February 13, 1969 by •
Abraham,
Adam,
angel(s),
animals,
anthropologist,
Apocalypse of Abraham,
apostles,
behavior,
Christian(s) writings,
computers,
evil One,
fiction,
gadgets,
God,
good,
intelligence,
light,
machine,
man,
mind,
moral(s),
religion,
righteous the,
robot,
science,
science fiction,
scientist(s),
Sophists,
the Gospel,
The LORD
22 pp. s.s., typed transcript of a talk given February 13, 1969; published, with some changes, in LDSF 2: Latter-day Science Fiction, ed. by Benjamin Urrutia (Ludlow, Mass.: Parables, 1985): 5-28; CWHN 12:491-531 Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found at BYU …
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February 17, 1962 by •
alternative,
Analiza Ann Eliza Young,
Analiza Brigham Young,
Analiza Young,
Ann Eliza Young,
anti-Mormon,
argument,
association,
attack,
bargain,
Brigham Young,
controversy,
credentials,
criminal charges,
education,
evidence,
exploit,
Fawn M. Brodie,
folksy,
geographical gap,
homey,
images,
imposing appendix,
intrigue,
Irving Wallace,
Joseph Smith,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
mysteries,
name-dropper,
pictures,
polemic,
probabilities,
purity,
purity of motives,
rhetoric,
rules of advertising,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
sources,
Stenhouse,
thesis
Lecture II, February 17, 1962 in Seminar on the Prophet Joseph Smith (BYU Extension Publications, 1962): 30-41. This was reprinted (1964), pp. 31-42. Essentially a preview of Sounding Brass (1963). A long satirical list of informal rules commonly followed by those anxious to attack Mormon things. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for …
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March 20, 1956 by •
antiquities,
apocalyptic vision,
Aristotle,
Athenians,
Book of Mormon,
colonizer,
contemplation,
Cresus,
Cyrus the Great,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Egyptian culture,
Greek,
Greek studies,
history,
Jerusalem,
Joseph Smith,
Laman,
leadership,
Lehi,
Mediterranean,
merchants,
Near East,
Nephi,
Palestine,
Phalees,
Phoenician,
prayer,
repentance,
Roman emperor studies,
Semitic merchants,
sixth century,
Solon,
the Nile,
Travelian
Devotional given March 20, 1956. Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3 This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.