Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSFBRP #552 – Mary Doria Russell – The Sparrow – The Sparrow #1
Juliane read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell for the first time, and Luke for the second time, and they talk through how the book impacted their e…
1 year, 9 months ago
SFBRP #551 – Joe Haldeman – The Forever War – Forever War #1
Luke re-reads The Forever War by Joe Haldeman to see if it could make it onto the SFBRP Must-Read List, but discovers there are more versions of the…
1 year, 10 months ago
SFBRP #550 – The SFBRP Must-Read Science Fiction List
Where is the best place to start for new readers of science fiction? Which books are the best examples of science fiction available to read today? W…
1 year, 10 months ago
SFBRP #549 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Left Hand of Darkness – Hainish Cycle #4
Luke re-reads The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin to see if it is worthy of inclusion on the SFBRP Must-Reads Science Fiction Novels list.
…1 year, 11 months ago
SFBRP #548 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Eye of the Heron
Luke tells Juliane about a minor Ursula K LeGuin novel he read weeks ago: The Eye of the Heron.
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1 year, 11 months ago
SFBRP #547 – David Brin – Sundiver – Uplift Saga #1
Luke dips into the first book in the Uplift Saga to see if Sundiver by David Brin is worthy of a place among the greats. Spoilers: it isn’t.
Luke o…
2 years ago
SFBRP #546 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – Service Model
Luke enjoyed the literary dick-swinging in Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, but tells Juliane how the novel ends up less than the sum of its fiv…
2 years ago
SFBRP #545 – Alastair Reynolds – Chasm City – Revelation Space #0.5
Luke and Juliane discuss why Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds might make it onto a future SFBRP Masterworks List, plus a spoiler section to go deeper…
2 years ago
SFBRP #544 – Emma Törzs – Ink Blood Sister Scribe
It’s wizards versus lesbians in Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs, but Luke is ultimately disappointed in a book that kept promising more than i…
2 years, 1 month ago
SFBRP #543 – Algis Budrys – Rogue Moon
Luke and Juliane review Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, an old SF Masterwork that’s very dated and not very good.
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2 years, 1 month ago