MindWebs
Radio show from 1976 – 84.
These are readings of stories, rather than radio dramas. (Although they
tend to have added background music, etc.) Most were half hour. The
show was based at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Plot summaries available at: http://www.otrplotspot.com/Mind%20Webs.htm
Absalome
by Henry Kuttner
Genre: SF
Adam And No Evil (or ‘Adam And No Eve’) by Alfred Bester
Genre: Future Earth
After The Myths Went Home by Robert Silverberg.
Genre: Future Earth
Allegory
Genre: Super Science
Apartment Hunting
Genre: Future Earth/Dystopia
[Episode also includes story The King Of The Beasts.]
Available Data On The Worp Reaction by Lion Miller
Genre: Super Science
Beachhead In Utopia by
Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Genre: Future Earth
Born Of Man And Woman by Richard Matheson
Genre: Horror
[Episode also includes Happily Ever After by William F. Nolan]
The Brink Of Infinity by Stanley Weinbaum.
Genre: undefinable
The Cage
by Bertram Chandler
Genre: Space Exploration / Aliens
Carcinoma Angels by Norman Spinrad
Genre: undefinable
The Castaway
by Charles E. Fritch
Genre: Space Exploration
[Episode also includes The Weapon by Frederic Brown]
Cephes 5
by Howard Fast.
Genre: SF
A Child Is Crying by John T. McDonald.
Genre: SF
Computers Don’t Argue by Gordon Dickson.
Genre: SF
Corita by Roger Zelazny.
Genre: Horror
Descending
by Thomas Disch.
Genre: undefinable
The Devil Car
by Roger Zelazny
Genre: Horror
Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown.
Genre: Mars/ Aliens
The Eel
Genre: SF
The Enormous Radio by John Cheever.
Genre: undefinable
The Eternal Machines by William Spencer.
Genre: SF
The Ever-Branching Tree by Harry Harrison.
Genre: Time Travel
The Fog Horn
by Ray Bradbury.
Genre: Creatures
Other version on: BBC Story inspired the film The Beast from 20,000
Fathoms
The Funny Farm
by Robert Bloch.
Genre:
The Garden Of Time by J. G. Ballard
The Gift
by Ray Bradbury.
Genre: Mars
[Episode also includes The Star by Arthur C. Clarke)
The Great Slow Kings by Roger Zelazny.
Genre: Aliens
Hall Of The Machines
Genre: SF
Happily Ever After by William F. Nolan.
Genre: SF
[Episode also includes Born Of Man And Woman by Richard Matheson]
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
[Episode also includes The Haunted Spacesuit by Arthur C. Clarke]
The Haunted Spacesuit by Arthur C. Clarke
Genre: Space Exploration
[Episode also includes Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut]
I Kill Myself
Genre: Super Science
I See You
Genre: Super Science
The Icebox Blonde
Genre: Robots
Impostor by Philip K. Dick
Genre: Future Earth/ Aliens/ War
Other version on: Sci-Fi Radio.
In The Abyss
by H. G. Wells.
Genre: Undersea
In The Imagicon
Genre: Super Science
Kaleidoscope
by Ray Bradbury.
Genre: Space Exploration
Other versions on: Dimension X, Bradbury 13, Suspense, and BBC
Kellerman's Eyepiece
Genre: undefinable
The King Of The Beasts
[Episode also includes story
Apartment Hunting ]
The Liberators by Lee Harding
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
Look Homeward, Spaceman
The Machine In Shaft 10 by John Harrison (as Joyce Churchill).
Genre: Aliens
The Man From Earth by Gordon Dickson
The Martian El Dorado Of Parker Whintley by Lin Carter.
Genre: Mars/ Aliens
The Maze
The Meeting
by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
Moth Race
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
A Night In Elf Hill by Norman Spinrad.
Genre: Space Exploration
The Night That All Time Broke Loose
Genre: Time Travel
The Nine Billion Names Of God by Arthur C. Clarke.
Genre: Fantasy
[Episode also includes ‘Test’)
Over The Line by Barry Malzberg
Genre: Space Exploration
Pain God
by Harlan Ellison.
Genre: Fantasy
Paradise Regained
Genre: SF
Paxton’s World
Genre: Aliens
The Petrified World by Robert Sheckley.
Genre: Fantasy
The Place Of The Gods
Genre: Future Earth
Pond Water
by John Brunner.
Genre: Robots
Promises To Keep by William F. Nolan
Genre: Space Exploration
Public Hating
Genre: Future Earth
[Episode also includes story Winter Housekeeping]
The Race
by Ib Melchior
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
Inspiration for the movie Death Race 2000.
Repent, Harlequin! Said The Tick-Tock Man by Harlan Ellison.
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
Other version on: 2000 X
The Rollerball Murder by William Harrison.
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
Story also used in films ‘Rollerball’.
The Rules Of The Road
The Run
by Christopher Priest.
Genre: SF
Running Around
by Barry Malzberg.
Genre: Time Travel
[Episode also includes the story ‘Swords Of Ifthan’)
The Sentinel
by Arthur C. Clarke
Genre: Aliens
Story was part of the inspiration for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Singularities Make Me Nervous by Larry Niven
Genre: Time Travel
The Sky Was Full Of Ships by Theodore Sturgeon.
Genre: Aliens
Other version on: Beyond Tomorrow (title 'Incident at Switchpath'.
The Squirrel Cage by Thomas Disch.
Genre: undefinable
The Star
by Arthur C. Clarke.
Genre: Space Exploration
[Episode also includes The Gift by Ray Bradbury]
Subjectivity
by Norman Spinrad.
Genre: Space Exploration
Summertime On Icarus by Arthur C. Clarke.
Genre: Space Exploration
Swords Of Ifthan
Genre: Aliens
[Episode also includes Running Around by Barry Malzberg]
That Only A Mother by Judith Merrill.
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
They
by Robert A. Heinlein
Genre: undefined
To See The Invisible Man by Robert Silverberg
Genre: Future Earth/ Dystopia
To The Dark Star by Robert Silverberg.
Genre: Space Exploration/ Aliens
The Unfinished
by Frank Belknap Long
Genre: Space Exploration/ Aliens
The Unremembered by Edward Mackin.
Genre: Future Earth
The Veldt
by Ray Bradbury.
Genre: Super Science
Other versions on: Dimension X, Bradbury 13, CBC Playhouse, X Minus
One, and BBC
A Walk In The Dark by Arthur C. Clarke.
Genre: SF / Horror
The Weapon
by Frederic Brown.
Genre: SF
[Episode also includes The Castaway by Charles Fritch]
What Really Caused The Energy Crisis
Genre: Super Science
When We Went To See The End Of The World by Robert Silverberg.
Genre: Time Travel
The Winner
Winter Housekeeping
[Episode also includes story Public
Hating]
The Word
[Episode also includes the story
‘Stair Trick’]