On this week's episode, we're doing a whirlwind survey of the six finalists from this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The City In the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow!
What We’re Into Lately
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons
A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
The King: Eternal Monarch
Kung Fu Hustle
The Untamed
The Great
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Kung Fu Panda
Be the Serpent Episode 54
The Magicians
Fullmetal Alchemist
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Agatha Christie vibes
Skeleton Puzzle-Solving video games
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
John Scalzi
For Next Time
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. We're definitely nominating our transcription team for the Serpents' Award For Best Scribes. ;)
Episode 101: Jumping the Shark
Episode 100: Superstravaganza
Episode 99: Detective Boyfriends
Episode 98: [SPOOKY NOISES]
Episode 97: A Symphony of Serpents
Episode 96: Changing Places
Episode 95: The Jasmine Throne
Episode 94: Into the Woods
Episode 93: The Glamorous Authorial Life
Episode 92: Podcasting: The Musical!
Episode 91: Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better
Episode 90: Extravaganza
Episode 89: A Particularly Heartless Wizard
Episode 88: Singing a Song of Angry Men
Episode 87: Let the Games Begin!
Episode 86: 9 to 5 (What a Way to Make a Living)
Episode 85: Girl Meets House
Episode 84: Not With a Bang...
Episode 83: Space Sweepers!
Epsode 82: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink
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