Science Fiction
Tom Sutcliffe on science fiction, with speculative fiction writer William Gibson, novelist Michel Faber, Prof Judy Wajcman on technology and historian Dominic Sandbrook.
Tom Sutcliffe explores our relationship with computer technology and the interplay of alien and familiar in science fiction. Tom's joined in the studio by writer William Gibson, novelist Michel Faber, LSE Professor Judy Wajcman and historian Dominic Sandbrook. How have computer technologies transformed our sense of outer space, cyber space and our own inner space?
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
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Dominic Sandbrook
Dominic Sandbrook is a historian.
Tomorrow’s Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction continues on Saturdays at 9.45pm on ±«Óãtv Two.
William Gibson
William Gibson is a science fiction writer.
The Peripheral is published by Viking.
Judy Wajcman
Judy Wajcman is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Sociology at the LSE.
Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism is published by the University of Chicago Press.
Judy is also giving a public lecture at the LSE on Thursday 27 November at 6.30pm.Â
Michel Faber
Michel Faber is an author.
The Book of Strange New Things is published by Canongate Books.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | William Gibson |
| Interviewed Guest | Michel Faber |
| Interviewed Guest | Judy Wajcman |
| Interviewed Guest | Dominic Sandbrook |
| Producer | Simon Tillotson |
Broadcasts
- Mon 24 Nov 2014 09:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Mon 24 Nov 2014 21:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
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