Science is not going in a direction makes hopeful the Bradbury who once longed to live in futuristic cities and loved the 1933 World's Fair for its exhibits that matched SF magazine covers.
"Not as far as space travel is concerned," he says when interviewed. "That's our own fault. We've given up our space flights to the moon, which is a terrible mistake."
The space shuttle, he says, has been relegated to a role that's like delivering mail.
Maybe another space race is what the world needs, and there's still one superpower left.
"I hope that some time in the very near future, we pick a semi-fight with Red China," he says. Then maybe they'll start heading to the moon, and the
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OKAY WAAAAAAAAY TOO EASY. SIDNEY, ALLOW ME TO CHALLENGE YOU. OH, BY THE WAy, SAW CASINO ROYALE AND LOVED IT. LOVED IT. THE OPENING FOOT CHASE IS THE MOST EXCITING CHASE I'VE EVER SEEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIEDKIN'S "FRENCH CONNECTION".
OKAY..HERE ARE THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS FOR YOU SID...I'LL ONLY GIVE YOU FOUR. AND YES, SID..I AM A FANATIC. I WOULD KILL TO WRITE A BOND NOVEL. I THOUGHT ABOUT DOING MY BLOG AS A BOND BLOG. ANYWAY..HERE ARE THE FOUR
1. WHO FIRST PLAYED BOND?
2. WHAT WAS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR ACTOR GERT FROBE IN HIS ROLE AS GOLDFINGER
3. WHAT IS THE FIRST BOND FILM NOT NAMED FOR A NOVEL OR SHORT STORY BY FLEMING?
4. WHICH BOND FILM'S ADAPTATION TO FILM WAS DELAYED BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS FELT IT WOULD BE TOO CONTROVERSIAL.
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1.Barry Nelson in a televised version of Casino Royale.
2.Frobe didn't speak English and had to learn his role by rote
3.License to Kill
4.Live and Let Die..it was felt the image of black criminals distributing heroin would inflame a racially charged environment in urban america during the sixties.
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