- -: William Gibson - Excerpt from "Spook Country"
August 29, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1461 Bestselling science-fiction author William Gibson reads an excerpt from his novel, "Spook Country." ----- William Gibson discusses "Spook Country." William Gibson has long been recognized as a literary pioneer with an eye for techno...
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- -: Remembering San Francisco's "Summer of Love"
September 6, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1424 Dr. David E. Smith, founder of San Francisco's Height Ashbury Free Clinics, reminisces on his experiences during that city's "Summer of Love" of 1967. ----- "The Roots of a Counter-Culture" with panelists David E. Smith, Executive M...
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- -: Neal Stephenson on Sci-Fi / Fantasy Actors
July 18, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre Bestselling author Neal Stephenson theorizes on why "niche" science-fiction / fantasy actors like Lucy Lawless, Hugo Weaving and Leonard Nimoy so often end up cast in these types of roles. ----- Ne...
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- -: Neal Stephenson - "We Are All Geeks Now."
July 18, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre Bestselling author Neal Stephenson discusses the popularity of science-fiction as a genre, arguing that "we are all geeks now." ----- Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fic...
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- -: FORA.tv Office Tour
July 21, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Join Nick Ryan as he goes behind-the-scenes at FORA.tv's San Francisco headquarters, meets FORA.tv staff, and takes a brief tour of the city skyline as seen from the office roof. FORA.tv is located at 1550 Bryant Street, in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. For a tour of the FORA.tv ...
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- -: Neal Stephenson Reads "Anathem"
November 14, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/09/Sci-Fi_Novelist_Neal_Stephenson_Anathem_Launch_Event Acclaimed science-fiction author Neal Stephenson reads the introductory chapter from his book, "Anathem." ----- What if we lived in a world where the long-term was taken seriously? At an event ho...
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- -: Crossing San Francisco Bay: A Bridge Is Born
December 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/04/Rick_Prelinger_Lost_Landscapes_of_San_Francisco_4 Archivist Rick Prelinger shows found film of San Francisco's Bay Bridge from various periods during its construction and shortly after its completion. Footage includes a trip across the bridge on the r...
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- -: Can Science Fiction Motivate Us to Save the Environment?
November 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/28/Kim_Stanley_Robinson_In_Conversation Author Kim Stanley Robinson compares science fiction to weather forecasts: the predictions are not necessarily accurate, he says, but they can change the way people approach the future and live their daily lives. ...
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- -: Does Sci-Fi Influence the Future?
February 8, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/world_tech_summit_awards Tech Nation's Moira Gunn and science fiction author Paul Levinson explore the influence of sci-fi on technological breakthroughs of the future, from space exploration to time travel. ----- On November 30th and Decemb...
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- -: Baseball: No Longer America's National Pastime?
February 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)"All of the sudden, we're not the national pastime," says Brian Sabean, general manager of the San Francisco Giants. Sabean attributes the fall of baseball to a lack of scholarships for young players. With star athletes pursuing more lucrative deals in other sports, viewers follow them to the NFL...
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