UK launch of In Real Life at Orbital Comics, London, Nov 12

Cory Doctorow 1:00 am Wed Nov 5, 2014

I've just come back to the UK from my US tour for In Real Life, the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Jen Wang and I made; I'll be launching it in London at the incomparable Orbital Comics, near Leicester Square, on the evening of Weds, 12 Nov.

The event is free, and I'll be giving a short talk on science fiction and its relationship to the future, the present, politics and society called "Predicting the present: Science Fiction as a lens for focusing on today."

I hope you'll come — and even if you can't make it, you can get a special copy of the now-sold-out first printing of In Real Life from Orbital with a custom, numbered bookplate signed by both Jen and me.

Orbital Comics London | Predicting the present: Science Fiction as a lens for focusing on today – A talk by Cory Doctorow

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