Time Out Of Mind

'Time Out Of Mind' was a short, 5 episode, BBC2 documentary series that gave a brief career overview along with interviews with 4 key science fiction authors of the day, Arthur C. Clarke, John Brunner, Michael Moorcock and Anne McCaffrey.  We get to see each relaxing in their own spaces talking about their inspirations, their motivations and their distractions with occasional talking head interjections from other authors such as M. John Harrison, Thomas M. Disch, Frederik Pohl, Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison and Fritz Leiber and in the final episode we are shown around the science fiction convention 'Seacon 79' at the Metropole in Brighton which also includes glimpses of folk like Tom Baker and Christopher Reeve.

I found this whilst searching for Michael Moorcock videos who's the only author here that I'm a fan of.  The others are either not my particular cups of tea -  Clarke and McCaffrey - or have long languished on my 'must get around to reading him one day' list - Brunner.  It makes for interesting viewing filled with nice little insights that will give fans and the curious alike a glimpse into the worlds of these creators of worlds and back to a time when science fiction conventions were less of a movie marketing enterprise and more concerned with the ideas behind them.



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