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Protection

X Minus One · 1957 · 22 min · 3,325 words

The transcript of “Protection”, an episode of X Minus One from 1957. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). X Minus One plays X Minus One free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Countdown for blast off. X-5, 4, 3, 2, X-1. Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown, come tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures

in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National over broadcasting company in cooperation with galaxy science fiction magazine presents c Up still one by Robert checklist there will be an airplane crash in Burma next week but it shouldn't effect me

here in New York and the please certainly can hear me not through my closet doors closed know big problem is less organizing I must not less arise absolutely not you can imagine that happens me. And to top it all, I think I'm catching a very nasty cold.

The whole thing, including the cold, started on the evening of November 7th. I was walking down Broadway on my way to Baker's cafeteria with Charlie Lester. He's in one of my physics classes and we were both feeling pretty lightheaded.

Boy, I've had tough exams in my day, but that was... You got a cold? No, no, I haven't got a cold. My eyes just water, my nose runs, and I sneeze because I'm essentially a masochist.

Actually, it is psychosomatic. I hate my mother and my father. Of course I've got a cold. What do you think? Well, look, don't give it to me. to me, I've got a heavy date with a Barnard Junior this weekend.

My boy, there is no such thing as a heavy date with a Barnard Junior. Never mind, just don't blow any germs my way. Ugh, well as a matter of fact, I'll leave you completely. I have to go over to South Hall to pick up some books.

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