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One of my students (thanks, Robert!) sent me this clip of someone--purportedly Harlan Ellison--talking about the Internet. I don't distrust my student, but you never know; the Internet is, after all, the Wild Wild West.

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I find this clip interesting, mostly because it reveals such a venom from someone ensconced within the gates kept by the print culture. Rather than suggesting ways to deal with the question, Ellison just rants that the Internet is pretty much worthless.

And Bukatman thinks science-fiction is conservative. Posted by briley at February 18, 2005 6:52 PM