Radio interviews originally broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Compact disc.
Contents:
Isaac Asimov : from Outlook, Jan. 2, 1990 / interviewer, Seà‚an Maffett (6:54) -- Brian Aldiss and Doris Lessing : from 2001, science fiction in orbit?, Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London, Feb. 22, 2001 (11:38) -- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. : from Third ear, Nov. 13, 1990 / interviewer, Christopher Bigsby (7:44) -- Douglas Adams : from Desert island discs, Feb. 6, 1994 / interviewer, Sue Lawley (8:53) -- Michael Moorcock : from Kaleidoscope, Feb. 1, 1994 / interviewer, Robert Dawson Scott (7:39) -- J.G. Ballard : from Kaleidoscope, Aug. 28, 1987 / interviewer, Colin MacCabe (7:15) -- Ursula K. Le Guin : from Woman's hour, Sept. 26, 1990 / interviewer, Jenni Murray (9:11) -- Arthur C. Clarke : from Desert island discs, July 23, 1997 / interviewer, Roy Plomley (8:05) -- Ray Bradbury : from The radio 2 arts programme, Sept. 1, 1990 / interviewer, Sheridan Morley (6:31)
Summary:
In previously unreleased recordings from the British Library Sound Archive, ten science fiction writers discuss their work, answering questions on the way they work, the nature of science fiction, how science fiction is viewed in the literary community, the relationship between the film and written versions of their work, and the influence of current scientific research and recent world history on their writings.
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