Obtain Nature hits the books 08 November 2024
Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize shortlisted novel Orbital is about inside an Worldwide Area Station-like vessel circling 250 miles above Earth. It appears to be like at a day-in-the-life of the crew, investigating the contrasts they expertise through the 16 orbits they make across the planet, crossing continents, oceans and the road separating night time and day.
On the newest episode of Nature hits the books, Samantha joins us to debate why the ISS is a wealthy setting for fiction, the challenges of placing your self within the sneakers of an astronaut, and the way distance may give new views on world points like local weather change.
Orbital Samantha Harvey Classic (2024)
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