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This time we discussed Of Monsters and Mainframes, written by Barbara Truelove, and narrated by Chris Devon, Emana Rachelle, Charlie Albers, Eve Passeltiner, Zura Johnson, Cary Hite & Gail Shalan. We also discussed some of our favorite recent short fiction listens in our short fiction spotlight.

Of Monsters and Mainframes [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Starfleet Academy (2026) [Paramount+]

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

The Murderbot Diaries (Series) - All Systems Red [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Wayfarers (Series): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Someone You Can Build a Nest In [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Space Opera [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Short Fiction Spotlight:

"Wire Mother" written by R.T. Ester, narrated by Kate Baker [Clarkesworld] - Issue 231: December 2025 / Short Story

"The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" written by Rati Mehrotra, narrated by Matt Peters [Uncanny Magazine] - Issue Sixty-Seven / Short Story

"The Space Between Us" written by P.A. Cornell, narrated by Justine Eyre & Stefan Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - December 2025 (Issue 187) / Short Story

"Message in a Babel" written by Adam-Troy Castro, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki [Lightspeed] - March 2025 (Issue 178) / Short Story

"Your Hold is Ready" written by Laura Duerr, narrated by Dani Cutler [Cast of Wonders 658] / Short Story

This time we discussed Slow Gods, written by Claire North, and narrated by Peter Kenny.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing review copies of Slow Gods, for today's episode.

Slow Gods [Libro.fm]

The Final Architecture (Series): Shards of Earth [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Some Desperate Glory [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Three-Body Problem [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Man from Earth (2007) [IMDb]

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) [Audible]

As 2026 begins, we discuss some of the audiobooks we are looking forward to in the new year.

Round 1:

Shachi: Land (Written by: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated by: TBA): June 2, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Platform Decay (Written by: Martha Wells / Narrated by: TBA): May 5, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: To Ride a Rising Storm (Written by: Moniquill Blackgoose / Narrated by: Charley Flyte): January 27, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Killing Spell (Written by: Shay Kauwe / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: The Tapestry of Fate (Written by: Shannon Chakraborty / Narrated by: TBA): May 12, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Round 2:

Shachi: Last Night in Brooklyn (Written by: Xochitl Gonzalez / Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodriguez): April 21, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: The Faith of Beasts (Written by: James S.A. Corey / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: The Language of Liars (Written by: S. L. Huang / Narrated by: TBA): April 14, 2026 [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: Green City Wars (Written by: Adrian Tchaikovsky / Narrated by: John Pirhalla): June 23, 2026 [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

As the year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our favorite audiobooks from 2025.

Round 1:

Shachi: The Road to Tender Hearts [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Best Laid Plans: A Simple Planning System for Living a Life That You Love [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Scott: A Drop of Corruption [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 310]

Round 2:

Shachi: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Songs for Other Peoples Weddings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Lisa: Down in the Sea of Angels [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Scott: Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 319] / [Sundry Book Club: Chatting with Author Annalee Newitz]

Round 3:

Shachi: North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther [OverDrive/Libby]

Mark: Write Through It [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lisa: Luminous [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Scott: Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 329]

Additional Picks:

Shachi: Hot Air; I leave it Up to You; The City and Its Uncertain Walls; Big Chief; The Slip; Intemperance; Gliff

Mark: A Physical Education, Martian Contingency, The Shattering Peace

Lisa: Notes from a Regicide; Lessons in Magic and Disaster; The Everasting; Sunward; Automatic Noodle

This time we discussed The Everlasting, written by Alix E. Harrow, and narrated by Moira Quirk & Sid Sagar.

The Everlasting [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Keeping Time (Series): Timepiece [OverDrive/Libby]

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Audible]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Starling House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Fractured Fables (Series): A Spindle Splintered [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Kindred [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

This week we discussed some of the 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy series installments we have read and listened to throughout the year, including our thoughts on nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Series.

Convergence (Series): A Ruin, Great and Free [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Legends & Lattes (Series): Brigands and Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Vita Nostra (Series): School of Shards [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

October Daye (Series): Silver and Lead [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

She Who Knows (Series) / Who Fears Death (Series) : One Way Witch [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Midsolar Murders (Series): Infinite Archive [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Annual Migration of Clouds (Series): The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lady Astronaut (Series): The Martian Contingency [Audible]

The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti (Series): The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Novellavember 2025 [Ep 333]

The Singing Hills Cycle (Series): A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Sworn Soldier (Series): What Stalks the Deep [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Forever Desert (Series): The Memory of the Ogisi [Overdrive/Libby]

Tyrant Philosophers (Series): Lives of Bitter Rain [Libro.fm]

The Legendborn Cycle (Series): Oathbound [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Hunger Games (Series): Sunrise on the Reaping [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Cemeteries of Amalo (Series) / The Chronicles of Osreth (Series) :The Tomb of Dragons [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Old Man's War (Series) :The Shattering Peace [Audible]

Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom

This time we discussed The Raven Scholar, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Hachette Audio for providing review copies of The Raven Scholar, for today's episode.

The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm]

The Raven Tower [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Raybearer [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 91]

This time we discussed Bog Queen, written by Anna North, and narrated by Lily Newmark.

Thank you to Libro.fm ALC Program and Bloomsbury Publishing for providing review copies of Bog Queen, for today's episode.

Bog Queen [Libro.fm]

Bones (2005-2017) [IMDb]

The Invisible Wild [Libro.fm]

This time we discussed All That We See or Seem, written by Ken Liu and narrated by Kat Cleave.

All That We See or Seem [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

2025 Goodreads Choice Awards

Brigands & Breadknives [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us: A Constellation Novel [Libro.fm]

The Shattering Peace [Audible]

Saltcrop [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Death of the Author [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Wind and Truth [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Katabasis [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Incandescent [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

The Raven Scholar [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Dandelion Dynasty (Series): The Grace of Kings [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby]

Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time [Audible]

Broken Stars [Audible]

Chaos on CatNet [Audible]

This week we celebrated Novellavember by discussing some of our favorite recent novellas.

Cinder House [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Summer War [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Memory of the Ogisi [Overdrive/Libby]

What Stalks the Deep [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Making History [Audible] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The Adventure of the Demonic Ox: A Penric and Desdemona Novella [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Previously Discussed:

The River Has Roots [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 302]

Murder by Memory [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Episode 305]

The Unworthy [Libro.fm] / [Episode 307]

Automatic Noodle [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 319]

A Mouthful of Dust [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Episode 331]

Additional Mentions:

The Hungry Gods [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Lives of Bitter Rain [Libro.fm]

The Mountain Crown [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

Red Star Hustle / Apprehension [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]

The First Thousand Trees [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby]