Clarke Predicted the Internet in 1974!

Look at this charming photo here. The setting in 1974 inside a large data center filled to the brim with the behemoths of the day. The venerable Clarke stands to the right and a reporter for Australian TV along with his son. The reporter asks Clarke what the boys life will be like in 2001.

Clarke in a room full of what the present, at that time, considered the height of technology, describes something quite different.

With the racks and rows looking on Clarke all but names the internet.  The boy's home will contain a vastly smaller computer which will supply the boy's information needs.   The unit will be so innocuous that the boy will take it for granted, much as he would the phone.  Remember this is way earlier than the "web" and predates the internet by a good 20 years.

Clarke does acknowledge that there is a chance of dependance but that is outweighed by conveniences like tele-commuting plus the ability to talk to other people over the computer.

The Most Astounding Fact About the Universe Asked of Neil deGrasse Tyson

From an article I was reading in IO9, In 2008 Time Magazine was interviewing Neil deGrasse Tyson. Interviewer Adam Kraus asked Dr. deGrasse Tyson the following question: "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?" Tyson's response in some ways is predictable, but at the same moment it is one of the most amazing and moving thoughts that I have ever been privy to read or listen to. See what you think

Star Trek - Shatner and Nimoy 1966 Interviews

Xnewsman sends in some Star Trek gold. Interviews from 1966 of Shatner and Nemoy as the liner says:

• at the very early stages of the original Star Trek TV show from 1966..

Enjoy!

Steve Colbert Interviews astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Hey here is something neat for those of you that may be Neil DeGrasse Tyson fans. From the IO9 blog:

• Back in 2010, an out-of-character Stephen Colbert sat down with astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson at Montclair Kimberly Academy to talk for 90 minutes about science, society and the universe.

Isaac Asimov interview on Youtube

SF Signal blog came across this really cool YouTube video of an interview of Isaac Asimov by host Harold Hudson Channer in 1986

Dreams With Sharp Teeth

In Andrew O'Hehir's blog Beyond The Multiplex there is a really fascinating interview with writer Harlan Ellison. The main topic of which is Eric Nelson's new film Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a film about Ellison that just premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Andrew sat down with Ellison in Austin the day after the film's premiere. He described him "as unfailingly gracious and polite, answering the awkward questions about his relative obscurity and his relationship to posterity alongside the softballs." However O'Hehir mentions that Ellison often managed to twist the interview around to such a degree that Andrew was often finding himself answering personal questions about himself.

The post transcribes much of the interview but also links to an audio of the interview itself.

Harlan Ellison interview in Beyond the Multiplex


Dream with Sharp Teeth trailer

Thanks to Nelson Cole for the post

Claudia Black interview

Thanks to the blog SF Signals for the heads up

For you Claudia Black fans (I know your out there and you know who you are!) Farpoint Media's Slice of SciFi has an excellent interview the the raven bombshell.

Claudia Black has been an actress on great SF television series’ such as the highly acclaimed “Farscape” where she portrayed Aeryn Sun and also in the tele-film “Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.” From there she assumed the role Vala Mal Doran on “Stargate-SG-1,”. Claudia is currently shooting two made-for-DVD Stargate films which will continue the series in that format.

Her talents have not been confined to the small screen at all. Black has appeared in the Anne Rice feature film “Queen of the Damned” as Pandora and and in the SF hit movie “Pitch Black” with Vin Diesel.