Is it “genre-defying” or does M R Carey just change gears every time he runs out of steam? Luke talks to Juliane about Infinity Gate, a novel without an ending in a series of, so far, a single book. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss […]

Luke talks to Juliane about Julia by Sandra Newman, an authorised retelling of George Orwell’s 1984. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story […]

Juliane and Luke talk about System Collapse, a book that’s so badly written that (apart from not knowing what is going on (or who is who) and being annoyed by nested parenthesis) they are worried Martha Wells is giving introverts a bad role model in Murderbot. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support […]

Luke and Juliane review Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman and discuss whether turning business externalities into financial instruments is a good idea or not. Probably not? Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, […]

Luke and Juliane didn’t want a trilogy, but got one anyway. They review Lords of Uncreation, the final book of the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, […]

Luke talks to Juliane about Babel by R F Kuang, a historical novel about language which seems to have very little concern about the history of the language contained within it. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own […]

Very few novels stand the test of time! Luke isn’t sure why he thought Greg Bear writing in the 80’s would hold up as well as Ursula K LeGuin writing in the 70’s. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes […]

Luke talks to Juliane about his favourite moments in Ursula K LeGuin’s short story collection: The Unreal and the Real volumes 1 and 2. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that […]

Luke and Juliane discuss The This by Adam Roberts, a novel of disparate good parts that didn’t work together as well as Luke hoped. The review Luke mentions in the podcast: “Review: The This by Adam Roberts” by Carl M. Johnson. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via […]

Luke and Juliane ask “Is more of the same enough?” as they review Eyes of the Void, the second book in the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Luke on Mastodon: @[email protected] Juliane on Mastodon: @[email protected] Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding […]