Guest Speaker:DAYOUT
" organized by Maire McQueeney in partnership with REVELATIONS the SLDN's Millennium Project"
Don't miss the first SF afternoon of walking, talking & book browsing hosted by Midhurst Grammar School .
Midhurst,West Sussex, former home of H.G.Wells, stands in the heartland of John Wyndham' s mythical county Winshire which, " runs up to separate the two larger counties [of Sussex and Hampshire]", a near neighbour to Thomas Hardy's Wessex. Wyndham biographer David Ketterer suggests that among the alien invasion, surrogate motherhood and mind control of The Midwich Cuckoo's famous"dayout" there lurks an "estranged autobiography" of an enduring master of English science fiction. special thanks to D. Ketterer & Penquin Books
ALL 3 DAY OUT EVENTS for £12.00
Please send £ cheque to M. McQueeney, 22 Warleigh Road, Brighton & Hove BN1 4NT UK
12:00 -1:00pm
SUSSEX SF BOOK BROWSER @Midhurst Grammar School, North Street
From 19c alien invasion to the world's first electronic novel this Book Browser features titles from writers H. G. Wells, John Wyndham, Christopher Priest, Peter James, Gwyneth Jones and Interzone. Full of Christmas shopping suggestions. Speaker: Maire McQueeney
Tickets £2.00 on the door/£1.00 in advance (free to members of WSCC reading groups) 1:30pm
THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS WALK Starts@ Midhurst Library, Knockhundred Row
Walk the landscape John Wyndham romanced into an SF alien invasion classic filmed as MGM's The Village of the Damned. A 2 mile exploration of the golden-eyed town at the heart of Winshire. Devised & presented by Maire McQueeney. Ends at 3:00PM.
Tickets £6.00 on the day/£5.00 in advance4:30pm
JOHN WYNDHAM & H.G. WELLS @ Midhurst Grammar School
North Street
Speaker: Christopher Priest
To a large extent the science fiction genre was invented by H.G. Wells the Midhurst Grammar School old boy who wove West Sussex landscape into his powerful 19c 'scientific romances' . 100 years later , oldbedalian, John Wyndham remains Well's "only and true successor into the 21st century.
Tickets £7.00 on the door/£6.00 in advance, DOORS OPEN AT 4:00PM Refreshments availableMIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX
FREE PARKING
TI Tel: 01730-81732By Car: intersection of the A286 & A272, 12 miles north of Chichester, 10 miles east of Petersfield(A3), 13 miles west of Pulborough, 38 miles northwest of Brighton.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
BUS INFO: Tel:01903-237661 By train &bus: To Chichester, Peterborough or Pulborough. Saturday bus services run to Midhurst, hourly from Petersfield & Pulborough, half-hourly from Chichester. LINKS JOHN WYNDHAM ARCHIVE
H.G. WELLS SOCIETY
CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
INTERZONE
SOUTH DOWNS VISITORS
A1 TOURISM
mcq20cwalk@mistral.co.uk
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