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  • Episode 4 - Top Ten

    Episode 4 - Top Ten
    2025/07/09
    For our fourth episode of Starship Alexandra, Adrian puts forward the graphic novels Top Ten volumes 1 and 2 by Moore, Ha and Cannon, for Emma to read and consider. Other talking points: Police proceduralsGraphic novel reading-fuRepresentation of minorities and prejudiceThe courage of our convictions (or lack of same) Media Mentions: Watchmen, graphic novel, Moore & Gibbons V for Vendetta, graphiv novel, Moore, Lloyd & Weare Hill Street Blues, TV series I Robot and related stories, Asimov ER, TV series The Boys, graphic novels, Ennis & Robertson (also TV series) Jess Nevins’ annotations to Top Ten: https://enjolrasworld.com/Jess%20Nevins/Top%20Ten/Top%20Ten%20index.htm The Ballad of Halo Jones, graphic novels, Moore & Gibson Captain Britain, comics run by Moore & Davis Invincible, TV series and comic by Kirkman, Walker and Ottley Our next episode will look at the short story collection The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury. Adrian’s music recommendation: “Lass Sie Gehen” by Seeed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAiMoUJwp7w&list=RDGAiMoUJwp7w&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Seeed Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance and also a short story in the ‘Lesbians in Space’ anthology published by Space Wizard press https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbians-in-space-where-no-man-has-gone-before Adrian’s most recent book: Bee Speaker https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bee-speaker-adrian-tchaikovsky/7741036?ean=9781035901456 Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com
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  • Episode 3 - The Lathe of Heaven

    Episode 3 - The Lathe of Heaven
    2025/06/09
    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, dir. Danny Cannon Dancer in the Dark, film, dir. Lars von Trier Our next episode will look at: Top Ten volumes 1 and 2, graphic novels by Alan Moore, Gene Ha and Zander Cannon. Emma’s music recommendation: Play Dead by Björk https://youtu.be/cw09VTTDRRo?si=WAaY0qeb7cC4OH12 Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Bee Speaker https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bee-speaker-adrian-tchaikovsky/7741036 Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com
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    49 分
  • Episode 2 - The Etched City

    Episode 2 - The Etched City
    2025/05/09
    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 Mentions: Dungeons and Dragons, tabletop role-playing game, Gygax et al Perdido Street Station, book, China Mieville Ambergris series, books, Jeff Vandermeer Viriconium series, books, M John Harrison A Man of Shadows, book, Jeff Noon Tyrant Philosophers series, books, Adrian Tchaikovsky Our next episode will look at: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin (1971) Adrian's music recommendation: Minus Sixty-One by Woodkid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcJepz3QW0 Emma’s latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance Adrian’s most recent book: Shroud https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shroud-adrian-tchaikovsky/7656869 Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com
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    51 分
  • Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes

    Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes
    2025/04/02
    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 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 Follow us at: Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com
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    49 分