Dispatches from Seattle WorldCon!

Hugos There Podcast

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A bit of a download about WorldCon 2025, about people I met, interviews I did, and some plans for the future.

Links and Photos!

Translated Hugo Initiative:

https://translatedhugo.org/about-us

Endeavour Award:

https://osfci.org/endeavour/

Brian Aldiss:

https://brianaldiss.co.uk/

Ray Bradbury Center:

https://give.myiu.org/iu-indianapolis/I380010312.html

https://www.instagram.com/bradburycenter

https://raybradburycenter.substack.com

https://today.iu.edu/iu-indianapolis/live/news/46788-ray-bradbury-center-presents-festival-451indy

Wendy Aldiss in front of the Brian Aldiss exhibit.

Coye and Carrie at the Bradbury Center table

I swear I used to be taller than my son!

Hugos's bookshelf: read

The Demolished Man

by Alfred Bester

Covered on Episode #1 with Colin Kuskie

Dune

by Frank Herbert

Covered on Episode #2 with Michael Gabriel.

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

Covered on Episode #3 with Jeff Palermo.

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

Covered on Episode #4 with Lisa Schmeiser.

Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

Seth's favorite book. Episode to be posted soon.

The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

by Neal Stephenson

Podcast discussion with Jason Snell of The Incomparable for Episode 6.

The Three-Body Problem

by Liu Cixin

Discussion with Carrie Lynn in Episode #7

Lord of Light

by Roger Zelazny

Great discussion with Ben DeBono on this one on the podcast!

Cyteen

by C.J. Cherryh

This is a large book. A good one, but a large one. I discussed it with Scott McNulty on the podcast.

Redshirts

by John Scalzi

Excellent discussion with Matt Anderson on the podcast.

Gateway

by Frederik Pohl

Really fun read here, reminiscent of the California and Alaska Gold Rushes. Plenty of adventure and lots of thought-provoking ideas. Full podcast discussion here.

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