Booker prize winner Samantha Harvey: "political choices are sculpting the surface of the earth"
NOV 18, 202420 MIN
Booker prize winner Samantha Harvey: "political choices are sculpting the surface of the earth"
NOV 18, 202420 MIN
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<p>The author of <em>Orbital</em> says Elon Musk's "individualistic" future is "problematic in all sorts of ways".</p><br><p>Samantha Harvey, winner of the 2024 Booker Prize for fiction speaks to Nicholas Harris in this episode of Culture from the New Statesman.</p><br><p>She discusses how her novel portrays the politics and powers of the world from orbit, and why the de-orbiting of the ISS marks the end of an era of "peaceful co-operation between nations".</p><br><p>π READ </p><p>Nicholas Harris's write up of this conversation</p><p>https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/11/samantha-harvey-booker-prize-2024-winner-interview-orbital</p><br><p>πββοΈ ASK</p><p>We answer listener questions every Friday. Submit yours at www.newstatesman.com/youaskus</p><br><p>π§ FREE</p><p>Get our daily politics email</p><p>https://morningcall.substack.com</p><br><p>π· SAVE </p><p>Give a loved one a year's subscription to the New Statesman for just Β£49 https://www.newstatesman.com/pod24</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
