The Merchants of Venus...

Hello again!  Welcome to The Soundbox! I’m your host Candace Sessums. I heard this particular episode of X Minus One recently and have been waiting for just the right time to share it with you.  Called “The Merchants of Venus” it answers the question:  How do you sell an inhospitable world to future inhabitants? It’s a very create tale written by A.H. Phelps, Jr.  Interestingly, as far as I can tell from my meager research, this was his only piece of fiction.  Let’s sit back and enjoy “The Merchants of Venus” which was originally broadcast for X Minus One on July 18, 1957…