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Episode 3 - The Lathe of Heaven

Episode 3 - The Lathe of Heaven

Update: 2025-06-09
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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 

 

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

Emma Newman and Adrian Tchaikovsky