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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Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Last Train to Memphis/Careless Love by Peter Guralnick
Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson
Imogen by Jilly Cooper
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence
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The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson
Ghosts by Edith Wharton
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The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
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