In this first part of our discussion of The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman, Jared explains the very scientific process we used to select this month's book. We also learn horrifying things about the Canadian orphanage system of the 1950's, and we just... have a lot of feelings.

We finish our discussion of "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks.

In this episode:

Tony name drops his favorite sci-fi authors

Erin does not appreciate one character's ending

Adam thinks up some character ships that the other's missed

Jared makes plans to construct his own Culture warship

And everyone hopes our author treated female characters better in his waning years

We discuss "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks. In this episode:

Tony attempts to defend his hard-earned nerd card

Jared reminds us that he controls the editing

Adam revels in the "uniform ridiculousness" of the book's Damage game players

Erin finds lesbian subtext that even the male gays can see

And, everyone has stern words for our book's main character