Episode 5 - The Golden Apples of the Sun

For our fifth episode of Starship Alexandra, Emma puts forward the short story collection The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury to read and consider.

Other talking points:

Stories specifically talked about: A Sound of Thunder, The Foghorn, The Golden Apples of the Sun (short story), The Garbage Collector, The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl, I See You Never, Sun and Shadow, The Wilderness, The Black and White Game,

The butterfly effect (not the film)

Poetic and commercial prose

Lawsuits!

History, repeating itself

The prevalence of the nuclear apocalypse in fiction.

Amazing Obstructive Asshole Stories!

The Time Machine Factory Problem

The prevalence of psychic powers in fiction

Media Mentions:

Star Trek: the Next Generation, TV series (specifically the episode 'The Survivors')

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms film directed by Eugéne Lourié

Pavane, novel by Keith Roberts

Oppenheimer, film directed by Christopher Nolan

Dune, novel by Frank Herbert

Zen in the Art of Writing, book by Ray Bradbury

Peter Pan, novel/play by JM Barrie

The Police, band

Our next episode will look at the film Battle Beyond the Stars directed by Roger Corman.

Emma's music recommendation: the album Anticlines by Lucrecia Dalt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOL78nXzgCc&list=OLAK5uy_kirX77Moqz0sO1a2GqQ1D88fgsUvAzrS4&ab_channel=LucreciaDalt-Topic

Emma's latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance and also a short story in the 'Lesbians in Space' anthology published by Space Wizard press https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/lesbians-in-space-where-no-man-has-gone-before

Adrian's most recent book: Bee Speaker https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/bee-speaker-adrian-tchaikovsky/7741036?ean=9781035901456

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Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and www.enewman.co.uk

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