Harriett Gilbert and her guests - astronomer and Sky at Night presenter, Chris Lintott and Chief Music Critic for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick - discuss favourite books by Anne Tyler, Olaf Stapledon and Marie Darrieussecq.
A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage
White by Marie Darrieussecq
Publisher: Faber
First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Publisher: Gollancz
Producer: Toby Field
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.
