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Get your sci-fi flick fix @ Dr Joe’s Film Night
Dr Joe Cain is a senior lecturer and historian of science at University College London. He is also a movie buff, and regularly dips into his dusty cinematic treasure vault to retrieve old sci-fi gems for his after-hours Film Night series in the Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL. Previous screenings include The Lost World (1960), The Wolf Man […]
Aldiss, Moorcock, Spinrad & Clute @ British Library
June 21, 2011
On Tuesday 21st June, the British Library hosted the latest in its series of events linked to its current free exhibition, Out of this world – Science Fiction but not as you know it. Roz Kaveney chaired a discussion between authors Brian Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, Norman Spinrad and John Clute, that dealt largely with the 1960s and the New Wave of science fiction. Roz Kaveney […]
Out of this world: science-fiction @ British Library
June 18, 2011
The British Library’s new exhibition, Out of this world – Science Fiction but not as you know it, is a mecca for sci-fi devotees and book lovers alike. Alien worlds, virtual worlds, parallel worlds, future worlds, the perfect world and the end of the world – these themes are all examined here. Be sure to check out […]
Stephen Baxter, David Lodge & Adam Roberts @ British Library
June 8, 2011
Science fiction authors (left to right) David Lodge, Adam Roberts and Stephen Baxter gathered at the British Library to discuss H. G. Wells and his legacy on the 8th of June 2011. This event is part of the British Library’s current exhibition, Out of this world: Science Fiction but not as you know it. David Lodge is Honorary Professor of Modern English Literature at the University […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
October 4, 2011
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