Clarion Eugene Fischer | 17 Mar 2009
Clarion Teachers Everywhere
Last night Neil Gaiman was on The Colbert Report discussing The Graveyard Book:
And tonight on the BBC World Service, Geoff Ryman was brought on to discuss the propriety of the United Nations holding a panel discussion about Battlestar Galactica. I haven’t been able to find a link to that segment, but my favorite part was the host asking, essentially, “might it not be considered irresponsible for the UN to look to a work of fiction for insight into real world events?” and Geoff answering, “Well, that depends on if you think of fiction as a lie or you think of fiction as a way of telling the truth.”
on 18 Mar 2009 at 12:18 am 1.Megan said …
Oh, I love Geoff. That answer is a delectable little mouthful.
on 18 Mar 2009 at 7:08 pm 2.Eugene Fischer said …
Yeah, I heard him say that and told Val, who was in the car with me, “That answer is classic Geoff. He is always saying things like that.”
on 19 Mar 2009 at 8:01 pm 3.Tracie W. said …
Here is an Wired blog that discusses the UN talk with video links. Not the Geoff Ryman.
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/03/bsg-at-the-un-w.html
So say we all!