Science Fiction Special

Backlisted

Backlisted Podcast

Arts, Books, Leisure, Hobbies

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Welcome to our second Backlisted special of 2023. Today we’re joined by the best-selling writer Una McCormack, returning for a record-breaking ninth appearance, having most recently participated in the Christmas episode dedicated to Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield. These specials are designed to fill the gap until the show proper returns in April. They differ from the usual Backlisted format in that they feature just one guest choosing a number of books in an area they know and care about. This discussion covers five books that have inspired Una as a writer of science fiction from childhood onwards. The books are: Sylvia Engdahl, The Far Side of Evil Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed Octavia Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories Katharine Burdekin, Proud Man Vonda N. McIntyre, Star Trek: The Voyage Home * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show, listen without adverts, receive the show early and with extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at patreon.com/backlisted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.0	if something goes wrong.
1:00.0	Music
1:24.0	Hello and welcome to our second backlisted special.
1:27.0	I'm John Mitchinson, the publisher of Unbound,
1:29.0	the platform where readers, crowdfund books they really want to read.
1:32.0	And although today I'm not joined for once by my literary partner
1:36.0	in virtue Andy Miller.
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