University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 26.1977
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Science fiction author visits English classes
By PAULA SOUTHERLAND
Staff Writer
Americans and Britons differ in their reactions to writers and literature, Brian Aldiss, British science fiction writer, editor and film critic, said yesterday.
Aidiss, who is the English department's in- residence of the semester.
Aldiss said he began to write science fiction because he was never sure of his own reality. Science fiction offered "a great way to see what nature is and was a natural expression of his feelings."
This view of science fiction differs with the American view of science fiction, Aldiss Mumford.
THE BRITISH ALSO react differently to writers. Aldiss said.
He said Americans saw science fiction as theory and a way to convey learning. Aldiss said Britons viewed fiction as a mode of feeling.
"The English don't see anything unusual science fiction," he said. "English liberalism."
Americans, on the other hand, regard writers and science fiction as something unusual to read.
He said he thought the British tolerated eccentricities. Aldiss also said English literature was not rigidly categorized. Part of the reason for this, he said, is that the United States is a comparatively new country, and therefore has new literature.
"Almost anything that comes along is new as an art form," he said.
Aldis called himself an eternal amateur. He said that he had written stories and plays since he was a child. Aldis has written 17 books of fiction, has fiction fiction and a book of science fiction art.
BEING PERFECTLY. SERIOUS without being solemn is the vision of life reflected in
"If we took to heart everything we saw, we would break down and weep," he said.
Aldiss said that writing gained power by dealing with the pain and the humor of life
Chaos is also reflected in his writing, Aldiss said.
Although many science fiction writers might banish chaos, Aldiss said, they create more "disutopia" than utopia in their works.
"Chaos is something we are in contact with every day," he said. "There is something here that makes us something."
A concert to be presented at 8 p.m. Friday in Swarthout Recital Hall by the University of Kansas Concert Chorale will not be just another hour of choral music.
For the first time at KU, a conductor will direct a vocal group while wearing a set of directors.
William Anderson, director of the chorale, said recently that he would wear headphones to conduct a 15-minute piece that he composed and music that had been prerecorded on a tape.
Director to conduct music with headphones
Anderson said that singing to a pre-recorded accompaniment was the best way to get separated from the tape. The tempo problem, he said, is the reason for using the bass line.
While the audience and the chair will hear the taped music through one amplifier, Anderson said he would hear a series of basses and play a separate amplifier into his headphones.
THESE CLICKS HELP set a tempo that coincides with the speed of the music on the keyboard.
Anderson said he would be the only one able to hear the clicks, similar to those on a camera.
He said he also would be able to hear the recorded music even though it would not be heard by me.
Driver found guilty in KKK rally attack
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP)—A jury of six blacks and six white yesterday found Buddy Cochran guilty of eight counts of aggravated assault for ramming his car into a crowd at a KluKU Klan rally in President Carter's home town.
Only hours earlier the panel had reported it was deadlocked after eight hours of deliberation, but Superior Court Judge Cullen menon and three men back to the jail room.
A woman jurpet wore as she delivered the verdict about 3 p.m. The jury had decided to acquit.
Cochran could be sentenced to 10 years in jail for each of the eight counts. But no charges have been filed against him.
COCHRAN, WHO IS white, was accused of driving his sports car into the crowd at the July 2 rally in Plains, injuring at least 32 persons, none of them Klansmen.
Cochran will be sent to Central State
College for evidence for mental testing
 prior to sentencing.
His attorney said the racist atmosphere of the rally caused the 30-year-old Americus mechanic to become temporarily insane. His prosecutor said Cochran was intoxicated.
But the argued: "It has been said that the KKK is not on trial. That is legally correct."
Defense Attorney Robert Bryan admitted that Cochran drove his car into the crowd and crashed his car.
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Performing with click track tapes has become a popular practice within the last five years, Anderson said. It involves using one recorder to play the single tape and two amplifiers to separate the clicks from the music, he said.
The taped music to be performed Friday was purchased along with sheet music for the concert.
Anderson, assistant instructor in en-
sembles, said he had used click track taps
in choral performances at Westesley
University in Salina where he directed
groups for the past six years. This is Anderson's first semester at KU.
Friday's concert will feature a work that was one of the first to use a click track tape, Anderson said. It was written by a professor and it will be the University of Missouri at Kannapolis City.
ANDERSON SAID that past performances using the tapes had been successful.
"The headphones work, but I sweat a lot more," he said. "The chair has to stay with me."
Anderson said that pieces using the tapes had been performed previously at KU, but the director had not used headphones. Both speakers were heard by the audience, chair and director.
The work is a 20th century interpretation of the biblical writings of the prophet Ezekiel, Anderson said.
Other works on the program will be a cross-section of choral music written in the last 300 years. The program will be about 70 minutes long.
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