Open Book on SF
Oct. 22nd, 2003 05:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coalescentI've discovered that whilst I was away, I missed this:
Frustratingly, though, I can't seem to find a way to actually listen to it. Can anyone spot whatever it is I'm missing? Failing that, did anyone hear it and was it any good?
Mariella Frostrup explores the world of science fiction with literary luminaries Doris Lessing, J.G. Ballard and Iain M Banks amongst the line up of guests. Why does SF, as afficianadoes call it, get such a bad press. Why do writers who write both mainstream and science fiction get derided for their forays into the world of fantasy? When it comes down to it is science fiction an exclusive genre which only a select few can appreciate? Open Book opens up the world of hard sf, cyberpunk, and fantasy fiction with studio guests Pat Cadigan, Stephen Baxter and Francis Spufford. A historical guide to what is best to read in the world of science fiction, from the its earliest beginning with H.G. Wells War of the Worlds to William Gibson's Neuromancer. And celebrates the wealth of contemporary science fiction writing in Britain today.
Frustratingly, though, I can't seem to find a way to actually listen to it. Can anyone spot whatever it is I'm missing? Failing that, did anyone hear it and was it any good?
