It's our Halloween Spooktacular! This month for spooky season we read and discussed Retro Hugo nominee The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle. Published in 1941 under the dubious title Uneasy Freehold, this book is chock full of our favorite things: ghosts, breakfasts, lesbians, and a nice orange cat. It has a great twist so we REALLY hope you'll read it. Be warned: spoilers and spirits abound! Your super spooky DM for this episode is Haley! The House - Vivek Abhishek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Do5iRAhbtg Irish Times article about our author, who was "no ideal woman:" https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/dorothy-macardle-de-valera-s-friend-no-exemplar-of-his-ideal-woman-1.4084223 

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Episode 33 - The Uninvited: Shirt & Trousers

This month we discussed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu), winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Did you know that we are in fact three bodies? And by the end of this episode, we are also self-taught physicists. Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/liu-cixins-war-of-the-worlds 

Episode 32 - The Three-Body Problem: Bottle, Bertle

This is a short book so detours abound, but we did (mostly) love that Murderbot! After almost a year and a half of a whole pandemic, who can't identify with wanting to shut your helmet faceplate and feed thousands of hours of TV directly into your brain? Murderbot is all of us. Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: NPR review: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/27/688354123/sulky-cynical-murderbot-is-one-of-sci-fis-most-human-characters NK Jemisin's blog: https://nkjemisin.com/2010/05/dont-put-my-book-in-the-african-american-section/  

Episode 31 - Murderbot Diaries - All Systems Red: Jahoob Talk

It's time to eat! Join us as we eat and discuss delicious dishes inspired by The Witcher, The Broken Earth Trilogy, The Legacy of Orïsha, and Lord of the Rings from Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, by Thea James and Isabel Minunni. Be forewarned, there's plenty of chewing because this food was good! We are allowed to share a handful of recipes, so send us an email or reach out on social if anything piques your interest! Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Cookbook Minisode Part 2: The Eating

This minisode we open and peruse Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, a fantasy-inspired collection of recipes, created by Hugo Award winner and co-founder of The Book Smugglers, Thea James, and chef Isabel Minunni. The book also includes forty beautiful illustrations by artist Tim Foley. Listen as we...read the table of contents and talk about lactose intolerance and flossing. It's cuter than it sounds, we promise! This Minisode Part 1 is us going through recipes to select which ones we want to cook. Part 2 will be the actual tasting and review. We are allowed to share up to 8 recipes from the book, so if anything sounds super delicious to you, let us know and we'll try to hook you up with the recipe!

Cookbook Minisode Part 1: The Unboxing

This month we read The City and the City by China Miéville, which was...fine? Maybe goodish? Is it "New Weird," or is it just weird? We don't know. But we do know that Mare of Easttown would have cracked this case with half as many commas as Inspector Borlú. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Episode 30 - The City & the City: Earl Kerma

In honor of her birthday, please enjoy this reading of Haley's middle school Star Wars fanfiction. There are twins, a quest, an evil guy who definitely isn't just the Emperor, an underwater eatery, 35 minutes of nonstop giggling, cameos by Kevin - you name it, we've got it! This episode is dedicated to our nice friend Juan, who appreciates our giggling. Read along with us and view the author's original cover art here: https://haleyzapal.com/2015/04/16/the-nerantel-gem-or-middle-school-haley-shines-bright-like-a-diamond/

A Birthday Minisode - The Nerantel Gem, a fairy tale by Haley Zapal

Episode 29 is here, and now with 50% more podcast! This month we read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, winner of the 1990 Hugo for best novel, and we took a whopping hour and a half to discuss it. This is a very good book, rife with problems and problematics, and a HEAPING helping of boob talk.  CW/TW: sexualization of underage girls Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Episode 29 - Hyperion: A Maxisode!

This month we read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo for best novel! This was a fun, steampunky romp. Don't forget to tweet us your Teixcalaanli name! CW/TW: brief discussion of death by suicide at 41:20-43:00. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710356506/questions-for-arkady-martine-author-of-a-memory-called-empire Random number generator: https://www.google.com/search?q=random+number Random noun generator: https://randomwordgenerator.com/noun.php 

Episode 28 - A Memory Called Empire: Emma Jo

This month we went back into the bunner tuggles as we discussed Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Episode 27 - Starship Troopers: 2 Bunner 2 Tuggles

BIG NEWS! We're jumping on the true crime train. For our inaugural episode, we discussed the sensational jewelry heist of approximately 3,070 years ago, popularly known as The Lord of the Rings. These events were originally covered by true crime reporter JRR Tolkein in the 1950s. Music: Sir Fireheart by Ean Grimm https://youtu.be/8DCvn484bXw?t=1146 Links: Cinema Therapy: Aragorn vs. Toxic Masculinity https://youtu.be/pv_KAnY5XNQ

Episode 26 - The Fellowship of the Ring: My Favorite Mordor

This month we discussed Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. We didn’t like it. CW: rape, intimate partner violence Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/20/fanzine-spotlight-nerds-of-a-feather-flock-together/ http://corabuhlert.com/2021/02/24/fancast-spotlight-hugo-girl/

Episode 25 - Dragonflight: Misogynist Moments

Hitch a ride on the nearest vehimal and join us for the conclusion of NK Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy! It's been a wild ride, and everyone is either dead or turned to stone or both. CW: everyone’s dead or dying; medieval torture mastectomy (you read that correctly) Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/19/542469223/in-the-stone-sky-some-worlds-need-to-burn http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/22/fanzine-spotlight-hugo-book-club-blog/  http://hugoclub.blogspot.com/

Episode 24 - The Stone Sky: Hippopotabus

WE WERE KIND OF CONFUSED BUT MOSTLY LIKED THIS BOOK AND ALSO GEORGIA IS BLUE!! IT'S BLUUUUUUUE!   Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Episode 23 - The Obelisk Gate: Butter Marble

For this supersized super special episode, we were joined by Ginger Lee Thomason, who is currently writing her thesis on food in fiction and knows every snack in the book! Join us as we geek out over everything from lembas to roach jello to seared krayt dragon. Sound quality is always a crapshoot when recording remotely, so this time around, Lori and Haley are coming to you from the bottom of a well - sorry! Find Ginger at https://gingerleethomason.com/ and @wordsofginger on Twitter.

Maxisode Special: Fantastical Foods with Ginger Lee Thomason

Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.

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