Tonight it's time for the next Fantasy Christmas Dinner Party which is hosted by author Jordan Bell which she has described as Dinner in Space... enjoy.
Staring at my bookcase as I sought inspiration for my dinner party, I couldn’t help but notice the long line of Iain M. Banks novels taking up the top shelf. I began to imagine dinner onboard a gigantic Culture General Systems Vehicle, perhaps The Anticipation of a New Lover’s Arrival, or Congenital Optimist. I’d ask the Ship Mind to generate a bubble of atmosphere on the outer hull and we’d dine al fresco beneath the stars, travelling through space at a ferocious clip.
The guests: Jernau Gurgeh, the skilled player of games; Diziet Sma, Special Circumstances agent, and her companion Drone Skaffen-Amtiskaw; Lady Sharrow of Golter; and Banks himself, reincarnated after death for a visit to the universe he dreamed up over four decades.
