33 Percent Rule
Our Book Club returns with reviews of the six finalists for the Hugo Award for best science fiction/fantasy novel of the year. You’ll be thrilled by our panelists attempting to remember what happened in books they read months ago! We liked five out of the six, which is a great batting average—but oh, that sixth book. Also, we read some novellas and short stories, too! And Erika’s up for another Hugo!
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 7 minutes)
Show Notes
Our collective ratings this time:
- Trail of Lightning / Calculating Stars (tie, average place 2.25)
- Revenant Gun (2.5)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few (3.75)
- Spinning Silver (4.25)
- Space Opera (6)
Other stuff we mentioned:
Novellas: Artificial Condition, Beneath the Sugar Sky, Binti: The Night Masquerade,The Black God’s Drums, Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson, The Tea Master and the Detective
Short Stories: The Court Magician, The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington, STET,The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat, A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies
and Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer.
Topics Covered
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Trail of Lightning
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The Calculating Stars
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Spinning Silver
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Record of a Spaceborn Few
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Revenant Gun
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Space Opera
