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INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC ASIMOV

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Uploaded on Dec 25, 2009

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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  • JOK3R187

    Asimov would have hated Mass Effect 3's ending

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  • M8DMAN

    Asimov would have slapped Mac Walters for ME3's ending.

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  • David Vinton

    Great upload. I really got a lot out of this

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    Robits

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    in reply to MrGnarShredder (Show the comment)
  • Jon Yodice

    hardcore burns. I've never let mine get like that cuz I'm too much of a pussy

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  • jamie shelley

    i just loved the bit where he states that books that he writes then will have no relevance today, just finished reading caves of steel written 1965 i believe, more relevant now than then :D

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  • deuscaesar

    20:00 second wrong assumption

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  • deuscaesar

    13:30 first wrong assumption

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  • deuscaesar

    we would probably slaughter most of them; and the survivors would probably wipe us out for revenge

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  • Silkenrain

    I feel so bad for the journalist. He seems to have dyslexia.

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  • freeyourmindtc

    Yes, I agree the foundation was awesome, The vast Galactic Empire, composed of 25 million worlds and quadrillions of human beings. Thanks for freeing my mind Isaac. Peace

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  • tdjames916

    Keep the Bolo Tie alive.

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