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Are We Alone?: The Stanley Kubrick Extraterrestrial Intelligence Interviews (Paperback)

by Frederick I. Ordway (Afterword), Anthony Frewin (Editor), Arthur C. Clarke (Preface)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited (17 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904027458
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904027454
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 470,356 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"It's reasonable to assume that there must be, in fact, countless billions of such planets where biological life has arisen, and the odds of some proportion of such life developing intelligence are high. Stanley Kubrick (1968)"


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When Stanley Kubrick was working on the development of his classic movie, "2001: A Space Odyssey", he arranged that twenty-one of the leading scientists in the world be interviewed on film, to speculate about their ideas on life in the universe and the impact its discovery would have on us. He wanted to cut into the movie, alongside the narrative, snippets from the interviews. Eventually, he discarded the idea and the interviews were never used. When it came time to issue a celebratory DVD of Kubrick's masterpiece, there was a suggestion that the interviews could be issued as part of the disc set. Alas, the film could not be found and it appeared that all had been lost, perhaps mis-filed in some dusty archive or else, sadly, even destroyed. However, four foolscap ring-binders containing the typed transcripts of the interviews were discovered and these make the basis of this remarkable book. All those interviewed were or have become major international figures in their fields. Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin wrote what has been described as the first and principal modern appreciation of extraterrestrial life. Harlow Shapley was one of the finest American astronomers and someone to whom we owe our understanding of the size and shape of our galaxy. B. F. Skinner was renowned for his work on behavioural conditioning. Margaret Mead was the most famous anthropologist of her generation. Frank D. Drake pioneered SETI and formulated the Drake Equation. Fred Whipple might well be considered the great astronomer of the twentieth century. And these are just six names taken at random. The whole collection represents a brilliant over-view of scientific, philosophical and ethical considerations of the implications of the possibility of other forms of life within the universe. And the comments are as potent now as they were nearly fifty years ago.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A collection of essential contributions to the biggest question of all time., 16 April 2006
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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That question is; "Are we alone?"

When working on the film "2001 - A Space Odyssey," Stanley Kubrick had 21 leading scientists interviewed in film during which they each speculated about the possibility of life in the Universe. Kubrick's own views are recorded here as being; "there must be countless billion planets where biological life has arisen and the odds of some proportion of life developing intelligence are high..."

Anthony Frewin worked with Stanley Kubrick for over 25 years - including on that particular film. He has added extensive information to those original interviews which, with a comprehensive introduction and seven pages of bibliography, brings a whole new dimension to the subject. I did find the foreword by Arthur C. Clarke to be quite disappointing because it adds nothing to the book.

Nevertheless, this is an excellent addition to the genre and should not be overlooked by anyone with an interest in what the experts say in answer to that all-important question.

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