Hugos There Podcast

Seth is joined by returning guest Josh Ziefle to discuss the 1960 Hugo Award winner, Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein. Start – 7:48 Intro through “Why this book?” 7:49 – 9:55 Tangent about Josh’s Star Trek book collection 9:56 – 16:24 Non-Spoiler discussion 16:25 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Comps: The Forever … Continue rea...

Seth is joined by Lise Andreasen to discuss the 1973 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 7:11 Intro through “Why this book?” 7:12 – 16:47 Non-Spoiler discussion 16:48 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Arrival, ContactAsimov stories featuring &#8220...

Seth is joined by Trish E. Matson to discuss the 2020 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 10:38 Intro through “Why this book?” 10:38 – 24:47 Non-Spoiler discussion 24:47 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Deep Space Nine (The … Continue r...

Seth is joined by Chip Mullins to discuss the 1969 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 3:17 Intro through “Why this book?” 3:17 – 14:05 Non-Spoiler discussion 14:05 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Watchmen (Graphic Novel) “The Evitable Confli...

Seth is joined by returning guest Scott McNulty to discuss the 2007 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 10:49 Intro through “Why this book?” 10:50 – 26:50 Non-Spoiler discussion 26:51 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: Buck Rogers in the 25th … Conti...

Peter Knoch once again joins Seth (Ethan could make this one) to discuss their choices for the best films/performances of the year, as well as their picks for who they think will win.

Returning guest Dan Moren joins me to discuss his Comfort Reading, as well as the latest book in his Galactic Cold War series, The Aleph Extraction. Dan’s links: https://dmoren.com/https://twitter.com/dmoren

Seth is joined by J.W. Wartick to discuss the 1979 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 5:51 Intro/getting to know my guest 5:52 – 15:25 Non-Spoiler discussion 15:26 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: The works of Robert Silverberg Inception A Canticle … Continue...

Seth is joined by Bill Lawhorn, chair of Discon III (2021 Worldcon), to discuss the 1988 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Uplift War, by David Brin. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 9:58 Intro/getting to know my guest 9:59 – 21:49 Non-Spoiler discussion 21:50 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: … Continue reading "Hugo...

Seth’s eldest sister, Erin Knoch (mother of Peter from Brief & Not So Brief), guests to discuss The Chronicles of Narnia as a Comfort Reads title.

Seth is joined by Rebecca Barry, to discuss the 1993 co-winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis. Content warning: pandemic. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 8:18 Intro/getting to know my guest 8:19 – 17:34 Non-Spoiler discussion 17:35 – end Spoiler discussion Notes & Mentions: The Sparrow The Left … Conti...

My little sister Katie joins me in the studio (a fancy name for my office, with an extra mic set up) to discuss Discworld in general, and more specifically, Going Postal, the first book featuring Moist Von Lipwig. Katie was in Japan for the tsunami and had an unfortunately too-close view of the destruction. She … Continue reading "Comfort Reads: Katie Heasley (Going Postal, by Terry Pratchet...

Peter joins us to wrap up 2020, with our Top 10 movies from 2020, with bonus movies we saw in 2020 but weren’t from 2020. Ethan was right on the leading edge of a bad cold, so you just don’t know how many coughs I edited out. You’re welcome. Notes: Cold Crash Pictures – Birds … Continue reading "Brief Reviews: Top 10 Movies, 2020 (with Peter Knoch)"

Seth is joined by Jonathan Watkins from Cinema Sins, to discuss the 1962 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Stranger in A Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 10:08 Intro/getting to know my guest 10:09 – 30:50 Non-Spoiler discussion 30:51 – end Spoiler discussion Links: Cinema Sins: … Continue reading "...

Sarah Elkins joins me for a discussion of Connie Willis’s terrific and hilarious 1996 novel, Bellwether. Sarah’s Links: https://twitter.com/configures Notes/Mentions: Robin Hudson series, by Sparkle HayterUncharted Territory, by Connie WillisVersion Control, by Dexter PalmerThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., by Neil Stephenson and Nicole GallandThe works of D.E. Stevenson

Seth is joined by JM Casey from Chrononauts, to discuss the 1958 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 11:51 Intro/getting to know my guest 11:52 – 40:49 Non-Spoiler discussion 40:50 – end Spoiler discussion Links: Chrononauts: https://anchor.fm/chrononauts/Chrononauts’ Twitt...

Adrian from Spectology joins Seth once again to discuss his choice of Comfort Reading, Svetlana Alexievitch’s Secondhand Time. Adrian’s Links: https://twitter.com/spectologypodhttps://www.spectology.com

This time, Seth is joined by his high school friend Josh Medsker, who connected him with Justin Bacolo, creator of Fathom Press. The discussion is more about the project than about any particular title. Links: https://www.718press.com/ https://www.instagram.com/718_press/ https://joshmedsker.com/

Seth is joined by Scott Danielson from A Good Story is Hard to Find and Shelf Wear, to discuss the 1959 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, A Case of Conscience, by James Blish. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 4:45 Intro/getting to know Scott 4:46 – 17:41 Non-Spoiler discussion 17:42 – end … Continue reading "Hugos There Podcast #46: A...

And now for something completely different. Science Fiction isn’t really on the menu this time. Instead, Seth is joined by Nicholas Buccola to discuss his fantastic book The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America. We also discuss where to start with James Baldwin’s writing. … Continue reading "Interview with Nicholas Buccola,...

Seth is joined by Emily Martin from Book Riot and Book Squad Goals to discuss the 2002 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, American Gods, by Neil Gaiman. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 3:32 Intro/getting to know Emily 3:33 – 14:31 Non-Spoiler discussion 14:32 – end Spoiler discussion Links: https://bookriot.com/www.booksquadgoals.comhttps:/...

This time, Seth welcomes (to his dining room, sorry for the echoes) the younger of his two older sisters, Megan Cutter, to discuss her choice for Comfort Reads: Odd Thomas, by Dean Koontz. Megan’s Social Media: https://twitter.com/megcutterhttps://www.facebook.com/M-L-Cutter-Author-101393361653853

Seth is joined by Travis Tippens from The Fantasy Inn to discuss the 2019 winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hugospodcast Time Codes: Start – 5:15 Intro/getting to know Travis 5:16 – 11:50 Non-Spoiler discussion 11:51 – end Spoiler discussion Links: https://thefantasyinn.com/https://twitter.com...

Mandy Self joins Seth again to discuss her comfort reading, which is Garth Nix’s Abhorsen series, starting with Sabriel. By their very nature, these episodes contain some light spoilers, and we don’t really have a non-spoiler discussion section, so be aware of that. Mandy’s Social Media: https://twitter.com/Brown_Ajah https://twitter.com/TrivCrucial

This time we briefly discuss a bunch of A24 films. The list includes: Midsommar, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems, Good Time, Locke, Ex Machina, Moonlight, Lady Bird, and Eighth Grade. I also may have forgotten a couple.