It's inspired by the Space Race, the technology of the 60s and 70s – and by the sci-fi stories that were then a metaphor for both progress and escape.
If you live round there, do make me jealous by dropping in and saying how wonderful it was.
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My grandfather's grandfather, Charles Waters, founded the International Bible Reading Association. There's a monument to him in Camberwell…
These are taken from here. Bold if I've read SF(7) or Fantasy(5). I'm clearly not keeping up with my reading. SF: 1 Scalzi, John : Old…