Peter F. Hamilton
Book Shambles
Best selling science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton joins Robin and Bec in studio this week to talk about what goes into creating massive ‘space opera’ worlds like that of his latest book Salvation Lost. They talk about science fiction influences, which sci-fi books got turned into movies that were actually good and why Robin’s local library wouldn’t allow him to order a book by Eric Idle…
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Reading List
Peter recommends:
The Dreaming Void by Peter F Hamilton
The Night’s Dawn Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton
The work of W.E. Johns
The work of CS Lewis
The work of Aldous Huxley
The work of Arthur C Clarke
The work of Anne McCaffrey
The work of Larry Niven
The work of Robert A. Heinlein
The Saga of the Exiles by Julian May
Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
The work of Terry Pratchett
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Bec recommends:
Salvation by Peter F Hamilton
The Goosebumps series by RL Stine
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger
Robin recommends:
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton
The Amazing Stories magazine
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Somnium by Johannes Kepler
The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book by Eric Idle
The Adjustment Bureau by Philip K Dick
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke
Sunfall by Jim Al-Khalili
The Ganymede Takeover by Philip K Dick and Ray Nelson
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
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