Apollo 50th Special
Book Shambles
On an Apollo 50th special we talk to a number of people about a single book, Arthur C Clarke’s 1986 book ‘July 20th 2019’ in which he imagines what life might be like on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Recorded mostly at the Latitude Festival on said anniversary, with book in hand, Robin chats to Chris Lintott, Helen Czerski, Kevin Fong and Suzie Imber about their impressions of Clarke’s vision.
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Hi
I adore the podcast, but this particular episode surprised me. You were talking about the optimism of the post-war era and saying that the future of the world has never been harder to predict. Do none of you remember the cold war? In 1986 the threat of nuclear war was very much alive, and the future of mankind not at all certain. Sure the signing of the INF Treaty (in 1987 IIRC) helped, but in 1986 my school still taught us how to behave in the event of a nuclear attack.