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

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Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com