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This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Seldes discusses the science fiction genre. He opens with a story about a science fiction story about the atomic bomb preceding the actual bomb, and the government's response.
He speaks of the symbolism of the extraterrestrial as a symbol for invaders from behind the Iron Curtain.
Seldes notes that there is a lot of science fiction that he does not deem to be of good quality, but does speak very highly of Ray Bradbury and H. G. Wells
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 70330
Municipal archives id: LT3609
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Gilbert Seldes
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Gilbert Seldes discusses big-thinking issues in art from his characteristically populist perspective.
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