Sounds pretty top drawer to me – and I thought all Cheltenham was famous for was horse racing!

Here’s details of the event:

Iain M Banks, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock and China Miéville: British Science Fiction

Sunday 17 October 2010 at 4:00 pm (60mins)
Event 317 at The Inkpot
Price: £6 (reserved seating)
(member price: £4.80) more

From H G Wells to John Wyndham, Britain has been home to some of the most groundbreaking and successful classic science fiction writers. Explore past classics and the best of the current crop as authors Iain M Banks, Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock and Guest Director China Miéville discuss this very British tradition.
Programmed by China Miéville.

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