Surface Tension
Book 2 of Pantropy
Language: English
Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation
Published: Aug 2, 1952
Magazine:
Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1952
Description:
As the Earth is about to be destroyed by an exploding star, a scientist creates a microscopic civilization in a drop of water. Based on a story by James Blish, this episode of X Minus One originally aired on August 28, 1956.
X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.