Podcast Episodes

SFBRP #572 – Nnedi Okorafor – Death of the Author

Luke is very excited about new directions for science fiction as a genre, so talks up the promise of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor… but then…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

SFBRP #571 – Becky Chambers – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Wayfarers #1

Luke and Juliane revisit The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers and discuss why writing a cozy story is incompatible with writing a…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

SFBRP #570 – Stanisław Lem – Solaris

Luke and Juliane discuss Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Trigger Warning: Luke has “explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers.”

See …

1 year ago

SFBRP #569 – Kaliane Bradley – The Ministry of Time

Luke reviews The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, the Goodreads Winner for Readers’ Favorite Science Fiction of 2024, which means it isn’t actua…

1 year, 1 month ago

SFBRP #568 – Orson Scott Card – Speaker for the Dead – Ender’s Saga #2

Luke rereads Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card to see if it should be on the SFBRP Must-Read List, and with Juliane discusses how Some Desper…

1 year, 1 month ago

SFBRP #567 – Emily Tesh – Some Desperate Glory

Luke tells Juliane about Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, a novel that started strong with lots of promise but left him disappointed, annoyed, un…

1 year, 1 month ago

SFBRP #566 – J R R Tolkien – The Return of the King – The Lord of the Rings #3

Part 3 of our discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Return of the King, what it means to be a good man or a good king, lessons learne…

1 year, 2 months ago

SFBRP #565 – J R R Tolkien – The Two Towers – The Lord of the Rings #2

Part 2 of Luke and Juliane’s discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Two Towers, the power of wizards, action vs fights vs battles vs s…

1 year, 2 months ago

SFBRP #564 – J R R Tolkien – The Fellowship of the Ring – The Lord of the Rings #1

Part 1 of Luke and Juliane’s discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the audiobook performance by Andy Serkis, appreciation for the first m…

1 year, 2 months ago

SFBRP #563 – Tolkien – The Silmarillion

Luke delves into The Silmarillion for the first time, and talks to Juliane about myth creation, map confusion, and the genealogy of a silver tree.

1 year, 3 months ago