Comments on: Kosmopolis 08

By: johnny strike

johnny strike — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:03:50 +0000

i wish i could be there. i look forward to your interview with vale. i’ll bet you two will really hit it off.

By: Rick McGrath

Rick McGrath — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:30:41 +0000

Simon — lucky man… I’d love to join you and Jordi for a beer and a few slices of Iberian ham (try some before you go), but it appears my fate is to have been there for the opening, but not the closing, of the JGB exhibition. Plus I’d love to meet Vale & Sterling and share a laugh about Shepperton with Toby Litt! Oh well… Have fun, be great, and amuse us with some on-the-ground reports!

By: Crashman

Crashman — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:47:30 +0000

Please greet Bruce Sterling at Kosmopolis for me (my real name is Steve R.) – we were in the same sci-fi club at the Univ. of Texas in 1975, and I have also co-spoken with him at his “hacker-crackdown” conferences” in the 90′s… he’s a longtime personal friend since we were both 18 yrs. old. And yes, all THREE of us are 1-degree-of-separation apart! Through JGB and this, your Ballardian site, of course…

By: Iraklis

Iraklis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:14:49 +0000

Looking forward to meeting you Simon. I am flying to Barcelona with a friend Thursday morning – we are leaving very early in Monday 27. I think we’ll have to visit the exhibition twice but I really don’t know how the Kosmopolis thing is organised. Do we have to buy tickets in advance or rexerve seats? If you have some time, drop me a line – all the best!

By: joanne mcneil

joanne mcneil — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:27:28 +0000

Sounds wonderful! Will there be a video/podcast?

By: Mikael

Mikael — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:06:43 +0000

Figueres (I believe this is the correct spelling, rather than Figueras) is well worth a visit for the Dali museum. I know that Ballard always travels by car when possible, but there is also a train from Barcelona which should be pretty cheap.