INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV

1975 ARC Identifier 54491 / Local Identifier 306.9415. SY BOURGIN INTERVIEWS ISAAC ASIMOV, BIOCHEMIST AND SCIENCE FICTION WRITER. MR. ASIMOV MAY BE THE MOST WIDELY READ OF ALL SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS, HAVING WRITTEN 155 BOOKS AND HUNDREDS OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND SHORT STORIES. A CLIP OF "FANTASTIC VOYAGE," BASED ON HIS BOOK, IS INSERTED IN THE PROGRAM. VIEWERS WILL FIND THIS INTERVIEW PROVOCATIVE IN REGARD TO WHAT MR. ASIMOV HAS TO SAY ABOUT WRITING AND THE FUTURE OF THIS EARTH. U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org.

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[anaamee]

@fashklash If they did, they wouldn't be that much intelligent would they ^^ Because part of what makes someone intelligent is the understanding of others, and so the clever one knows he should talk slower in order to be well heard. know that seems a little pretentious from him, but after all we must accept there are people better than ourselves :)

[anaamee]

@MrAdvancedAtheist About exoplanets, Asimov thought of something called "terraformation" which means the new planet ain't good for living from the start. Humans should prepare the planet before being able to breath air on it. Wouldn't we be able nowadays to implant a lunar base ? The first colony of the "short living" in the robot series had to live under a dome, so Asimov ain't telling bullshit, you just ain't enough informed, I advice you to read all, and then think. Peace

[anaamee]

@MrAdvancedAtheist Sir, before foundation, chronogically in what we could call "the history of the future" imagined by Isaac Asimov, there is the series of the robots. In those books, you can see people who manage to live some 2 or 3 centuries ! Now, assuming Asimov was right (I think so) humans have to live short in order to have less to loose, and then dare take the risk of colonization of the galaxy. So later, in foundation, only short living humans made it, see ?

[centy64]

@MrAdvancedAtheist The first part that jumped out at me was on about page 2 where the character is paying for things with coins..

[centy64]

@MrGnarShredder But I thought you were the Robut.

[MrGnarShredder]

Asimov reminds me of Zoidberg.

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

I found the first Foundation novel unreadable, right around the point where a character calls himself "old" at age 62. Uh, excuse me? A supposedly advanced galactic empire doesn't have the medical ability to stop the aging process?

Asimov also assumes that plenty of Earthlike, turnkey exoplanets in the galaxy exist that humans can settle on. Well, we know better about exoplanets now, don't we?

[fashklash]

Its strange. I always expect super-intelligent people to talk terrifically fast

[sonicyouth5150]

Jackass of an interviewer trying at every moment possible to ridicule the guest, but the Doctor is clever enough to see right through that and not fall into the trap of emotional outburst.

[AVIATIO]

Foundation, beyond a shadow of a doubt, influenced George Lucas, I believe. Therein are galactic empires, capitals covered wholly by cityscape, hyperspatial travel and psionic organizations charged with protecting civilization from harm....

No, there is not any influence therein....