Panel: Big Brother and Your Imagination

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

20-3-1984 12:00 PM

End Date

20-3-1984 1:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Tuesday, March 20, 1984, as part of the 15th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Nineteen Eighty Four," Harlan Ellison, Luisa Valenzuela, Ray Bradbury (via telephone), and Theodore Sturgeon participate in a panel called “Big Brother and Your Imagination.” The panelists discuss the notion of “big brother,” advancing technology, political administrations and the relationship between government, media, the American public, censorship, and activism. The panelists also respond to audience questions about the power of art to overcome big brother, the despondency of science fiction, fear in science fiction, publication in best-seller markets, and controversy.

Moderated by Dr. John Little, Founder of the UND Writers Conference.

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Panel: Big Brother and Your Imagination

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Tuesday, March 20, 1984, as part of the 15th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Nineteen Eighty Four," Harlan Ellison, Luisa Valenzuela, Ray Bradbury (via telephone), and Theodore Sturgeon participate in a panel called “Big Brother and Your Imagination.” The panelists discuss the notion of “big brother,” advancing technology, political administrations and the relationship between government, media, the American public, censorship, and activism. The panelists also respond to audience questions about the power of art to overcome big brother, the despondency of science fiction, fear in science fiction, publication in best-seller markets, and controversy.

Moderated by Dr. John Little, Founder of the UND Writers Conference.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/1984/day1/1