The Incomparable

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  The Incomparable Mothership July 11, 2014 The 2014 Hugo Award nominees.

  202 The Partial Monty

  Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Monty Ashley and David J. Loehr

  Bury your dead in a Zeppelin and call your interplanetary accountant—it’s time for our annual read of the Hugo Award nominees. We cover this year’s award nominees, plus the “retro Hugos” from 1939, both of which will be awarded in August in London. Also, someone defends Mira Grant.

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  The Incomparable Mothership May 31, 2014 2014 Nebula Award nominees

  196 Golem and Jinni Detective Agency

  Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Fred Kiesche, Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer

  Every year Scott and Jason read all the Hugo Award-nominated novels, which supposedly show off the best science fiction has to offer. That hasn’t always gone well, so this year they’ve read the eight novels nominated for the Nebula Awards—and recruited three other SF podcasters to join them in the fun. We discuss all eight novels with extremely light-to-no spoilers, so it’s safe to listen. And the good news? All eight of these novels are pretty good!

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  The Incomparable Mothership January 25, 2014 “The Lies of Locke Lamora” and “Ancillary Justice.”

  179 Thief-Based Economy

  Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Scott McNulty and Monty Ashley

  Our book club returns with discussion of two books! First we talk Scott Lynch’s “The Lies of Locke Lamora,” a fantasy book about a gang of thieves that are even outlaws to other thieves (spoiler horn at 12:00). Then it’s Ann Leckie’s “Ancillary Justice,” a space opera about AIs and ships and empires and corpse soldiers that brings Iain M. Banks to mind (starts at 28:48, spoilers at 33:22). Confusingly long prologues! Fun with gendered pronouns! Questionable burrito metaphors! Plus: What are we reading (starts at 68:13)?