On October 26, 2010, Center for the Study of Science Fiction Director and SFWA Grand Master
James Gunn gave the 2010 Festival of Ideas keynote talk on Isaac Asimov to help celebrate West Virginia University's
recent acquisition of a large collection of Asimov's work. The talk was in honor of the 90th anniversary of Isaac Asimov's birth, and Gunn's talk reveals a number of warm memories about Asimov.