Hugo, Girl!

Happy Novellavember! We read The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, which won the Hugo for best novella in 2025. This is a somewhat spoilable book, so we suggest reading it before listening.

DM: Amy

CW/TW: discussion of trophy hunting and graphic violence against animals

Music by Pets of Belonging

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For this month's spooky special, we read The Elementals (1981) by Michael McDowell. It was interesting and at times very spooky! But we can't recommend it, for reasons (racism, the reasons are racism).

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We went to Worldcon and came home with a Hugo! Here's our (silly, rambling) report.

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Support Edmonton in 2030

Hugo Ceremony on Youtube

Worldcon Flickr

What to Carry, What to Burn

Want to make your own Bloody Caesar? Get yourself some Clamato! (If you're in the UK, they have it at Sainsbury's)

This episode was recorded before Worldcon, so the discussion about the Hugos is a little out of date! :) We're at Dragoncon right now, so we'll do a con report once we recover from so much con. But for now - THANK YOU! We are so grateful.

This month we read Rainbows End, a very good try by our friend and yours, Vernor Vinge. There's a good book in here, which you can just see if you squint past all the Scooch-a-mouting around.

DM: Haley

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This month we watched the 1972 film Sleuth, starring Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier. Sleuth was selected by listener Andy, who contributed to our most recent fundraiser. This movie was lots of fun - thanks, Andy!

Voting in the Hugo Awards closes on August 8th at 12:00pm (noon) PDT. If you haven't voted yet, don't forget!

DM: Amy

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We're busily reading the Hugo voter packet, so it's summer movie season on the podcast! This month we watched Attack the Block, a 2011 horror scifi adventure starring John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker. Thanks to Ed for choosing this movie!

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A nonsense chitchat episode. Settle in with us as we enjoy pickle dip (eating/mouth noises warning) and listen to Kevin's Shackleton Expedition fanfic.

Pickle Dip Recipe

In this emergency reaction episode, we discuss Widow's Bay, a TV show that has consumed us like Richard Warren gobbling up evil psychedelic mushrooms during a winter famine. This is an unstructured, rambling discussion with none of the usual segments.

SPOILER WARNING - please please PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN if you haven't watched the show in its entirety!

Katie Dippold's Babadook Tweet

At long last, another happy hour! We've got TV shows, new jobs, shoe horns, and tattoos!

This month we read Downbelow Station by CJ Cherryh, which won the Hugo for best novel in 1982. Phew!

DM: Haley

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LINKAPALOOZA

Haley's review of Mandalorian and Grogu Lori on Narrated

Articles we discussed: https://reactormag.com/warfare-and-survival-downbelow-station-by-c-j-cherryh/ https://www.andyjohnson.xyz/home/book-review-downbelow-station-1981-by-cj-cherryh https://blogendorff.com/2018/04/21/book-review-downbelow-staton/ https://reactormag.com/norway-has-her-standards-cj-cherryhs-downbelow-station/