First Contact - Radio play version, adapted for radio by Howard Rodman

First Contact is credited as featuring one of the first instances of a universal translator in science fiction. Receiver of a retro Hugo Award in 1996. Novelette originally published in 1945. First Contact, written by Murray Leinster. Adapted by Howard Rodman for the radio series, X Minus One, for broadcast in 1955. Additionally adapted for podcast by Auditory Entertainments.
This performance is not of the original story by Murray Leinster. The adapted radio play exists in public domain, where as Leinster's original story does not. At Auditory Entertainments we mostly stick to performing public domain works, or original works we have permission to perform.
Check out our original story, First Contact Reflections, written by Ryan Johnson. First Contact Reflections tells the story from the perspective of the aliens.
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Performed by Ryan Johnson and Miranda Johnson
Original score created with Dubstep Drum Pads Guru, Android app
Most sound effects created using Sci Fi Sound Effects, Android app
Image from Pixbay, by TPHeinz

[@Failte630]

So what is the point today of trying to see if there is anyone out there, if we are going to suspicious of each other? I hope the U.S., India and Russia have a different mindset these days and on into the future.

[@ivanvincent770]

the ending is the reason why these stories are golden

[@cargy930]

I prefer the solution concieved by Murray Leinster in the original story.

[@jasonthewatchmansson8873]

@@cargy930 What solution was that?

[@cargy930]

@@jasonthewatchmansson8873 They swapped ships, after each crew rigged their own ship so it wouldn't be possible to follow the other. They also agreed that, if their respective governments wanted to do so, they could meet again, in the same nebula, when a certain celestial time period had passed. (after a particular binary star had completed one rotation, something like that).

[@jasonthewatchmansson8873]

@@cargy930 I'm with you. I like that ending better.

[@dmrr7739]

@@cargy930 yes, I was disappointed in this since I thought the ending was the best part of the original story (when I read it… forty years ago… wow…). I’m not much of a fan of Leinster usually, since most of his stories involve an intense, sometimes absurd, level of paranoia. Here, that paranoia works with the story.

[@elizdonovan5650]

Good storyline. Thank you.
🌲🌝☘️

[@AuditoryEntertainments]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@briangriffin6972]

This capt, is certainly no capt "Jean- luk Picard".

[@AuditoryEntertainments]

Agreed! 🖖

[@1851johnny]

Not bad, thank you.👍🏼

[@AuditoryEntertainments]

Thank you too!

[@pelecyphora1]

like tik-tak uac,

[@Zerkzese]

Dumb.