Fangirl Happy Hour

In June 2024, Renay and Diana discussed the SFF awards field. Enjoy this blast to the past episode and see if they guessed the winner of the Best Novel Hugo Award correctly.

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2024 SFF Awards — starts at 5:09
Reading Recap — starts at 36:46

Media mentioned: a massive chunk of award nominated SFF literature, all available at the Science Fiction Awards Database for your viewing pleasure; The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez; The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu; If Found, Return to Hell by Em X. Liu; The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by Anthony Christian Ocampo; a #SpeakUpSMP title; Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood; “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer; Dragon Age: The Veilguard; Lego Horizon Adventures

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In 2019, Suzanne Palmer released the first book in a space adventure series. In 2024, we’re here to tell you to read it and all it sequels. Plus, recent reading!

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Finder by Suzanne Palmer — starts at 04:15
Reading Recap — starts at 18:31
Outro Discussion — starts at 45:32

Media mentioned: Finder, Driving the Deep, The Scavenger Door, & Ghostdrift by Suzanne Palmer; The Martian by Andy Weir; There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension & They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib; Raybearer & Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko; The Bear and the Nightingale & The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden; Rose/House by Arkady Martine; Starter Villain & The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi; The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Don’t mind the sixteen feral raccoons rearranging things behind the scenes.

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Media mentioned: Finder by Suzanne Palmer, The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes.

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Renay and Diana stumble back onto the podcast scene carrying a ton of anticipated books.

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Anticipated Books: The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi, Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans, The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa, Dragonfall by L.R. Lam, The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz, Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson, Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes, Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best, Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria, Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden, The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao, The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang, Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher, Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones, Sleep No More & The Innocent Sleep by Seanan McGuire, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu, The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Diana, KJ, and Renay continue their October Daye Re-read Adventure and discuss the fourth book, Late Eclipses.

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Good Things — starts at 01:07. Content warning for sexual abuse.

Media mentioned: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, Soulstar by C.L. Polk, The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, Ted Lasso S2, Stars Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire, Cozy Grove, My Universe by Coldplay X BTS.

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Diana, KJ, and Renay continue their October Daye Re-read Adventure and discuss the third book, An Artificial Night.

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Good Things — starts at 01:02

Media mentioned: Critical Role Campaign 2 Finale, Mythic Quest, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, This Podcast Will Kill You, Butter, Wanderers by The G, Wanderers by The G and Michelle B, Cosmopolis, Pacific Coast by The G, Spike.

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Diana, KJ, and Renay gather for the next iteration of the October Daye Re-read Adventure and discuss the second book, A Local Habitation.

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Good Things — starts at 01:09

Media mentioned: echthroi.org, A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle, Substack sucks, Soul (2020), A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, Slow Burn, Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, Butter, Don’t, Fragile (2021), mono., Rush Royale, A Local Habitation.

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Diana and Adri join Renay to discuss the 2021 Hugo Finalists…and the Discourse.

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One Good Thing — starts at 00:58

Media mentioned: Hangeul Master, Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler, Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler, Blaseball, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold, Dragon Age: Origins, BangBangCon, The Sum Of Us by Heather McGhee, 2021 Hugo Award Finalists, Hugo Award Spreadsheet.

Guests: Adri (Twitter, Nerds of a Feather Flock Together); Diana (Twitter, Youtube)

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Join Renay, Diana, and KJ on a journey through the October Daye urban fantasy series, starting with the first book, Rosemary and Rue.

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One Good Thing — starts at 00:42
Media Consumed — starts at 05:56
October Daye: Rosemary & Rue — starts at 17:21

Media mentioned: Marvel’s Avengers, You’re Wrong About, Maintenance Phase, Star Wars: The High Republic, The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick, Watchmen (2009), Watchmen (2019), Civilization VI, Dragon Age: Origins, The Magnus Archives, Reading the End, The Black Tapes, White House Press Briefings, Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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Renay is joined by guest host, Claire! They chat about good things happening during these pandemic times, media we’ve been consuming, and the annual Fangirl Happy Hour Hugo Award Discourse.

Episode transcript coming soon!

Good Things — starts at 01:45
Media Consumed — starts at 06:41
The Hugo Awards — starts at 32:09

Guest Host: Claire Rousseau (Twitter, Youtube)

Media mentioned: The Sims 4, I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange, Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, Death Sets Sail by Robin Stevens, lilsimsie, WandaVision, Network Effect by Martha Effect, Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, Give People Money by Annie Lowrey, H.R. 1 – For the People Act of 2021, Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (2021), Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom (2022), Archive of Our Own, FIYAH, FIYAHCON 2021, Flights of Foundry, CoNZealand Fringe

Universal Basic Income Resources: Mincome, SEED, Everywhere basic income has been tried, in one map, Utopia For Realists by Rutger Bregman, What is Basic Income?

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Art by justira. Transcripts by Susan. Music by BoxCat Games and Chuki Beats.

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