Chris Foss signing Hardware at Forbidden Planet

I was very pleased to be able to attend a signing session by Chris Foss for his book Hardware at Forbidden Planet in London. I've always been a fan of Foss' work, and have all his other books. My interest first came from his covers for EE Doc Smith's Lensman books and Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, and these and all his other major sci-fi works are included in the excellent compilation Hardware. I got a copy signed and annotated and had a bit of a chat. Pity there doesn't seem to be an exhibition planned - not outside Guernsey, anyway.

New synths - Korg 05R/W, Quasimidi TechnoX, Roland A220

More eBay purchases; a Korg 05R/W synth module, for a bargain £26, which offers a great selection of samploid sounds; a Quasimidi TechnoX, which has some interesting sounds and a useful arpeggiator function; and a Roland A220, which is actually a MIDI keyboard splitter, not something I'll probably use much, but it goes with my Roland A110. Hopefully that's it for now.