Episode 5: Feminist Sci Fi with Jayne Cleave
Here Goes Nothing Podcast
Books are such an important part of life. It’s how we understand the world better and stretch our imagination. Whether it’s only reading books about WWII conflicts or sticking to romance novels, all genres have their place and audience.
This week I talk to Jayne Cleave, librarian and good friend, about her love of feminist sci fi and big alien epics. Sci fi isn’t for me - but through this chat, i may have found a way in and realised that a lot of books do fall into this genre.
We also discuss the importance of of libraries in communities, beyond being a place where you loan books, and how Jayne’s career took a journey from arts marketing to publishing to working in libraries.
Here is the extensive list of books that were mentioned, and a comprehensive list of books Jayne forgot to mention…
But firstly - our bookclub choice is… Morning Glory Milking Farm
Books & Authors mentioned:
Not recommended but mentioned
A comprehensive list from Jayne
All books can be found on Good Reads or at your local library!
Kids/youth:
The Makers, Victor Kelleher
House of Stairs, William Sleator
Classics:
The Time Machine, HG Wells
The Invisible Man, HG Wells
2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C Clarke
Childhood's End, Arthur C Clarke
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K Dick
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
The Chrysalids, John Wyndham
Dystopian:
1984, George Orwell
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Children of Men, PD James
Neuromancer, Wiliam Gibson
The Handmaids Tale, Margaret Atwood
Feminist sci fi:
The Female Man, Joanna Russ
Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Lefthand of Darkness, Ursula Le Guin
The Power, Naomi Alderman
An Excess Male, Maggie Shen King
The End of Men, Christina Sweeney-Baird
Gateway books:
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Station Eleven, Emily St John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St John Mandel
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
Space Opera
Pandoras Star and Judas Unchained, Peter F Hamilton
Shards of Earth series, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Other:
The Dispossessed, Ursula Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula Le Guin
Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
Of Ants and Dinosaurs, Liu Cixin
Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson (climate fiction)
Ravens Song, Bren MacDibble and Zana Fraillon
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
Other show notes:
Ursula le guin quote about the power of writing
Ursula Le Guin
