Spectology

We're once again joined by Kevin Kelsey of Heradas.com to discuss Dark Eden, by Chris Beckett (https://amzn.to/2TRcpX0). We've (re-)read this book and all loved it, and have a lot to dig into! We talk about the political philosophy of the book. We discuss the psychological reality of the characters. Adrian rants about poverty for 5 minutes and why this book is personal for him, so that's on-brand. It's worth heeding the content warnings on this one, we talk in-depth about that stuff in the 2nd hour.  A few of the resources we mention: - The sequels, Mother of Eden & Daughter of Eden—worth reading! - NK Jemisin's review of Dark Eden in the NY Times  - Our own episodes on Semiosis  - The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin  - Critique of The Cold Equations by Cory Doctorow - Chris's Q&A on the SF Book Club subreddit  - And if you're in the UK, pre-order Beckett's new book, Beneath the World, A Sea  (As always, links are at spectology.com if they don't show up in your podcatcher. And if I missed something m