Reading the Hugo winners, one guest at a time.
Seth is joined by Bill Lawhorn, chair of Discon III (2021 Worldcon), to discuss the 1988 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Uplift War, by David Brin. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 9:58 Intro/getting to know my guest 9:59 – 21:49 Non-Spoiler discussion 21:50 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: … Continue reading “Hugos There Podcast #50: The Uplift War, by David Brin (feat. Bill Lawhorn)”
Seth’s eldest sister, Erin Knoch (mother of Peter from Brief & Not So Brief), guests to discuss The Chronicles of Narnia as a Comfort Reads title.
Seth is joined by Rebecca Barry, to discuss the 1993 co-winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis. Content warning: pandemic. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 8:18 Intro/getting to know my guest 8:19 – 17:34 Non-Spoiler discussion 17:35 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: The Sparrow The Left … Continue reading “Hugos There Podcast #49: Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (feat. Rebecca Barry)”
My little sister Katie joins me in the studio (a fancy name for my office, with an extra mic set up) to discuss Discworld in general, and more specifically, Going Postal, the first book featuring Moist Von Lipwig. Katie was in Japan for the tsunami and had an unfortunately too-close view of the destruction. She … Continue reading “Comfort Reads: Katie Heasley (Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett)”
Peter joins us to wrap up 2020, with our Top 10 movies from 2020, with bonus movies we saw in 2020 but weren’t from 2020. Ethan was right on the leading edge of a bad cold, so you just don’t know how many coughs I edited out. You’re welcome. Notes: Cold Crash Pictures – Birds … Continue reading “Brief Reviews: Top 10 Movies, 2020 (with Peter Knoch)”
Seth is joined by Jonathan Watkins from Cinema Sins, to discuss the 1962 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Stranger in A Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 10:08 Intro/getting to know my guest 10:09 – 30:50 Non-Spoiler discussion 30:51 – end Spoiler discussion Links: Cinema Sins: … Continue reading “Hugos There Podcast #48: Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein (feat. Jonathan Watkins)”
Sarah Elkins joins me for a discussion of Connie Willis’s terrific and hilarious 1996 novel, Bellwether. Sarah’s Links: https://twitter.com/configures Notes/Mentions: Robin Hudson series, by Sparkle HayterUncharted Territory, by Connie WillisVersion Control, by Dexter PalmerThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., by Neil Stephenson and Nicole GallandThe works of D.E. Stevenson
Seth is joined by JM Casey from Chrononauts, to discuss the 1958 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 11:51 Intro/getting to know my guest 11:52 – 40:49 Non-Spoiler discussion 40:50 – end Spoiler discussion Links: Chrononauts: https://anchor.fm/chrononauts/Chrononauts’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrononautssf Notes & … Continue reading “Hugos There Podcast #47: The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber (feat. JM Casey)”
Adrian from Spectology joins Seth once again to discuss his choice of Comfort Reading, Svetlana Alexievitch’s Secondhand Time. Adrian’s Links: https://twitter.com/spectologypodhttps://www.spectology.com
This time, Seth is joined by his high school friend Josh Medsker, who connected him with Justin Bacolo, creator of Fathom Press. The discussion is more about the project than about any particular title. Links: https://www.718press.com/ https://www.instagram.com/718_press/ https://joshmedsker.com/