The Green Hills Of Earth
Description
A brave blind singer travels through space on a ship called the Old Falcon, entertaining the crew with his music. When danger threatens the spacecraft, the sightless musician risks his life to help save everyone aboard. Though he dies in the attempt, he manages to finish performing his final song about Earth's green hills before passing away.
The story of Reisling, the blind folksinger of the spaceways! Great radio.
John W. Campbell's famous story about the blind minstrel of space whose courage saves a spaceship and its crew. The Old Falcon's corridors echo with Riesling's songs. But as an emergency arises, the blind troubadour courageously attempts to save the ship himself. He dies, but not until he has completed his last song, "The Green Hills of Earth."
X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and one of the best science fiction series in any medium.
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