Shaking their sullen heads at the fact that June marks the first anniversary of the Three Hoarsemen Podcast, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson LAUGH at the cruel passage of time and ride out for another adventure. This time around they ask the intrepid Kate Sherrod to take a break from enduring the floods in Wyoming and saddle up with them for a discussion on the works of Octavia Butler.

After that, they give their thoughts on Andy Weir’s The Martian, and scrutinize the truly staggering number of books and comics that have passed their eyes since last they met.

Also, because it’s a cruel summer, the Hoarsemen remember Jay Lake, and discuss Sarah Chorn’s stunning (and heartbreaking) column about what is important when faced with cancer.

Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Kate Sherrod

Kindred, by Octavia Butler

Lilith’s Brood, by Octavia Butler

The Martian, by Andy Weir

The Adjacent, by Christopher Priest

The N-Body Problem, by Tony Burgess

The Land Across, by Gene Wolfe

City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey

Heaven’s Shadow, by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt

Open Road Integrated Media Remembers Octavia Butler:

Additional Show Notes:

2014: The Year in Books

2014: The Year in Shorts

Jay Lake

Jay Lake: Locus Obituary

Fred Kiesche discusses the Nebulas on The Incomparable Podcast

Octavia Butler at Open Road Media

Octavia Butler’s Biography

Erika Nelson on Lilith’s Brood at Tor Dot Com

Kate Sherrod on Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across

Kate Sherrod’s Suppertime Sonnets

The Mighty Thor/Journey into Mystery: Everything Burns

Thor Omnibus, by Walt Simonson

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

On the Steel Breeze, by Alastair Reynolds