Time Traveler Show #15: The Art of Collaboration (Fred Pohl & Jack Williamson)

The Art of Collaboration (Fred Pohl & Jack Williamson

This is exactly what it says on the tin: a 1977 lecture by Williamson and Pohl on collaboration.

Their political differences get mentioned a few times. I have to admit I never particularly thought of Williamson having politics.

This got delayed because one of my earbud thingies died and the combination of Williamson's accent and soft spoken ways meant I needed both to have any hope of understanding him.

Speaking of Jack Williamson's politics

Would it be possible for a modern SF magazine to run a PSA like this one?

Say during the height of the unpleasantness in Iraq. Are there still SF venues where people of widely varying politics mingle?

I was just saying that it was a marvel of the modern capitalist system

that I automatically assume all statements from companies are misleading or outright lies unless I can prove otherwise. This covers a lot of educational programs: Phil Plait cheerfully pushed utter rot on people when he was on TV.

Wil Wheaton just discovered Discovery is owned by a profit-oriented entity.

(I am not making fun of him. I was very peeved over the crap physics on Plait's show)

The Science Fiction Book Club Reviews Revisited: 1981 (second quarter)

List courtesy of Andrew Wheeler.

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