Welcome to our second Backlisted special of 2023. Today we’re joined by the best-selling writer Una McCormack, returning for a record-breaking ninth appearance, having most recently participated in the Christmas episode dedicated to Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield.
These specials are designed to fill the gap until the show proper returns in April. They differ from the usual Backlisted format in that they feature just one guest choosing a number of books in an area they know and care about.
This discussion covers five books that have inspired Una as a writer of science fiction from childhood onwards. The books are:
Sylvia Engdahl, The Far Side of Evil
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
Octavia Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories
Katharine Burdekin, Proud Man
Vonda N. McIntyre, Star Trek: The Voyage Home
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The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers
The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns
Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys & Girls by Terry Jones and Michael Palin
Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin
All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook
The High Window by Raymond Chandler
The Information by Martin Amis
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Passing by Nella Larsen
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson
The Blessing by Nancy Mitford
It Had To Be You by David Nobbs
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
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