Posted on November 7, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
A while back I did a review of Charles Platt’s Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work, a collection of interviews he conducted with numerous famous authors. The particular item I was reviewing was a 1987 hardcover edition that was, I stated at the time, a merger of two previous paperback [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: A.E. van Vogt, Alfred Bester, Algis Budrys, Barry Malzberg, books, Brian Aldiss, C.M. Kornbluth, Charles Platt, Damon Knight, Dream Makers, E.C. Tubb, Edward Bryant, Frank Herbert, Frederik Pohl, Gregory Benford, Hank Stine, Harlan Ellison, Ian Watson, Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, John Brunner, Kate Wilhelm, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Michael Moorcock, Norman Spinrad, Philip Jose Farmer, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Samuel Delany, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, Thomas Disch | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 27, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Here’s a short video clip of some of the big names in science fiction saying a few words about the genre. These are outtakes from a series of interviews recorded by James Gunn between 1968 and 1978 as part of his Literature of Science Fiction Lecture Series. You can actually purchase a 2-DVD [...]
Filed under: video clips | Tagged: Clifford Simak, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, Gordon Dickson, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson, James E. Gunn, John Brunner, Poul Anderson, sci-fi, science fiction, SF | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 13, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
I’ve been thinking of including some videos of interviews, lectures, etc. relating to science fiction, and so here’s the first entry for my new video clips category. It’s a lecture on the early history of the genre by Damon Knight. Enjoy!
Part 1 (Lucian, Poe, Verne):
Part 2 (from Wells to [...]
Filed under: video clips | Tagged: Damon Knight, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, sci-fi, science fiction, SF | 3 Comments »
