Hugo, Girl!

It's time to eat! Join us as we eat and discuss delicious dishes inspired by The Witcher, The Broken Earth Trilogy, The Legacy of Orïsha, and Lord of the Rings from Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, by Thea James and Isabel Minunni. Be forewarned, there's plenty of chewing because this food was good!

We are allowed to share a handful of recipes, so send us an email or reach out on social if anything piques your interest!

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

This minisode we open and peruse Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, a fantasy-inspired collection of recipes, created by Hugo Award winner and co-founder of The Book Smugglers, Thea James, and chef Isabel Minunni. The book also includes forty beautiful illustrations by artist Tim Foley. Listen as we...read the table of contents and talk about lactose intolerance and flossing. It's cuter than it sounds, we promise!

This Minisode Part 1 is us going through recipes to select which ones we want to cook. Part 2 will be the actual tasting and review. We are allowed to share up to 8 recipes from the book, so if anything sounds super delicious to you, let us know and we'll try to hook you up with the recipe!

This month we read The City and the City by China Miéville, which was...fine? Maybe goodish? Is it "New Weird," or is it just weird? We don't know. But we do know that Mare of Easttown would have cracked this case with half as many commas as Inspector Borlú.

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

In honor of her birthday, please enjoy this reading of Haley's middle school Star Wars fanfiction. There are twins, a quest, an evil guy who definitely isn't just the Emperor, an underwater eatery, 35 minutes of nonstop giggling, cameos by Kevin - you name it, we've got it!

This episode is dedicated to our nice friend Juan, who appreciates our giggling.

Read along with us and view the author's original cover art here: https://haleyzapal.com/2015/04/16/the-nerantel-gem-or-middle-school-haley-shines-bright-like-a-diamond/

Episode 29 is here, and now with 50% more podcast! This month we read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, winner of the 1990 Hugo for best novel, and we took a whopping hour and a half to discuss it. This is a very good book, rife with problems and problematics, and a HEAPING helping of boob talk.

CW/TW: sexualization of underage girls

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

This month we read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo for best novel! This was a fun, steampunky romp. Don't forget to tweet us your Teixcalaanli name!

CW/TW: brief discussion of death by suicide at 41:20-43:00.

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Links: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710356506/questions-for-arkady-martine-author-of-a-memory-called-empire

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This month we went back into the bunner tuggles as we discussed Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

BIG NEWS! We're jumping on the true crime train. For our inaugural episode, we discussed the sensational jewelry heist of approximately 3,070 years ago, popularly known as The Lord of the Rings. These events were originally covered by true crime reporter JRR Tolkein in the 1950s.

Music: Sir Fireheart by Ean Grimm https://youtu.be/8DCvn484bXw?t=1146

Links:

Cinema Therapy: Aragorn vs. Toxic Masculinity https://youtu.be/pv_KAnY5XNQ

This month we discussed Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. We didn't like it.

CW: rape, intimate partner violence

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Links:

http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/20/fanzine-spotlight-nerds-of-a-feather-flock-together/

http://corabuhlert.com/2021/02/24/fancast-spotlight-hugo-girl/

Hitch a ride on the nearest vehimal and join us for the conclusion of NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy! It's been a wild ride, and everyone is either dead or turned to stone or both.

CW: everyone's dead or dying; medieval torture mastectomy (you read that correctly)

Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

Links:

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/19/542469223/in-the-stone-sky-some-worlds-need-to-burn

http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/22/fanzine-spotlight-hugo-book-club-blog/

http://hugoclub.blogspot.com/