SF3

Salted hash! We review and discuss "Red Team Blues" by Cory Doctorow. We also go into too much technical detail on things, air controversial opinions on sandwich cookies, and get way too philosophical about names.

Morganstern! We review and discuss "Nine Princes In Amber" by Roger Zelazny. We also go a bit into the background of the book, wax kind of zelasnyish about Zelazny's prose, and try way too hard to link things to quantum mechanics. Links:   Suspended In Literature: Patterns and Allusions in the Chronicle of Amber by Christoper S. Kovacs Our theme music is "SF3" by Christian Plaunt. Used by permissi...

Tipler cylinders and flux capacitors! We review and discuss "The Psychology of Time Travel" by Kate Mascarenhas. We also discuss time travel paradoxes (a LOT), free will, and something called "The Box of Delights".

Doors! We review and discuss "Ten Thousand Doors of January" by Alix E. Harrow. Books within books, and dogs, are also discussed, as they should be. 00:03 Intro 02:03 Summary 03:03 Reviews 04:57 Discussion 05:04 Topic: books within books 10:04 Topic: dogs 12:29 Topic: power limits 14:38 Topic: allegory 16:23 Topic: self-inscription 18:19 Topic: January as character 20:24 Favorite scenes  22:00 Usu...

Meataphor! We review and discuss "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire. In the process, we cross our own timelines, discuss our own godlike powers, and talk about SF Bay Area locations. Originally recorded June 28, 2020. 00:04 Intro, summary, reviews  06:55 Discussion 07:04 Topic: The title 08:29 Topic: Save points, power management 12:30 Topic: Imaginary books 15:08 Favorite scenes 18:49 Usual questions...

I am a spear in the hands of the sun! We review and discuss "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine.

Combat madness! We review and discuss The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley. Recorded June 14, 2020.

Bonelords, attend! We review and discuss Gideon the Ninth [2019] by Tamsyn Muir. Originally recorded May 9, 2020.

Milk and gin! We review and discuss The City In The Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders [2019]. Originally recorded 2020-04-26.

Rusting reviews! We review and discuss "The Stone Sky" by NK Jemisin.

FIDDLESTICKS! We review and discuss "Provenance" by Ann Leckie.

Gang. Gang who? Gangrene! We review and discuss "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood.

Flow! We review and discuss "The Collapsing Empire" by John Scalzi.

Tripods! We review and discuss "The White Mountains" by John Christopher.

Bears, Bears, Bears, oh my! We review and discuss "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Heretical calendrical erotica! We review and discuss "Raven Stratagem" by Yoon Ha Lee.

Blast from the past? We review and discuss "The Map of Bones" by Francesca Haig.

By no means! We review and discuss "The Eyes of the Overworld" by Jack Vance.

Mycelium! We review and discuss "The Genius Plague" by David Walton.

Reissak ayrial! We review and discuss "The Library at Mount Char" by Scott Hawkins.

Hop in Ecto-1 and activate the flux capacitor! We review and discuss "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. (Well, sort of. We also indulge in a huge amount of our own pop culture and Internet nostalgia.)

Tizerkane! We review and discuss "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor.

Futurity! We review and discuss "Last Year" by Robert Charles Wilson.

Murderbot! We review and discuss "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells.

Shifgrethor! We review and discuss "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuin.