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This month we read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. We were joined by special guest and delightful person and ambitopia expert, author Redfern Jon Barrett! We had so much fun chatting with Redf…

It was fun! It was windy! Lori and Kevin tell all.

Boring warning: at about 17:45, you're gonna hear like 5 minutes of voice notes about dogs. Feel free to turn off the podcast. 

Eating noise warning…

Well, what else were we supposed to call it?

This month we read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, suggested by listener Raj. Thanks, Raj!

Amy is DM.

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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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Strange Horizon…

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 A…

Another attack of the clones. We liked it!

DM: Haley

CW/TW: rape, sexual abuse, transphobia, intersexphobia, fatphobia

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The Extractivism of Setting and the Traitor's…

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?

Am…

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 …

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…

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 listen…

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…

This month we read Roger Zelazny's classic Lord of Light. We did not like it, and we are sorry. 

DM: Haley

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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 re…

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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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 ad…

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…

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 brea…

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 actuall…