This month we discussed Blood of the Dragon, which won George RR Martin the Hugo Award for best novella in 1997. Blood of the Dragon consists of the Daenerys chapters from Game of Thrones. You can read it here or here.

DM: Amy

CW/TW: It's Game of Thrones, so you know the deal: SA, SA, and more SA.

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WE WON A HUGO AWARD!

Hold on to your dirtypillows and don't forget to plug it up - spooky season is here! We read Carrie, Stephen King's 1974 debut novel.

Lori is DM.

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Links:

Tor.com review

Carrie on stephenking.com

This month we read The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge. We liked it. No further analysis!

DM: Haley

NOTE: Sound quality is bad. Amy was sick so we recorded remotely, and your friend Lori did a bad job adjusting the gain. For best results, use your crummiest headphones.

Also, it's come to our attention that Joan's last name might be pronounced Ving-ee, or maybe Vinjee. If we said it wrong, we're sorry!

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This month we read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, and boy howdy is it ever a Mojo Dojo Casa House up there on Luna. We'll stay here on Earth, thanks.

DM: Amy

CW/TW: every expression of misogyny!

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LINKS:

7 Fictional Characters that Changed the World

Cronkite Interview with Heinlein and Clarke

Jo Walton's Review

While we were discussing Connie Willis's 1999 Hugo winning novel To Say Nothing of the Dog, our memory card went kaput. We hope that you enjoy this somewhat disjointed discussion with an awkward break in the middle, because when we thought we'd lost the whole discussion, we almost abandoned ship! It must've been the net causing slippage.

Lori is DM.

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Turn down the volume because we're Hugo finalists again so it's about to get loud!! Hear us drink champagne and talk for 5 minutes about the special rocket-shaped cakes Lori made without ever actually describing them! Yay!!

Congratulations to all the finalists! Check out the full list here.

This month we read T.H. White's retro Hugo winner for best novel, The Sword in the Stone. Digressions abound!

Haley is DM.

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In this special episode, we celebrate the midpoint between Life Day 2022 and Life Day 2023 (it's Halfway to Life Day!) with a review of the Star Wars Life Day Cookbook by Chef Strono Tuggs. We were joined by friend and writer Ann Harris for an eclectic feast from a galaxy far, far away.

This is a cookbook episode, so we're eating, and it sounds like we're eating. We even talk with our mouths full (especially Lori), so if that's gonna gross you out, skip this one.

LINKS:

Follow author Ann Harris on Twitter!

Hook, Line, and Sinker anthology, featuring Ann's short story "Changeling"

Good, easy bread recipe

Chewbacca speaking English

This month we discussed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. We swam in a sea of metaphors and similes so you don't have to. But you might want to, because in spite of itself, this storm of words is good!

DM: Amy

Big thanks to Lori's cousin Sarah, who did a sensitivity edit for us, and wrote us such a banger of an email that we asked her to turn it into a review! Heck, maybe we do written reviews now! Who knows!

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Lots 'o Links:

NY Mag Review

NYT Review

Tor.com: Is Alternate History SF?

Keith Law's Review