/05/28 25 The Trouble With Robots (Hunting Lodge) 58/06/04 26 The Mountain of Diamond (Inferiority) 58/06/11 27 Vincent Deem 1997 (The Man From The Past aka The Stranger With Roses) 58/06/18 28 Space Baby (First Baby In Space) 58/06/25 29 The Adventure of the Beauty Queen