Hugo, Girl!
Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 116
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Podcast Blackout
TW/CW: racial violence, police violence
A few days ago we learned about the Podcast Blackout, started by Cult 45 Podcast. In solidarity, we are not releasing our planned episode today. Instead, we ar…
Episode 14: The Windup Girl: Six Springs a'Kinking
On day 5,000 of shelter-in-place, we discussed The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 2010. We would have voted differently.
CW: rape, rape,…
Episode 13: Bloodchild - Mademoiselle T'Gatoi (and a special announcement!)
This month your podcasters discuss Bloodchild by Octavia Butler, winner of the 1985 Hugo Award for best novelette, and a boatload of other awards. We also make a special announcement at the top of th…
Episode 12: Station Eleven - Social Distancing Special
We got together (remotely!) to responsibly record a pandemic special for these weird times. We discuss Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2015 winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Toron…
Episode 11: Speaker for the Dead — Bugger Duggars
In this month's episode, we revisit Ender Wiggin, perennial Mary Sue, 20-ish (but also 3,000-ish) years after the events of Ender's Game. Ender is thirty(-five), flirty, and thriving in his career as…
Episode 10: The Man in the High Castle — This Could Have Just Been Bullet Points
February's selection is Philip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle. You've probably seen the Amazon TV series, which is based loosely on this novel.
Ever wonder what would have happened if Germany a…
Episode 9: Dune — Lowbacca
Happy 2020! This episode, your three favorite space witches tackled Frank Herbert's magnum opus — Dune! This book has everything: jedi ladies, poop suits, misogyny, and a main character from the year…
Episode 8: Rendezvous With Rama — Big Dumb Object
This one was a classic, y'all! December's selection was Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama — a meditation on the power of awe, ancient alien life, gravity-defying space boobs, genetically engin…
Minisode 1: The Unboxing
Presenting our very first minisode! We had forgotten a few things and had some extra news to share, so voila! Salient points include:
-follow-up snake research
-our Robert J. Sawyer mail corresponden…
Episode 7: Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire — Snake milk, or, non-dairy snake beverage
It's here! The day everyone who doesn't read a lot of obscure sci-fi has waited for! Your favorite space crones read J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire.
Listen as we delve into our Hog…
Episode 6: Hominids — MOON!
This month, we read Robert J. Sawyer's Hominids, the first in his Neanderthal Parallax series. (CW: discussion of sexual violence from an early scene in the novel.)
This book is a wild ride — it ask…
Episode 5: The Left Hand of Darkness — TOO MALTY
Howdy fair Hugonauts! This week, we dove into the sci-fi classic "The Left Hand of Darkness" by reigning queen of the genre Ursula K. Leguin. This book won both the Hugo AND Nebula award in 1970, pro…
Episode 4: American Gods — We Didn't Quite Understand Everything Here
Our August selection was Neil Gaiman's "American Gods." This book has everything: numerous strange classifications of boobs, trickster gods, overwhelmingly polite midwestern courtesy, and coin tricks…
Episode 3: The Demolished Man — Crossing the Peep Streams
Welcome to Episode 3 of Hugo, Girl! This week we discuss Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man," the inaugural Hugo winner from 1953. We also reveal our Hogwarts houses, too.
Notes:
Great revie…
Episode 2: Binti — Those Malevolent Jellyfish
Welcome to Episode 2 of Hugo, Girl! This time around, we read Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. This book has everything! Space shrimp, malevolent jellyfish, gelatinous rice pudding love, and more!
Notes:
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Episode 1: Ender's Game — In The Bunner Tuggles
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Hugo, Girl! — Ender's Game: In The Bunner Tuggles. In this first outing, we're venturing into the world of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
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