13.1: Dark Eden pre-read w/ Kevin Kelsey: Linguistic drift, creating myths, and rogue planets.
To celebrate having been at the podcast for one full year, Matt & Adrian are joined by Kevin Kelsey of Heradas.com as we make our most self-indulgent pick yet: Dark Eden, by Chris Beckett (https://amzn.to/2TRcpX0).
Join us for a somewhat self-reflective episode on why this is one of our favorite books, and why we think everyone should read it. It has linguistics, it has sociology, it has long time scales, it has survival in a harsh world, it has society building, it has a page-turning story, and it is probably the book we've mentioned the most on this podcast without actually reading and talking about it in its own episodes.
Kevin joins us to help us ground the conversation for folks who haven't read the book yet, and in a few weeks we'll all three dig into the rich thematic depth of this novel.
Some other works mentioned include:
- Chris's Q&A on the SF Book Club subreddit
- Chris on his history being labeled disabled
- NK Jemisin's review of Dark Eden in the NY Times
- Review by a juror on the Arthur C. Clarke award
- Our own episodes on Children of Time, Romie Futch, Gnomon, & Semiosis
- Ice by Anna Kavan
- The Helliconia Trilogy by Brian Aldiss
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- And if you're in the UK, pre-order Beckett's new book, Beneath the World, A Sea
(As always, links are at spectology.com if they don't show up in your podcatcher.)
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