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STRANGE STARS: David Bowie, Pop Music and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded

Oct

27

STRANGE STARS: David Bowie, Pop Music and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded

by International Anthony Burgess Foundation

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Sat, 27 October 2018

18:30 – 20:30 BST

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International Anthony Burgess Foundation

3 Cambridge Street

Manchester

M1 5BY

United Kingdom

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Join acclaimed science fiction author Jason Heller as he guides us through the weird and wild world of the space-obsessed music of the ‘70s.

Taking in David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Sun Ra, X-Ray Spex and many, many more acts, his book 'Strange Stars' also examines the films, books and events that defined the rise of space in the collective imagination.

By turns forensically detailed and dazzlingly eclectic, this evening of Strange Stars will contain something for even the most dedicated fan of intergalactic music.

“An impressive guide for anyone who wants to explore the ear-tingling sci-fi pop of the turbulent 1970s.” —Starburst

“Traces numerous threads year by year from the late 1960s to the '80s with confidence and boundless enthusiasm” —Wire

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