Currently, the following authors are listed in this archive:
Isaac Asimov; Ray Bradbury; Arthur C. Clarke; Joseph Conrad; Philip K. Dick; Charles Dickens; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Harlan Ellison; Robert Heinlein; Rudyard Kipling; Murray Leinster; Edgar Allen Poe; Frederik Pohl; Robert Sheckley; Mary Shelley; Robert Silverberg; Clifford Simak; Robert Louis Stevenson; Jules Verne; Kurt Vonnegut, H. G. Wells; John Wyndham
POUL ANDERSON (1926-2001)
Call Me Joe: Sci-Fi Radio
Inside Earth: Tales of Tomorrow (lost)
The Light: X Minus One
The Martian Crown Jewels: Seeing Ear Theater
My Objective, All Sublime: Mind Webs
Planet of Geniuses: Exploring Tomorrow
Time Heals: Exploring Tomorrow
ISAAC ASIMOV (1920-1992)
The Caves of Steel : BBC, 1989
C-Chute :X Minus One
The Foundation Trilogy :BBC (8 part series, 1973 or 77)
Hostess :X Minus One
Liar! :Exploring Tomorrow
Nightfall :Dimension X; X Minus One; CBC
Pebble in the Sky :Dimension X
Robot City : producer unknown
ALFRED BESTER (1913 - 1987)
Adam and No Eve: Mind Webs
The Boy Wonder: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Future Eye: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Man from Ultra: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Now You See Them, Now You Don't: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
One Girl in a Million: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Tiger! Tiger!: BBC (aka The Stars My Destination)
Two Plus Two Equals Death: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Walking Dead: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
From The Shadow: The Destroyer
The House that Death Built
The Little Man who Wasn't There
The Man who was Death
RAY BRADBURY
(1920-- )
A Sound of Thunder :Bradbury 13; SF 68; Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC); Future Tense (as 'An Imbalance of Species')
And So Died Riabouchinska :Suspense; Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
April Witch : Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC)
August 2026 :BBC (same story as 'There Will Come Soft Rains')
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms -- see 'The Fog Horn'
The Crowd :Suspense; BBC (1986)
Dandelion Wine :Theater 10:30
The Day it Rained Forever :CBC's Bradbury Times Five; Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
Fahrenheit 451 :Studio 71(CBC); BBC (1982)
Forever and the Earth: Norman Corwin
The Fog Horn: CBC's Theater 10:30(as 'The Beast'); Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC); Mind Webs
The Fox and the Forest : Bradbury 13; CBC; on Dimension X & X Minus One as 'To the Future'; BBC (1959)
Frost and Fire :CBC's Bradbury Times Five; Sci-Fi Radio
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl :Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC); Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
The Flying Machine :Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC)
The Gift: Mind Webs
Golden Apples of the Sun :Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC); separate BBC production, 1954
The Great Conflagration Up at the Place: Norman Corwin
Hail and Farewell :CBS Radio Workshop; Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC)
The Happiness Machine :Bradbury 13; Theater 10:30
Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You : Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
Here There be Tigers :Bradbury 13
I Sing the Body Electric :Bradbury Times Five; Tales of the Bizarre (BBC); CBC Playhouse
Jack in the Box : Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
The Jar : Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
Kaleidoscope :Dimension X; Suspense; Bradbury 13; The Shape of Things to Come (BBC); Mind Webs
Killer, Come Back to Me :Molle Mystery Theater
The Lake :Radio City Playhouse
Leviathan 99 :BBC
The Lonely One-- see 'The Ravine'
The Man :Bradbury 13
The Man Upstairs :Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
Marionettes, Inc. :Dimension X; X Minus One
The Meadow :World Security Workshop
Miss Helen Loomis :Theater 10:30
Mr. Jonas and Grandpa :Theater 10:30
The Murderer : Golden Apples of the Sun (BBC);
Next in Line :Fear on Four
The Pedestrian :Theater 10:30
Pillar of Fire: 2000 X
The Playground: The Vanishing Point
The Ravine : on Suspense & Adventure Theater as 'The Whole Town's Sleeping'; CBC Playhouse (aka 'Bradbury Times Five') as 'The Lonely One'; Bradbury 13;The Vanishing Point
The Rocket :NBC Short Story
The Screaming Woman :Suspense (2 versions, 1948, '55); Bradbury 13
The Scythe : Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
The Smile: BBC (1991)
Season of Disbelief :CBS Radio Workshop
Skeleton : Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
Something Wicked This Way Comes :independent production
Summer Night :Suspense
The Summer Raptures of Ray Bradbury: CBC
There Was an Old Woman :Bradbury 13
There Will Come Soft Rains :BBC (4 versions, 1962, '71, '74, '77); Dimension X; X Minus One
To the Chicago Abyss: independent production of WBAI, New York
To the Future-- see 'The Fox and the Forest'
The Veldt :aka 'The World the Children Made'( BBC); CBC Playhouse (aka 'Bradbury Times Five'); Dimension X; X Minus One; Bradbury 13; BBC (1959); Mind Webs
The Whole Town's Sleeping-- see 'The Ravine'
The Wind :Bradbury 13; Radio City Playhouse; Tales of the Bizarre (BBC); Theater 10:30 (as 'The Searching Wind')
The World the Children Made-- see 'The Veldt'
Zero Hour :Adventure Theater; Dimension X; Escape; Suspense (3 versions, 1955, '58, '60); X Minus One; Future Tense
from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES:
And the Moon be Still as Bright :Dimension X; X Minus One; Omni Audio Experience
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed :Bradbury 13
The Earthmen :Escape
Dwellers in Silence :Dimension X; X Minus One
Mars is Heaven :ABC Radio Workshop; Dimension X (2 versions); Escape; X Minus One; Future Tense
The Martian Chronicles :Dimension X
Night Call, Collect :Bradbury 13; Tales of the Bizarre (BBC)
The Off Season : Omni Audio Experience
ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1917-- )
A Fall of Moondust :BBC
A Walk in the Dark: Mind Webs
Breaking Strain : CBC
Childhood's End :BBC; CBC's The Vanishing Point (1989)
The Haunted Spacesuit: Mind Webs
The Nine Billion Names of God :CBC's The Vanishing Point; Mind Webs
Rescue Party: Omni Audio Experience
The Sentinel: Mind Webs
The Songs of Distant Earth :BBC
The Star :Family Theater (aka 'The Exploration' or 'The Other Sheep'); Mind Webs
Summertime on Icarus: Mind Webs
Venture to the Moon :BBC
Wall of Darkness: Sci-Fi Radio
JOSEPH CONRAD
The Brute :Escape
Heart of Darkness :Mercury Theater of the Air; This is My Best; NBC University Theater
Typhoon :Escape
PHILIP K. DICK (1928-- 1972)
The Defenders :X Minus One; Future Tense
Colony :X Minus One
Imposter: Sci-Fi Radio; Mind Webs
Made in Avak :Exploring Tomorrow
Sales Pitch : Sci-Fi Radio
We Can Remember it For You Wholesale: BBC
CHARLES DICKENS
(1812-- 1870)
A Christmas Carol :Hallmark Playhouse; Favorite Story; Campbell Playhouse-- 2 versions:1938/ 39; BBC; CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Globe Theater
A Tale of Two Cities :Mercury Theater of the Air
The Bagman's Story: BBC (1963)
Dr. Manette's Manuscript: The Weird Circle (an excerpt from 'A Tale of Two Cities')
The Ghost's Bargain: BBC (1990)
The Haunted Man: BBC (1990)
No Thoroughfare: BBC (1964)
Oliver Twist: Mercury Theater of the Air; CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
The Pickwick Papers :Mercury Theater of the Air
The Queer Client: The Weird Circle
The Signalman :Suspense (3 versions- 1953, '56, '59); Columbia Workshop; Nightfall; The Weird Circle & NBC Short Story (as 'The Thing in the Tunnel'); Beyond Midnight (as 'Hello Below There'); Lights Out; Mystery Theater (CBC)
Trial for Murder: Weird Circle
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-- 1930)
(For the sake of brevity and because they don't quite fit the chosen venue of this site, I have decided not to include any of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories)
The Beetle Hunter: CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'Never Answer an Advertisement')
The Black Doctor: CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'Doctor Eduardo')
The Brown Hand: CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'The Dagger of Almohades')
The Captain of the Pole Star : CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Lost Special :Escape; Suspense; Nightfall; CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'The Mysterious Rochdale Special')
The Lost World :BBC (4 versions: 1949/ 52/ 58/ 75); Alien Voices
The Parasite: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Poison Belt: BBC (1944, '49)
The Ring of Thoth :Escape
The Sealed Room : CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'The Black Door')
The Winning Shot: CBS Radio Mystery Theater ( as 'The Black Sheep and the Captain')
HARLAN ELLISON (1934 - )
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: Chillers (BBC)
Pain God: Mind Webs
Repent, Harlequin! Said the Tick-Tock Man: 2000 X; Mind Webs
ROBERT HEINLEIN (1907- 1988)
By His Bootstraps: independent production of WBAI, NY (reading? partial dramatization?); 2000 X
Destination: Moon :Dimension X
The Green Hills of Earth :CBS Radio Workshop; Dimension X; X Minus One
Requiem :Beyond Tomorrow; Dimension X; X Minus One
The Roads Must Roll :Dimension X; X Minus One
Universe :Dimension X; X Minus One
RUDYARD KIPLING:
A Friend's Friend: CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'That's What Friends are For')
As Easy as ABC: 2000 X
At the End of the Passage :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
The Bisara of Pooree: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Drums of the Fore and Aft :Escape
The House Surgeon: Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
The Man who Would be King :Escape; Suspense
The Mark of the Beast : CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'The Leopard Man'); Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
Mowgli & Tiger, Tiger: CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
My Own True Ghost Story: Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
The Phantom Rickshaw: Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
They: Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
The Wish House: Tales of the Supernatural (BBC)
HENRY KUTTNER (1914 - 1958)
Absalom: Mind Webs
Housing Problem: CBS Radio Workshop
The Proud Robot: 2000 X
The Twonky: Sci-Fi Radio
Vintage Season: Sci-Fi
Radio
MURRAY LEINSTER (1896-- 1975)
A Logic Named Joe :Dimension X; X Minus One
The Castaway :SF 68
First Contact :Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow; X Minus One
If You was a Moklin :X Minus One
The Lost : Dimension X (as 'The Lost Race')
The Other Now :Tales of Tomorrow
The Mad Planet: 2000 X
Sam, This is You :X Minus One
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809- 1849)
The Bell Room : BBC
Berenice :CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Black Cat : Hall of Fantasy; Mystery in the Air; Hollywood's Open House;
The Cask of Amontillado :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Hall of Fantasy; Weird Circle; NBC University Theater
The Case of Monsieur Valdemar :Weird Circle
The Fall of the House of Usher :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Escape; NBC Short Story; Weird Circle; NBC University Theater
The Gold Bug :Family Theater; CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; BBC ('01)
The Imp of the Perverse: NPR Horror House
Masque of the Red Death :CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a modernized adaptation); NPR; CBC's Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Metzengerstein : Columbia Workshop; The Weird Circle (as 'The Tapestry Horse')
Murders in the Rue Morgue :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Weird Circle; BBC, 2000;
The Mystery of Marie Roget :Suspense; BBC (as 'The Real Mystery of Marie Roget')
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym :Weird Circle
Never Bet the Devil Your Head :CBS Radio Workshop
The Oblong Box :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Weird Circle; NBC Short Story
The Pit and the Pendulum :CBS Radio Mystery Theater (modernized adaptation); Appointment with Fear; Suspense (4 versions- '43, '47, '57, '59)
The Premature Burial :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Hollywood's Open House
The Purloined Letter :NBC University Theater
The Raven: Tales from the Tomb
The Returned: Weird Circle
Tales of Edgar Allen Poe : NBC University Theater
The Tell-Tale Heart :CBS Radio Mystery Theater (modernized adaptation); Favorite Story; Nightfall; Hall of Fantasy; Mercury Summer Theater; NBC Short Story; The Inner Sanctum; Weird Circle; Columbia Workshop; The Inner Sanctum; Mystery in the Air; Mystery Theater (CBC); BBC (1987)
William Wilson :Weird Circle
The Strange Case of E. A. Poe (BBC, 1984)
FREDERIK POHL (1919- )
The Haunted Corpse :X Minus One (2 versions)
The Map Makers :X Minus One
The Midas Plague: The Shape of Things to Come (BBC)
The Space Merchants :CBS Radio Workshop
Target One :X Minus One
Tunnel Under the World :X Minus One (2 versions); BBC (2000); Future Tense
ROBERT SHECKLEY (1928-- )
A Wind is Rising :X Minus One
Bad Medicine :X Minus One
Early Model :X Minus One
Grey Flannel Armor :X Minus One
The Lifeboat Mutiny :X Minus One
The Native Problem :X Minus One
The Petrified World: Mind Webs
Protection :X Minus One; Future Tense
The Seventh Victim :X Minus One
Shape: Sci-Fi Radio
Skulking Permit :X Minus One (2 versions)
Something for Nothing :X Minus One
The Trap :X Minus One
The Watchbird :SF 68; Tales of Tomorrow; 2000 X
MARY SHELLEY (1797- 1851)
Frankenstein :Witch's Tale, 1932 (13 part series); Favorite Story; Weird Circle; Suspense (2 versions); NBC Short Story; National Radio Theater of Chicago; Theater X; BBC - 1931, '85, ' (aka 'The Modern Prometheus'), '94, '99;
Frankenstein Revisited :CBS Radio Mystery Theater
ROBERT SILVERBERG :(1935-- )
A Sleep and a Forgetting : 2000 X
After the Myths Went Home: Mind Webs
Double Dare :X Minus One
Dying Inside: BBC (2001)
The Moon is New :Exploring Tomorrow
Overpopulation :Exploring Tomorrow
Sound Decision :Exploring Tomorrow
Sundance: Sci-Fi Radio
To See the Invisible Man: Mind Webs
To the Dark Star: Mind Webs
When We Went to See the End of the World: Mind Webs
CLIFFORD SIMAK (1904- 1988)
Courtesy :Dimension X; X Minus One
Drop Dead :X Minus One
How To :X Minus One
Junkyard :X Minus One; independent production by Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound (1997)
Lulu :X Minus One
Project Mastodon :X Minus One
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850- 1894)
The Black Arrow: CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; Family Theater
The Body Snatchers :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Nightfall
The Bottle Imp :Witch's Tale; CBS Radio Mystery Theater ( as 'The Imp in the Bottle'); BBC, 1994; Favorite Story; Tales of Mystery and Imagination (CBC)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde :BBC (at least 8 versions, 1930, '44, '56, '66, '85, '93, '94, '96; Weird Circle; NBC Short Story; CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Favorite Story; US Steel Hour; Monterey Soundworks
The Isle of Falasa :CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Kidnapped: CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
Lodging for the Night : Family Theater
Markheim :BBC (1994); Hall of Fantasy; Weird Circle; CBS Radio Mystery Theater ( as 'Markheim- Man or Monster?'); Mysterious Circumstances
The Sire de Maltroit's Door :CBS Radio Mystery Theater; Escape; Playhouse of World Famous Authors
The Suicide Club - see 'The Young Man with the Cream Tarts'
Treasure Island :Mercury Theater of the Air; Playhouse of Favorites; CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater; Family Theater
The Wrong Box: BBC (1998)
The Young Man with the Cream Tarts : Escape; CBS Radio Mystery Theater & ABC Mystery Time (as 'The Suicide Club')
THEODORE STURGEON (1918- 1985)
Hurricane Trio: 2000 X
Mr. Costello, Hero: X Minus One
The Sky was Full of Ships: Beyond Tomorrow ( as 'Incident at Switchpath'); Mind Webs
Saucer of Loneliness: X Minus One; Future Tense
The Stars are the Styx: Tales of Tomorrow (lost); X Minus One
That Low: Hour 25
JULES VERNE (1828- 1905)
20 000 Leagues Under the Sea : BBC ( 3 versions, 1945 & '55, 72); Favorite Story; Family Theater; CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
Around the World in 80 Days :Mercury Summer Theater; Mercury Theater of the Air; Favorite Story
Dr. Ox's Experiment: BBC (1998)
In the Year 2889: 2000 X
Journey to the Center of the Earth :BBC ( 5 versions, 1946, '55, '62, '68, '94); Alien Voices; CBS/General Mills Radio Adventure Theater
The Mysterious Island :CBS Radio Mystery Theater
KURT VONNEGUT (1922
- )
Harrison Bergeron: Mind Webs; BBC?
Thanasphere (BBC reading)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow: 2000 X
H. G. WELLS (1866- 1946)
The Crystal Egg: Theater 10:30 (CBC)
The City of the Dead : CBS Radio Mystery Theater
The Country of the Blind :BBC (6 versions, 1933, '45, '46, '54, '59, '66); Escape( 3 versions, 1947, '48, '49); Favorite Story (as 'The Strange Valley'); Suspense (2 versions, 1957, '59) CBS Radio Mystery Theater (as 'Search for Eden')
The Door in the Wall: BBC (1991, 2001)
Dream of Armageddon :Escape; 2000 X
The First Men in the Moon :BBC ( 5 versions, 1948, '53, '54, '81, '96, '99); Alien Voices
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid: BBC (1986)
The Food of the Gods :BBC
The Invisible Man :BBC (1948); Alien Voices; Atlanta Radio Theater Co.
The Island of Dr. Moreau :CBC; BBC; Atlanta Radio Theater Co.
Jimmy Goggles, the God :Escape
The Magic Shop :Favorite Story; Tales of Mystery and Imagination (CBC); BBC (1986)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles :BBC ( 5 versions, 1934, '44, '51, '56, '75); Escape; CBS Radio Mystery Theater;
The New Accelerator :BBC
Pollock and the Porrah Man :Escape; Dark Ventures
The Purple Pileus :BBC (5 versions, 1935, '37, '39, '44, '63)
The Sleeper Awakes: BBC (1972)
The Star :BBC
Things to Come :BBC
The Time Machine :Favorite Story; Escape; Alien Voices; BBC (1974);Atlanta Radio Theater Co.; Seeing Ear Theater (2000)
Tono- Bungay :BBC (5 versions, 1951, '52, '66, '73, '93); NBC Theater
The Truth About Pyecraft :BBC (4 versions, 1946, '49, '53, '65); Vanishing Point
The War in the Air :BBC
The War of the Worlds :BBC (1950, '67, '87); Lux Radio Theater; Mercury Theater of the Air (1938); Hour 25; NPR (1988, '94)); CBC (1997); independent production by Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound (2000)
Watcher of the Living: CBS Radio Mystery Theater
JOHN WYNDHAM (1903- 1969)
Consider Her Ways: BBC (1985)
The Chrysalids :BBC( 2 versions, 1970, '80); Nightfall (re-broadcast of 1980 BBC version); The Shape of Things to Come
Chocky :BBC (3 versions, 1968, '75, '98)
The Day of the Triffids :BBC (6 versions - 1953, '57, '68, '71, '73, '01)
The Kraken Wakes :BBC (2 versions,1954, '98); CBC
The Midwich Cuckoos: BBC, 197?
Meteor: The Vanishing Point
Pawley's Peepholes :BBC (2 versions, 1968, '75)
Survival: Fear on Four (BBC)
The Trouble with Lichen :BBC 1962