New Books in Science Fiction
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery · New Books Network
4.5from 52 ratings
- 270
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2011
- First episode
- 243
- YouTube views
About New Books in Science Fiction
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction
- Publisher
- New Books Network
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Jul 2011
- Latest episode
- 20 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 270 episodes have a transcript.
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brian Jay Jones, "George Lucas: A Life" (Little, Brown and Company, 2016)
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Inside Science Fiction Studies
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Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
Published 20 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And she didn't particularly like to mix them, but she was very good at shifting around among them as she felt the need. Along with, I feel, her frequent interest in and disapproval of immortality uh i i think she also in several works is interested in the creation of a language in which it's impossible to lie that this is this is something i think she returns to in in several books and there's a bit of that in the earth seat books as well um And, you know, a great interest in good governance that, you know, I mentioned, you know, how the world in Earthsea is supposed to improve if you put a peace-loving king on the throne, a king who believes bringing peace is his job, right? […]
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- Nghi Vo
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- 243
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 46 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 6 ratings
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- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 96
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