We like our science fiction old school. Give us E.E. “Doc” Smith or A.E. Van Vogt any day, over whatever the modern hack de jour is churning out. The crowning achievement of the genre, in our opinion, is Asimov’s Foundation trilogy. If you
haven’t read it, well, what are you waiting for? Either way, go and listen to BBC Radio drama version available at archive.org for free. Thanks to Open Culture for bringing this to our attention:
Eventually, the BBC decided to adapt Asimov’s trilogy to the radio, dramatizing the series in eight one-hour episodes that aired between May and June 1973. Years later, you can buy the radio drama on iTunesfor $9.99. But we’re going to suggest that you pocket that hard-earned money and download the radio drama for free from the Internet Archive.
Click the links below to stream the individual episodes. Or download the full program as a zip file. The Internet Archive gives you more download options here.
Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3| Part 6 |MP3| Part 7 |MP3| Part 8 |MP3|
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