The AsimovCast

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

Welcome to Season 4 covering the short stories in The Martian Way and Other Stories. This episode I'm joined by Tessa to discuss 'Not Final!' and some Hugos winners reaction.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're finishing up Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novel.

We'll be back in the autumn with short stories from The Martian Way.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novella! We are broadly very positive!

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novelette and Best Graphic Story or Comic. There is... Not insignificant amounts of ranting.

Best Novelette

“Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch

“Never Eaten Vegetables” by  H.H. Pak

“Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells

“The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed

“The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker

“When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente

Best Graphic Story or Comic:

Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman and Mattia de Iulis

A Girl and Her Fed by KB Spangler and Ale Presser

A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin and Fred Fordham

The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio

The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard

The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form nominations, specifically:

Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine”

Murderbot: “All Systems Red”

Murderbot: “The Perimeter”

Pluribus: “We Is Us”

Severance: “Cold Harbor”

The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear”

We have... opinions

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Short Story and Poem nominations, specifically:

Short Stories

Poems:

“Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

Tessa (@thebiparadox), Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) discuss some of their favourite Sci-Fi and Fantasy of 2025 ahead of the Hugo Award nominations later this month.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

This is our Season 3 finale covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'Gold' from Gold.

We'll have a short break, some Hugos chat, and be back in a little for Season 4.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to [email protected]. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo!

We're back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'The Nations in Space' from Gold and 'Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon' from Magic.