Mindwebs


(4.6 stars; 84 reviews)

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This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

A Walk In The Dark 28:00
In The Imagicon 24:58
Allegory 28:23
MothRace 28:07
The Run 24:51
Absalome 28:51
To See The Invisible 29:37
The Unremembered 29:45
This Is The Star 28:49
Winter Housekeeping 28:32
The Pain God 28:05
Repent Harlequin! 32:32
The Squirrel Cage 32:29
A Child Is Crying 31:49
Fog Horn 25:12
Descending 28:39
The Day of the But 29:19
Petrified Forest 30:05
Carcinoma Angel 27:32
Promises To Keep 23:50
The Hall of Machi 27:57
Harrison Berege 31:00
Kaliedescope 24:42
The Night of the N 24:44
The Weapon 26:10
Roller Ball Murder 26:58
Happily Ever After 25:48
The Word and Stai 27:24
That Only A Mother 24:25
The Swimmer 28:32
I Kill Myself 21:15
The Place of the G 29:54
The Brink of Infinity 30:23
A Dream At Noon 30:53
After The Myths 27:17
The Rules of the R 27:29
The Winner 24:07
The Veldt 29:10
The Enormous Ra 27:49
Apartment Hunting 27:34
The Race 28:57
Computors Don't A 24:17
Paxton's World 27:42
None Before Me 30:18
Pond Water 29:26
The Eel 28:21
Hands of the Man 29:42
Summertime on Icarus 27:25
Paradise Regained 26:07
Power of the Sentence 27:46
A Taste of Dostoevsky 30:18
The Eternal Machine 28:13
Webster 27:55
Beachhead in Utopia 26:34
Treasure Hunt 30:20
The Sound Machine 30:07
Subjectivity 28:08
The Snake The Fly 30:01
The Unfinished 28:36
To The Dark Star 29:52
Running Around 25:33
The Sky Was Full 28:28
They 30:24
The Exhibition 24:53
Garden of Time 26:24
The Maze 29:42
Test The Nine Bi 27:55
The Meeting 30:13
Singularities 26:15
The Worm 28:06
Country of the Ki 29:12
The End Of The World 29:29
The Devil Car 29:12
Doing Lennon 29:08
In The Abyss 30:07
Adam and No Evil 27:51
The Tank and Its W 29:02
The Man Who Returned 29:35
A Night In Elf Hil 28:55
The Valley of Ech 28:01
The Top 26:30
Game for Motel Ro 23:00
Don't Look Now 29:04
My Objective All 25:18
The Sentinal 28:04
The Cage 28:34
Rememberance To 25:10
Phoenix 28:09
Saucer of Loneliness 27:09
Rebel From Time And Space 26:38
Earthmen Bearing Gifts 28:45
Over The Line 26:36
Mindwebs 27:38
Affair With A Green Monkey 25:50
Helen O. Loy 29:05
Nature Boy 24:42
The Hell Bound Train 26:56
Weep No More Called The Lady 25:18
Or All the Seas with Oysters 24:45
Light of Other Days 24:17
Wasted On The Young 29:19
EvergreenLibrary 28:57
Imposter 30:25
The Metal Man 30:01
Knock 29:43
Kellerman's Eye Piece 24:03
The Last Ghost 19:39
The Machine in Shaft 10 30:16
Apple 27:58
Restricted Area 29:08
Look Homeward Spaceman 29:12
Nackels 21:01
Young Girl At An Open Half Door 28:02
The Language of Love 29:02
Desertion 28:35
Letter to the Phoenix 27:36
The Gun Without a Bang 21:33
EnPassantDreamworld 30:29
The Bible After Apocalypse 27:58
Twenty Four Letters From Under the Earth 29:27
An Infinity of Loving 27:03
SwordGame 29:52
The End 30:04
Eurema's Dream 27:29
Mindwebs 12:35
Gas Mask 24:13
The Show Must Go On 23:18
Beyond The Wall Of Sleep 26:44
Crisis 26:44
The Builder 27:03
The Liberators 30:20
The Night He Cried 19:54
The Vertical Ladder 26:31
What Really Caused The Energy Crisis 26:04
When It Changed 27:08

Reviews

Great show!


(5 stars)

Very happy to see these episodes being shared in such high quality. Even happier to hear that Mr. Hanson's new performances are just as entertaining as his old ones. Does anyone have a comprehensive list of episodes? Just a simple list of titles. I want to make sure I don't miss any of them. A few comments on the episodes I've listened to so far: Light Of Other Days: I had never heard of this story before. It's beautiful. Kaleidoscope: Very good episode. I love the dramatized Suspense version as well. The Country Of The Kind: I'm not even a fan of this story but the reading was so well done that I still liked this episode. My Object All Sublime: Never read this one before. Nice twist. I picked up a collection of the author's short stories after listening to this episode. The Star: A classic story. Looking forward to hearing a HQ version. Earthmen Bearing Gifts: Again it's the performance that makes this slight story so memorable. The Last Question: Very good. One of my favorite Asimov stories. Feeding Time: Brilliant choice for the closing song! Made me laugh out loud. Nackles: The argument that Santa is a god is surprisingly convincing, I must admit. I had a chuckle at the description of Nackles' version of reindeer. Wasted On The Young is good. I knew the main character would come to a bad end, but I didn't anticipate just how bad. The Fog Horn. Excellent reading. I'm not too crazy about the music selections here though. I think some background sea sounds would have added some atmosphere. My dad really enjoyed this one. Dry Spell & The Third Level: I liked both stories. I thought the background music in Dry Spell was a little bit intrusive, but that may have been intentional given the nature of the story. Third Level reminded me of the Twilight Zone's nostalgic episodes like A Stop at Willoughby. Warning Signs: Very good reading. Good musical accompaniment too. Rust: The saddest story you will ever read featuring giant killer robots. It's like Wall-E mixed with the Terminator. Great reading. The Gun Without A Bang: Not every story needs to be a morality tale or feature pointed satire. This is is just a fun adventure story. It would have made a good episode of Escape. I also liked Sheckley's Petrified Forest. But As a Soldier for His Country: I caught this on Youtube a while back. Great stuff. The author expanded this story into a full length novel, but I think the shorter version is stronger. I don't understand either of the J.G. Ballard stories. Recommendations for fans of Mindwebs: Escape Pod: A science fiction short story podcast with a sizeable library. I would LOVE to see Mr. Hanson lend his talents to this podcast for an episode as a way to promote his own program. The Black Mass: Not science fiction but a quality OTR broadcast that features some very nice readings of classic horror stories. Thanks again for making and sharing this fantastic program!

One of the Best Series


(5 stars)

**************** *** UPDATE **** **************** A newer, higher-quality, version of this series has been posted by Darkman with 153 episodes! https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410 =================== Michael Hanson has a wonderful voice and he does a superb job reading these stories. This series provides a minimalist approach with often just Mr. Hanson, and occasionally a few other actors, reading the script. Rather than rely on sound effects, most episodes use music and character voices to shape the mood. A wide range of sound quality with some of the best episodes, unfortunately, the hardest to understand (e.g., "When It Changed", "The Night He Cried", and "Foghorn"). Several of the titles/authors listed below are inaccurate or incomplete. You can see a complete listing, along with plot summaries and reviews at: http://www.otrplotspot.com/mindWebs.html

Still sad about the recent news...


(5 stars)

...but I'm happy to hear that Mindwebs will continue. Some random thoughts: - I really enjoyed hearing Fredric Brown's "The Answer" in the recent three part episode. It reminds me of that famous story by Isaac Asimov, but it turns out that this one actually preceded it by a couple of years. - Damaged or not, I'm looking forward to hearing "The Star." It's a classic for a reason. - In a previous comment I expressed the opinion that the music was a bit too intrusive in the episode "Dry Spell." Well, after listening to it again with a better set of speakers I have to take that back; the sound is fine. My worn out old ears, on the other hand... - After hearing "The Gun Without a Bang" and "The Petrified World" I have recently gone on a huge Robert Sheckley bender. Turns out he wrote a ton of entertaining short stories. Thank you Mr. Hanson for introducing Mr. Sheckley to me. - I'm also happy to hear that "But As a Soldier to His Country" is coming up. It's kind of obscure but it's awesome. And finally - thanks for sharing the tribute episode. I'll try to give it a listen tomight.

Makes my working day last half as long


(5 stars)

Recently got recommended Mindwebs after becoming obsessed with collecting anthologies of short stories (in print, ebook, and audio format), and wish I'd discovered this collection sooner. I started listening with some apprehension, as I had recently attempted to get into some Librivox recordings, and quickly gotten sick of the varied quality and the monotonous, repetitive intro regarding the copyright details. Very quickly found myself sucked into listening story after story, and before I knew it, 5PM had rolled around and I was wondering where the time had gone. Of the ones I have listened to so far, I would highly recommend the very first one, The Carcinoma Angels, and Descending, and very much looking forward to devouring the rest of this collection. A great collection of short stories, read by a cast with wonderful voices, and the quality is better than some professional audiobooks I've had the (mis)fortune of listening to.

OTR scifi for adults by real writers


(5 stars)

There really isnt much adult oriented scifi in otr. While most shows seem to have relied on terrible house writers, this showcases real authors and real stories from the 50s to 70s- and what a great narrator. interesting music no annoying sound effects no commercials excellent sound quality.

Pretty horrible encoding, broken MP3 files


(2 stars)

Some of the files are broken. There's a more complete version without errors here: https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410

Best


(4 stars)

I was the person who posted this version. I had originally downloaded it from the Internet Archive (posted by someone else) and noticed it had been removed from IA later. I posted it myself, without alterations, after seeing that it had be removed, hoping it would be of value to others. I have been pleased to see that some folk seem to find it so. The stories are brilliant. Michael Hanson's readings are perfect. I wish I had more knowledge of the music involved, though.

I want to love it, but


(4 stars)

the bgm can be like nails on blackboard. completely out of sync on top of being pointless and distracting. it just takes away from the quality of the stories ror me. A WALK IN...7 THE SENTINEL? foghorn, really bad quality; To see the invisible, poor quality