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Seth is joined by Lise Andreasen to discuss the 1973 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast
Time Codes:
| Start – 7:11 | Intro through “Why this book?” |
| 7:12 – 16:47 | Non-Spoiler discussion |
| 16:48 – end | Spoiler discussion |
Notes & Mentions:
Arrival, Contact
Asimov stories featuring “Thiotimoline”
Timothy Zahn’s Conquerors Series
Links:
Lise’s links:
https://twitter.com/lise_andreasen
https://stuff.ommadawn.dk/2021/07/25/against-stupidity/
The book cover is somethin’ else.
I think that most people would agree, regardless of what they though of the first and last third, that this really owes its classic status to the second part. I liked the first part when I read it, but I’ve seen alot of people ragging on the scientific errors, which is disappointing.
The second part is great, and if you liked it, and you can tolerate some awkward prose, you should definitely read Robert L. Forward’s book Dragons Egg, about contact between humans and a civilization of aliens living on the surface of a neutron star.
Honestly, I don’t remember anything about he last part other than that I thought it was mostly a slog.
The second part really is where the book is most interesting.