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 Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:56 pm Post subject: X Minus One - Colony by Philip K. Dick |
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X Minus One - "Colony" - adapted from the story by Philip K. Dick
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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Just finished listening to this one and it's a terrific! The story is about a research ship on a planet that seems to be extremely Earthlike -- but there seems to be no animals or insects.
It turns out there this is one life form -- a mimic that can imitate inanimate objects that become very animated when they attack members of the crews. A two-eyepiece microscope tries to choke a man, and a pair of gloves forces a crewman to turn his pistol on himself.
The video includes several illustrations from the story on which the program was based. Here they are.
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Near the end, the crew tries to kill the aliens with poison gas. Great story . . . and you won't be disappointed by the conclusion.
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