Subject: [SF-LIT] PBS show of potential interest: CLOSER TO TRUTH, particularly episode 301, Is SF Science? (despite title)
CLOSER TO TRUTH: SCIENCE, MEANING AND THE FUTURE April 2003 (check local listings) CC STEREO Ed.R:
This 15-part series, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, explores the latest scientific research, philosophical thinking and expressions of human creativity. Some of the world's most esteemed experts, including Nobel laureates, best-selling authors and renowned scholars, engage in a series of spontaneous and intimate conversations that combine hard facts with an inspiring - and breathtaking - look into the future. Producer: Lawrence Kuhn. Contact: Tim Fisher, Fisher Company, Tel.: 914/674-6164; Fax: 914/674-6145; closertotruth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <<mailto:closertotruth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
"Is Science Fiction Science?"---Science fiction is really a look at human history, society and even human nature. Three authors of popular science fiction - Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Sphere, The Andromeda Strain, creator of "ER" and a medical doctor; David Brin, author of Kiln People, The Postman, Earth and a Ph.D. in space science; and Octavia Butler, author of Survivor, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents (Nebula Award) and a MacArthur Fellow - spar over exactly how science fiction is constrained by known science and then question the value of science fiction. (CTOT #301, softfeed 4/3/03, 1530-1600)
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