683: It Was Okay

Our Book Club concludes its reading of the Hugo and Nebula shortlist novels with “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and “The Spare Man” by Mary Robinette Kowal. One’s an homage to H.G. Wells (sort of?) and the other plays like “The Thin Man” in space. Plus: We debate the meaning of star-rating systems, and what else are we reading?

Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms and Scott McNulty

Referenced Works

The Spare Man [Amazon] [Apple] The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [Amazon] [Apple]

Show Notes & Links What are we reading?

Scott McNulty

• Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney
• Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman

Aleen Simms

• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

Erika Ensign

• The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
• The Music of the Siphorophenes by C.L. Polk
• Can You Hear Me Now? by Catherynne M. Valente

Jason Snell:

• Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter

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