Interview with Ann Leckie - author of Ancillary Justice!

Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice - the only book to have won the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Arthur C. Clarke award! She's also the author of Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy, Translation State, Provenance (all set in her Imperial Radch universe), and the excellent fantasy novel The Raven Tower. We also have a full episode reviewing and analyzing Ancillary Justice if you love it as much as we do:    • Ancillary Justice – A unique take on AI an...   Next episode we'll be discussing Peter F. Hamilton's amazing space opera Great North Road - hit subscribe so you don't miss it! We talked with Ann about: Timestamps 00:00 Intro 1:12 Becoming a writer later in life 5:06 The inspiration for the Radch Empire and Ancillary Justice 7:48 Creating a gender-less empire 12:43 Writing from the POV of an AI 16:56 Invisible exposition 20:26 Space opera inspired by the real world 26:16 Audiobooks and pronunciation 34:14 Will we get to see inside the Radch Dyson sphere? 35:49 Recent books Ann likes and her influences 42:22 Blurbing Murderbot 44:16 Ann's next book is set on a rogue planet! #annleckie #ancillaryjustice #hugonauts #scifi #authorinterviews #translationstate #booktube #bookrecommendations