Do I still want to read these Sci-fi books? 🪐
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Join me in taking a peek at some of the classic, translated and modern sci-fi fiction on my shelves, as I prep for the launch of my Sci-fi podcast!
The sun was my arch-enemy the whole day I was trying to film this but I stubbornly persisted, so thanks for bearing with me.
► All Books Mentioned
Books marked with * were sent to my publishers for free as review copies, without any specific requirement to feature them.
First sentences read from:
Wild Seed by Octavia E Butler
Virus by Sakyo Komats
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor*
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh
The Question Mark by Muriel Jaeger
In The Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Lambda* by David Musgrave
Other books mentioned:
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler
Kindred by Octavia E Butler
The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
► The End of the World Book Club Podcast
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Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
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In this video I will... announce a fun podcast-shaped something, request some audience participation and take a peek at lots of classic and modern sci-fi. 🪐 If you've read any of them, let me know which ones I should avoid or put at the top of the pile! - Sanne
This works out perfectly because I started my Station Eleven reread literally yesterday!
It’s been such a nice surprise revisiting it. I remembered so little (besides that I loved it). Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing these, In the watchful city sounds fascinating and I've added it to my tbr thanks to you :)
Omg yay that podcast sounds right up my street! ❤
Honestly authors put so much effort into their first sentences and I need to give them more love!
Omg the beginning is great!! :D DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE! loved it
In terms of Octavia Butler books, I think the Lilith's Brood series fits the bill for end of the world sci-fi books much more so than Wild Seed. I also liked Lilith's Brood quite a bit better overall.
Ahh this is good info! I randomly bought Wild Seed in a shop one day, but will go for Lilith’s Brood first. (Just listened to a super interesting podcast about the history of Lilith last week, so it’s right on theme). Thanks!
I don't really read sci-fi, but some of these sound pretty interesting!
The AE thing is Ash I believe.
You should try "Non-stop" by Brian Aldiss.
Russian sci-fi from USSR times is also very good (try Kir Bulychev or Strugatsky brothers), but I am not sure if people "from the West" would be able to fully understand the rusiian realities from those times.
I also like Greg Bear, he's like the pure sci-fi, with lots of physics : )
I recently finished my first novel in Dutch - Project Hail Mary. I loved it!
Ahh I didn’t realise it had been translated. I really enjoyed that one!
@@booksandquills I got it on Kobo. But I've noticed that popular books will be available in Dutch and then later when I'm ready to buy it, it's no longer available. His other book "Artemis" was like that.
@@TWolf317 How weird! I wonder if it didn't sell very well and went out of print really quickly. 🤔
@@booksandquills It's ironic that I read that book in Dutch and you read it in English. 😄
Lambda is not actually about aliens! The summary mentions the lambdas but they are aquatic humans, most of which have memory loss. Lots of ideas on surveillance, policing, and technology along with the lambdas, which could be a stand-in for most marginalized groups but I think most closely hit on themes of disability and refugee status
Is this podcast still going on? I have subscribed to Patreon but it says that there are only 5 posts?
Heya! It hasn't quite launched yet, but I'm in the very final stages! It's unfortunately the busiest time of year for work and some things have come up, but you can expect an update later this month (I'm currently finalising the very last episode). Thanks so much!