Episode 3 - The Lathe of Heaven
Starship Alexandria
For our third episode of Starship Alexandra, Emma puts forward Ursula K le Guin’s fascinating SF novel The Lathe of Heaven for Adrian to read and consider. Other talking points: Reality-bending in SF Unusual power relationships Tech billionaire problem solving The perils of having superpowers Inadvertent puns Media Mentions: The Fifth Element, film, dir. Luc Besson Eye in the Sky, novel, Phillip K Dick It’s a Good Life, short story, Jerome Bixby Young Americans, film,...
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Episode 2 - The Etched City
Starship Alexandria
For our second episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward KJ Bishop’s weird fantasy novel The Etched City (2004) for Emma to read and consider. Other talking points: A short discussion about spoilers and different thresholds depending on the work being considered The challenges involved with reading and writing secondary world fantasy due to vocabulary Adherence to historical accuracy when writing historical fantasy Adrian's manifesto for the unacknowledged sub-genre "fantastical realism" Media...
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Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes
Starship Alexandria
For this very first episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward John Wyndham’s classic SF novel The Kraken Wakes (1953) for Adrian to read and consider (published in the US as Out of the Deeps.) Other media mentions: The War of the Worlds, HG Wells Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Aliens franchise, dir. Ridley Scott, James Cameron et al The Quatermass franchise, dir. Various, written by Nigel Kneale A Mission of Gravity, Hal Clements Blackgate Adventures in Fantasy blog That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote, KJ...
info_outlineFor this very first episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward John Wyndham’s classic SF novel The Kraken Wakes (1953) for Adrian to read and consider (published in the US as Out of the Deeps.)
Other media mentions:
The War of the Worlds, HG Wells
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Aliens franchise, dir. Ridley Scott, James Cameron et al
The Quatermass franchise, dir. Various, written by Nigel Kneale
A Mission of Gravity, Hal Clements
Blackgate Adventures in Fantasy blog https://www.blackgate.com/2020/07/16/these-two-books-are-not-the-same-john-wyndhams-the-kraken-wakes-and-out-of-the-deeps/
That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote, KJ Bishop
Our next episode will look at:
The Etched City, KJ Bishop (2004)
Emma’s music recommendation:
Jennifer, by Everything Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEIhJM-atiI&ab_channel=EverythingEverything
Emma’s upcoming book: The Vengeance https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-vengeance-emma-newman/7713374
Adrian’s most recent book: Shroud https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shroud-adrian-tchaikovsky/7656869
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Emma: @[email protected] and www.enewman.co.uk
Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com