- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 171
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1986-10-23
- Subject:
- Science fiction--Congresses
Science fiction--United States--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The entire program is about the first international science fiction gathering ever held in the deep south. The first WorldCon in the south was called Confederation and took place Labor Day weekend in 1986 in Atlanta. The program features audio excerpts from Beryl Boykin, who interviewed participants. Writer Orson Scott Card is featured, as well as science fiction writer Aldriss Budress, who delivers a short history in the history of science fiction in the United States. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.171.001
ahc1118.171.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/97
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:53 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
