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Being gay and doing crime, all across space and time!
Our long-awaited, most cursed episode is finally here. Requested by Haley and Raj.
Lori is DM.
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Links:
Strange Horizons Review - Adri Joy
Interview with the authors
The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Entirely Understand
The 12 Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood
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Over five years ago, we test drove this thing. It's rough, but we hope you'll enjoy it!
For various reasons, we had to push back our planned schedule. This is How You Lose the Time War will drop in August, followed by A Fire Upon the Deep in September.
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Episodi mancanti?
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Another attack of the clones. We liked it!
DM: Haley
CW/TW: rape, sexual abuse, transphobia, intersexphobia, fatphobia
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Links:
The Extractivism of Setting and the Traitor's Text - Vajra Chandrasekera
Jo Walton's Review
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This month we read Arthur C. Clarke's perfectly fine novel, The Fountains of Paradise. It is fine! And it has an admittedly banger ending, if you can stand the first 200 pages. Recommended, maybe?
Amy is DM.
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Links:
Wikipedia - Sigiriya
Sculpture and Poetry of Sigiriya
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We discuss the hottest film romance in genre fiction: Twilight! We love it.
DM: Lori
CW/TW: It's Twilight.
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This month we read Philip José Farmer's extended fart joke The Wind Whales of Ishmael. This episode is kinda ridiculous, which is fitting for a book which is also kinda ridiculous. We chatted for 15 minutes before we got into the book, as follows:
0:00-7:00ish - general chat and update on Haley's fava beans, as requested by listener Amber
7:00ish-14:30 - tasting and discussion of Coca-Cola Spiced, which is not very good
14:30-15:30 - an anecdote from Haley's college radio days
15:30-end - an actual episode of Hugo, Girl! the podcast
Support Locus Magazine
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This month we read Mary Doria Russell's divisive novel The Sparrow. It's got a bit of everything - Jesuits, space travel, food, friendship, sexual assault, victim-blaming, and child murder. Amy is DM.
Did we mention trigger warning? Yikes!
CW/TW: see description above, and it's really serious so skip this one if you need to! We like you!
By the way, we did a LOT of chatting at the top of this one, so skip to about the 12 minute mark if you want to get straight into the book discussion.
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Friend of the pod Anne joined us and quizzed us on past episodes! We also discussed our favorite reads of 2023 and what we're looking forward to reading in 2024.
Happy New Year, and thanks for listening!
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Jason is a genius, Diane is a diamond, ED is a Lawton, and Carol is drunk. Our narrator - He's just Tyler.
This month we read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. We liked it! Lori is DM.
Note: There is no actual discussion of eating disorders in this episode or in the book. One character is named ED, and his name is repeated one million times.
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Links:
Speculition's Review of Spin
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This month we read Roger Zelazny's classic Lord of Light. We did not like it, and we are sorry.
DM: Haley
References:
The Nerantel Gem Episode
Read the Nerantel Gem
Jo Walton's ReviewTranscript Library
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This month we discussed Blood of the Dragon, which won George RR Martin the Hugo Award for best novella in 1997. Blood of the Dragon consists of the Daenerys chapters from Game of Thrones. You can read it here or here.
DM: Amy
CW/TW: It's Game of Thrones, so you know the deal: SA, SA, and more SA.
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WE WON A HUGO AWARD!
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Hold on to your dirtypillows and don't forget to plug it up - spooky season is here! We read Carrie, Stephen King's 1974 debut novel.
Lori is DM.
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Links:
Tor.com review
Carrie on stephenking.com
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This month we read The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge. We liked it. No further analysis!
DM: Haley
NOTE: Sound quality is bad. Amy was sick so we recorded remotely, and your friend Lori did a bad job adjusting the gain. For best results, use your crummiest headphones.
Also, it's come to our attention that Joan's last name might be pronounced Ving-ee, or maybe Vinjee. If we said it wrong, we're sorry!
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This month we read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, and boy howdy is it ever a Mojo Dojo Casa House up there on Luna. We'll stay here on Earth, thanks.
DM: Amy
CW/TW: every expression of misogyny!
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LINKS:
7 Fictional Characters that Changed the World
Cronkite Interview with Heinlein and Clarke
Jo Walton's Review
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While we were discussing Connie Willis's 1999 Hugo winning novel To Say Nothing of the Dog, our memory card went kaput. We hope that you enjoy this somewhat disjointed discussion with an awkward break in the middle, because when we thought we'd lost the whole discussion, we almost abandoned ship! It must've been the net causing slippage.
Lori is DM.
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Turn down the volume because we're Hugo finalists again so it's about to get loud!! Hear us drink champagne and talk for 5 minutes about the special rocket-shaped cakes Lori made without ever actually describing them! Yay!!
Congratulations to all the finalists! Check out the full list here.
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This month we read T.H. White's retro Hugo winner for best novel, The Sword in the Stone. Digressions abound!
Haley is DM.
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In this special episode, we celebrate the midpoint between Life Day 2022 and Life Day 2023 (it's Halfway to Life Day!) with a review of the Star Wars Life Day Cookbook by Chef Strono Tuggs. We were joined by friend and writer Ann Harris for an eclectic feast from a galaxy far, far away.
This is a cookbook episode, so we're eating, and it sounds like we're eating. We even talk with our mouths full (especially Lori), so if that's gonna gross you out, skip this one.
LINKS:
Follow author Ann Harris on Twitter!
Hook, Line, and Sinker anthology, featuring Ann's short story "Changeling"
Good, easy bread recipe
Chewbacca speaking English
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This month we discussed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. We swam in a sea of metaphors and similes so you don't have to. But you might want to, because in spite of itself, this storm of words is good!
DM: Amy
Big thanks to Lori's cousin Sarah, who did a sensitivity edit for us, and wrote us such a banger of an email that we asked her to turn it into a review! Heck, maybe we do written reviews now! Who knows!
Check out our new shop!
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Lots 'o Links:
NY Mag Review
NYT Review
Tor.com: Is Alternate History SF?
Keith Law's Review
London Review of Books Academic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Mostra di più
