Neal Stephenson (plus SFF luminaries!) in London, 8th May.

[major_clanger]

Now that I'm in London I'm on the lookout for Edifying and Stimulating things to do (plus Fun and Enlarging my Social Circle things too). I've come across Gresham College and its programme of events, and in particular there are two coming up that I think quite a few people on my f-list will be interested in:

3rd April, 1pm: The Search for Extra-Terrestial Intelligence in the New Millennium, Prof Ian Morrison.

29th April, 6pm: Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science, Prof John D Barrow.

and then the biggie:

8th May, 1.30pm-5.30pm: Symposium: Science Fiction as a Literary Genre, with Neal Stephenson, John Clute, Dr Roger Luckhurst, Andy Sawyer, Dr Martin Willis and Professor Tim Connell.

This last one you need to register for, although tickets are free. A bit wary that they might disappear fast I ordered two, so I have a spare going if anyone can't get a ticket of their own. So who else might be up for coming along to this?

Comments

[flick.livejournal.com]

Well reminded. Er, I'll take the spare ticket, if it's still going....

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

OK - I'll bring it to the Tun.

[flick.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Thanks!

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

I might be in town that day but not sure yet..

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I've just filled out the form for that last one, fingers crossed, I think it's worth the half-day off. I probably can't pass it off as subject related... And it seems very fitting to listen to Neal Stephenson talk at Gresham College.

[coalescent.livejournal.com]

Well spotted! I'm going to try to be there.

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

I've also just registered, so let's hope I'm successful.

[grahamsleight.livejournal.com]

Have also applied.

[teaparty.net (from livejournal.com)]

AOL (!)

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

also also applied. Thanks for heads-up! And hope to see you there. (It would be nice if they told you whether you definitely had tickets or not ...)