Reading the Hugo winners, one guest at a time.
“Fantasy is a comfort, an escape, a way to imagine other sorts of realities other than the one I’m in.” – Paul Weimer It’s another Foundational Fantasy episode!Returning guest Paul Weimer joins me for a discussion of Roger Zelazny’s Nine Princes in Amber, the first book of the Chronicles of Amber. And we chip away, … Continue reading “Foundational Fantasy: Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny, with guest Paul Weimer”
This is the first in a series I hope to do for much of 2026, called Foundational Fantasy.What does that mean? Tune in to find out. Also find a fun discussion of Brian Jacques’s excellent Redwall, the first in a long-running series of children’s fantasy books. My close friend and podcast co-host Colin joins me … Continue reading “Foundational Fantasy: Redwall, by Brian Jacques, with guest Colin Kuskie”
I was joined by my sister Megan Cutter and returning guest Mandy Self to talk about favorite 2025 reads. Our lists and contact info are below. Did you have any favorite reads from last year? Mandy Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/82215779-mandy-ps Twitter: https://x.com/Brown_Ajah Megan Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/21860239?ref=nav_profile_l StoryGraph: mlcutter Facebook: Megan Heasley Cutter Seth StoryGraph: sheasley https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025/2459540
Bob Morrell joins me again for a brief discussion of the short but hilarious Hugo and Nebula finalist Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny Notes & Links: https://sites.google.com/site/bbbmorrell/bobs-writing-page https://magazine.trollbreath.com Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a Book off the Mondo List and contact me: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s6JbgvwCB3ptr2cDZWWaEHvbc-BEmC5Y5avdf2kaLqQ/edit?usp=sharing
Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a Book off the Mondo List and contact me: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s6JbgvwCB3ptr2cDZWWaEHvbc-BEmC5Y5avdf2kaLqQ/edit?usp=sharing Three of my Nebulugo Book Club friends join me for a draft of our favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy concepts. Themes: Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Bring Out Your … Continue reading “Bonus! Science Fiction and Fantasy Concepts Draft (with Dan, Emmanuel, and Kalin)”
Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy this microfiction fantasy story I wrote and submitted as part of NYC Midnight’s 250-word Microfiction Contest. This story made the cut in Round One, and then I had to submit another original story for Round Two, and that’s as far as I got. But I thought the story was … Continue reading “Original Fiction: Bookends, or Libromancy, by Seth Heasley”
Mythius from the Nebulugo Book Club Discord Server joins me for a discussion of Jeff Vandermeer’s 2014 Nebula-winner, Annihilation. Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a Book off the Mondo List and contact me: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s6JbgvwCB3ptr2cDZWWaEHvbc-BEmC5Y5avdf2kaLqQ/edit?usp=sharing Other Notes & Links: Nebulugo Discord: https://discord.gg/AJvyZUq2 The writing on the walls of … Continue reading “Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer, with Mythius from the Nebulugo Discord”
James from the podcast/blog Something About Dragons joins me for a discussion of Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein, which was shortlisted for the 1964 Hugo Award. It’s fantasy wrapped in science fiction wrapped in good old 1950s misogyny! https://somethingaboutdrag.wixsite.com/something-about-drag Ways to support the podcast: Buy Me a Book/Coffee!: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sethheasled Support Me on Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Pick a … Continue reading “Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein, with James Hedrick”
A couple of my friends from the Nebulugo Book Club Discord join me for a more or less spur of the moment episode on a book I’d recommended to them after recently reading it. The book is The Man Who Saw Seconds, by Alexander Boldizar, the most recent winner of the Locus Award. Notes & … Continue reading “The Man Who Saw Seconds, by Alexander Boldizar, with Sophia Suhu and JW Wartick”
(This one had a quick turnaround and I didn’t go back through and edit it for language, or really, anything. This is about as raw as you’ll get a Hugos There episode, so it’s marked Explicit for language.) I don’t do a ton of author interviews, but I was intrigued by David’s new book and … Continue reading “Great America In Dead World, by David Agranoff (interview with the author)”