Time and Time Again - Old Time Radio Sci-Fi

About this episode

Mary and Greg explore the time travel narrative of 'Time and Time Again' from X Minus One.

Join us this week on The Shiver Show, as Mary and Greg enter a time warp with “Time and Time Again.” This unforgettable episode of X Minus One, aired on the NBC Radio Network (1956), and is based on the 1947 novel by H. Beam Piper. The story follows Allan Hartley, a 43-year-old soldier wounded during the Siege of Buffalo in World War III. It’s 1975. The world is fractured. Then—without warning—Allan wakes up in 1945… inside his own 13-year-old body. Armed with knowledge of Hiroshima, the cour...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mary, Greg

Topics covered

• time travel
• science fiction
• radio drama
• war
• historical fiction

Keywords

• time travel
• sci-fi
• X Minus One
• H. Beam Piper
• radio drama
• World War III
• historical fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC Radio Network

Books & works: Time and Time Again, X Minus One

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