2000 X was a celebration of the year 2000. During
that year, NPR (National Public Radio) and Hollywood Theatre of the Ear collaborated
on a project to dramatize stories highlighting the social, political, and
technological possibilities of the new millennium. Hosted by award winning
author Harlan Ellison, and produced by the increasingly popular Yuri
Rasovsky, these dramas featured classic works of science fiction as well as
more modern works. Audio quality, sound effects, music and acting were
all excellent. The series included at least 26 episodes, each one-hour long. Many
of the episodes contained more than one story, bringing the total to at least
49 stories.
Authors included Roger
Zelazny, Theodore Sturgeon, Kurt Vonnegut, and Connie Willis, as well as George
Bernard Shaw, Jack London, Mark Twain, and Rudyard Kipling. Actors included:
Robin Williams, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Eggar, Charles Durning, and some 100
others.
In the Year 2889
Year: 2000
Duration: 40 min
Genre: Future Earth
Story by: Jules Verne and
Michel Verne, 1889
A prophetic glimpse into the life of a business tycoon in
the year 2889. The tycoon in question is Francis Bennett, the owner of the Earth-Harold news
service and a pioneer in the field of telephonic journalism.
With David Dukes.
"Such, for this year of grace 2889,
is the history of one day in the life of the editor of the Earth-Harold. And
the history of that one day is the history of 365 days every year, except
leap-years, and then of 366 days—for as yet no means has been found of
increasing the length of the terrestrial year."
