Starship Alexandria

• Episode 2 - The Etched City

  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: @[email protected] and www.emmanewman.co.uk   Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com   

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• Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes

  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: @[email protected] and www.emmanewman.co.uk   Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com       

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