Narrated

This week we discussed audio short fiction including where to find it and some of our recent listens.

Escape Artists Podcasts: [Escape Pod] / [PodCastle] / [PseudoPod] / [Cast of Wonders] / [CatsCast]

Uncanny Magazine Podcast

Levar Burton Reads

The Clarkesworld Podcast

Lightspeed Podcast

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

khōréō Magazine

Fantasy Magazine

Kaleidocast

Nightlight

The Drabblecast

Upbeat Tales

Tall Tale TV / [Episode 23]

StarShipSofa

Apex Magazine

Strange Horizons

Glittership

Available Audio for 2023 Hugo Best Short Story & Best Novelette Finalists:

"D.I.Y." [PodCastle 800]

"Rabbit Test" [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 49A]

"The Difference Between Love and Time": Someone in Time [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

"A Dream of Electric Mothers": Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

"If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 47B]

"Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness" [Clarkesworld]

"We Built This City" [Clarkesworld]

Referenced Recent Works:

"City of Refuge" [Escape Pod 828]

"Can You Hear Me Now?" [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 54A]

"Sorry We Missed You!" [khōréō magazine 1.2]

"Gel Pen Notes from Generation Ship Y" [Clarkesworld]

"The Bodies Upstairs" [Kaleidocast S4E4]

"SuperMAX" [Uncanny Magazine Podcast 53A]

This week, we continued our 2023 awards discussion with the finalists for the 2023 Lodestar Award.

Discussion with Lisa and Scott.

2023 Lodestar Finalists:

Akata Woman [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Golden Enclaves [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Golden-Enclaves-Audiobook/B09NQKQRWL">Audible] / [Episode 174]

Bloodmarked [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

In the Serpents Wake [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 149]

2023 Hugo Episodes:

213: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella

217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel

219: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series

Narrated on Bluesky:

Lisa: @lisajune.bsky.social

Scott: @sullery.bsky.social

Shachi:@sundrybookclub.bsky.social

Mark: @marksiegal.bsky.social

This week we discussed Silver Nitrate, written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and narrated by Gisela Chípe.

Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Penguin Random House Audio for providing an audio review copy of Silver Nitrate for today's episode.

Silver Nitrate [Libro.fm]

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Episode 217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel

Ring Shout [Overdrive/Libby] / [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

Siren Queen [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 153]

Prime Meridian (ebook) [Overdrive/Libby]

Radiance [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This week, we continued our look at the 2023 Hugo Finalists with the Best Series category.

Lisa on Bluesky: @lisajune.bsky.social

2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series:

Children of Time (Series): Children of Time [Audible]

The Founders Trilogy (Series): Foundryside [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

October Daye (Series): Rosemary and Rue [Libro.fm] / [Audible]

The Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Rivers of London (Series): Midnight Riot [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Scholomance (Series): A Deadly Education [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

2023 Hugo Episodes:

213: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella

217: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel

219: 2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Series

This week we discussed More Perfect, written by Temi Oh and narrated by Nneka Okoye and Adam Courting.

Review & discussion with Lisa and Scott.

More Perfect [Overdrive/Libby]

We are Satellites [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 120]

Do You Dream of Terra-Two? [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Discipline and Punish [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible Plus]

Machinehood [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 120]

Minority Report (2002) [IMDb]

Inception (2010) [IMDb]

This week, we had a great time discussing the 2023 Hugo Finalists for Best Novel with three special guests.

Hugo, Girl! Podcast [Website] / [Twitter] / [Mastadon] / [Instagram] / [Facebook]

Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog [Blog] / [Mastadon]

Hugos There Podcast [Website] / [Twitter]

2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novel:

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Kaiju Preservation Society [Audible] / [Episode 144]

Legends & Lattes [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 150]

Nona the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 171]

Nettle & Bone [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Spare Man [Audible] / [Episode 176]

Other Referenced Works:

The Island of Doctor Moreau [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Mexican Gothic [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Winter Tide [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Lock In (series) [Audible]

Gideon the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Harrow the Ninth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Spinning Silver [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Libro.fm] / [Episode 30]

Babel [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 169]

The Mountain in the Sea [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 172]

How High We Go In The Dark [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

When Women Were Dragons [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Impossible Us [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

City of Last Chances [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Eversion [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Ballad of Perilouis Graves [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

This time we discussed Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw, a memoir written and narrated by Eddie Ndopu.

Review & discussion with Lisa and Shachi.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing an audio review copy of Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw for today's episode.

Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw [Libro.fm]

Sitting pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body [Libro.fm]

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century [Libro.fm]

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): First-Person Stories for Today [Libro.fm]

A Mind Unraveled [Libro.fm]

Babel [Libro.fm] / [Episode 169]

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space [Libro.fm]

More discussions from Readercon 32.

Readercon

John Wiswell: [Newsletter] / [Patreon] / [Linktree]

Someone You Can Build a Nest In (April 2, 2024) [Penguin Random House]

"Bad Doors" [Uncanny]

"The Coward Who Stole God's Name" [Uncanny] / [Psuedopod]

"Under the Rubble" [Psuedopod]

"The Lie Misses You" [Cast of Wonders]

"Open House on Haunted Hill" [LeVar Burton Reads]

All the Seas of the World (written by: Guy Gavriel Kay and narrated by: Simon Vance) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Golem and the Jinni (written by: Helene Wecker and narrated by: George Guidall) [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 14]

The Echo Wife (written by: Sarah Gailey, narrated by: Xe Sands) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Moby Dick (written by: Herman Melville, narrated by: Frank Mullerv) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Noah Beit-Aharon (N.S. Dolkart): [Website] / [Angry Robot]

Silent Hall [Audible]

Wings of Fire (Series): The Dragonet Prophecy (written by: Tui T. Sutherland, narrated by: Shannon McManus) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Locked Tomb (Series): Gideon the Ninth (written by: Tamsyn Muir and narrated by: Moira Quirk) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Sumana Harihareswara: [Blog] / [Mastadon] / [Dreamwidth] / [MetaFilter]

Otherwise Award

Wolf 359

"An Annotated Bibliography of the Inside of My Head" [Blog Post]

China Mountain Zhang written by: Maureen McHugh

Regeneration written by: Pat Barker

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard (written by: Chip Heath & Dan Heath, narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Love in Penang written by: Zen Cho

Spirits Abroad (written by: Zen Cho, narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Black Water Sister (written by: Zen Cho, narrated by: Catherine Ho) [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Leonard Richardson

Sharing our discussions with authors at Readercon 32.

Readercon

Vajra Chandrasekere: [Website]

The Saint of Bright Doors [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Short Stories: [Clarkesworld ] /["Ulde" - Glittership]

Strange Horizons Podcast

Nightmare Magazine

Glittership

Cameron Roberson (Rob Cameron): [Website] / [Tor.com] / [The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction] / [Foreign Policy Magazine]

Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers

Daydreamer (Forthcoming in Summer 2024)

The Silk Roads [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Bloodmarked [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Monsters We Defy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Saint Death's Daughter [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

The Hidden Palace [Libro.fm] / [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

A Master of Djinn [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

LJ Cohen: [Website] / [IndieBound] / [Amazon]

Derelict [Overdrive - eBook ] / [Audible]

Ithaka Rising [Overdrive - eBook ] / [Audible]

For Flux Sake Podcast

Clarkesworld Podcast

Scott Edelman: [Website] / [Twitter] / [Eating the Fantastic]

"A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to be Done" [Lightspeed Magazine ]

Lightspeed [Podcast]

Lisa and Scott discuss the 2023 Hugo Award Finalists for Best Novella.

2023 Hugo Finalists - Best Novella:

Into the Riverlands [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

What Moves the Dead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]

Even Though I Knew the End [Libro.fm] / [Episode 180]

A Mirror Mended [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 157]

Ogres [Audible] / [Episode 170]

Where the Drowned Girls Go [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] / [Episode 135]