Space is for everyone | with Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers discusses what it means to be human (in space), accessible science fiction, self-publishing, and which Ursula K. Le Guin book to start with. Spoiler levels: low Becky Chambers' books Wayfarer's Series The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet A Closed and Common Orbit Record of a Spaceborn Few Monk & Robot Series A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Find Becky online at OtherScribbles.com Recommendations from Becky Chambers (from this episode) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Contact by Carl Sagan To watch: Star Trek, Star Wars and Farscape Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton/HodderScape for arranging the opportunity to talk to Becky Chambers during the release of Record of a Spaceborn Few. Send in your audio clips for the Severance by Ling Ma Book Club episode: Email your voice clip to [email protected] Please include: SUBJECT: Severance Book Club Name (first name only please) and feel free to include pronouns The 30-45 second audio clip as an attachment (you can include your name in this clip too, or leave it out) If your clip is a bit too long or there are pauses or mistakes, I will edit them a bit, so don’t worry about getting it perfect! Anyone sending a voice clip is consenting to their clip being used in an episode of The End of the World Book Club. If you don’t want your name read out, please include this in the email. The End of the World Book Club is a podcast about apocalyptic and dystopian literature, hosted by Sanne Vliegenthart. Join me in discovering sci-fi classics, reading climate books and diving head first into the huge realm of speculative fiction, all with the theme of the end of the world and what might come after it. Sanne Vliegenthart is the creator of Books & Quills, author of a Book Club Journal, and a freelance Social Media Strategist and Literary Event Host in publishing. You can find her literary explorations of the UK and reading recommendations on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok at @booksandquills. Patreon Support this independent podcast on Patreon, where you can listen to the Extra Broadcast bonus podcast with more sci-fi recommendations and behind the scenes, or join our book club chats and disaster film watch-alongs. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/endoftheworldbookclub⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy a book You can also support the podcast by ordering books through our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ page (ad, affiliate link). On this page you can browse all the books we'll be discussing this season: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Browse the books