Listen ""Stark Holborn" "
Episode Synopsis
Come join my guest co-host, Eryn McConnell, and I as we sit down with our guest, UK-based Science Fiction author Stark Holborn, for a lovely chat together.
Here is a handy list of some of the things referenced during the Episode:
-"The Woestynn Chronicles" (novella series by Eryn McConnell)
-Tor Publishing (tor.com)
-Luna Press Publishing (lunapresspublishing.com)
-PS Publishing (pspublishing.co.uk)
-Ghost Orchid Press (ghostorchidpress.com)
-Rebecca Yarros (author)
-The Arthur C. Clarke Award (a British award for Best Science Fiction novel of the previous year)
-Martin MacInnes (2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award winner for his novel "In Ascension")
(Short List for 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award:
-Lavanya Laskshminarayan "The Ten Percent Thief"
-Emily Tesh "Some Desperate Glory"
-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya "Chain Gang All-Stars"
-Ray Nayler "The Mountain in the Sea" [previous guest!]
-Isabel Waidner "Corey Fat Does Social Mobility")
-Influential authors: Brian Aldiss, William H. Burroughs, Hermann Hesse, Doris Lessing, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Philip K. Dick, and The Gollancz Emporium's Classic Masterworks books
-Jean Valjean & Javert (characters from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables")
-Stars and Sabres Publishing (led by authors Jendia Gammon & Gareth Powell)
-Alan Moore (author of the graphic novel series "The Ballad of Halo Jones")
-Julia Lloyd (cover designer at Titan Books)
Here is a handy list of some of the things referenced during the Episode:
-"The Woestynn Chronicles" (novella series by Eryn McConnell)
-Tor Publishing (tor.com)
-Luna Press Publishing (lunapresspublishing.com)
-PS Publishing (pspublishing.co.uk)
-Ghost Orchid Press (ghostorchidpress.com)
-Rebecca Yarros (author)
-The Arthur C. Clarke Award (a British award for Best Science Fiction novel of the previous year)
-Martin MacInnes (2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award winner for his novel "In Ascension")
(Short List for 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award:
-Lavanya Laskshminarayan "The Ten Percent Thief"
-Emily Tesh "Some Desperate Glory"
-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya "Chain Gang All-Stars"
-Ray Nayler "The Mountain in the Sea" [previous guest!]
-Isabel Waidner "Corey Fat Does Social Mobility")
-Influential authors: Brian Aldiss, William H. Burroughs, Hermann Hesse, Doris Lessing, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Philip K. Dick, and The Gollancz Emporium's Classic Masterworks books
-Jean Valjean & Javert (characters from Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables")
-Stars and Sabres Publishing (led by authors Jendia Gammon & Gareth Powell)
-Alan Moore (author of the graphic novel series "The Ballad of Halo Jones")
-Julia Lloyd (cover designer at Titan Books)
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