The Mule

In the third podcast from the Baker Sisters they discuss another retro Hugo for the novella, or borderline short story The Mule by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the magazine Astounding in 1942 and then republished in book form as part of the title Foundation and Empire.  It won the a retro Hugo in 1996. Yes, still on retro Hugos. The sisters both decidedly liked the character Ebling Mis but the rest of the book…. Well it wasn’t quite all happy, happy, joy, joy.

Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:

01:39  Spoiler Alert - The twist at the end of the book is a big part of the story so if you don’t want to spoil the surprise - read first - listen later.

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02:14  History Lesson

06:19  Open discussion

12:28  We go over the the characters

29:51  Tackling some of the big ideas in the book

46:39  The Five Questions

Music by Carl Miles