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Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Explore the best of sci-fi with Brent and Cody. Each episode dives into a single book or series in the sci-fi cannon. Author interviews, reviews and analysis, and related book recommendations. Happy reading y'all!

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Interview with Ann Leckie - author of Ancillary Justice! 46:34

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Ann is also the author of Ancillary Sword, Ancillary Mercy, Translation State, Provenance (all set in her Imperial Radch universe), and the excellent stand-alone fantasy novel The Raven Tower. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video We talked with Ann about: 1:12 Becoming a writer later in life 5:06 The inspiration for the Radch and Ancillary Justice 7:48 Creating a gender-less empire 12:43 Writing from the POV of an AI 16:56 Invisible exposition 20:26 Space opera inspired by the real world 26:16 Audiobooks and pronunciation 34:14 Will we get to see inside the Radch Dyson sphere? 35:49 Recent books Ann likes and her influences 42:22 Blurbing Murderbot 44:16 Ann's next book is set on a rogue planet!…

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The 14 Best First Contact Books 43:58

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We also each rank our top three first contact books at the end of the episode. This episode is sponsored by The Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh, which is available in print or kindle edition here . Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video All the books in the episode (with YT links to those we've got full episodes on, or search for them in your podcast app): Contact by Carl Sagan Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Embassytown by China Miéville Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky Brothers The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Blindsight by Peter Watts The Expanse by James S.A. Corey The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven Solaris by Stanislaw Lem The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu…

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Ministry for the Future - Heatwaves, Super-Storms, and Cutting-Edge Climate Tech! 45:04

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The book somehow manages to be optimistic at the same time that it realistically portrays horrific climate catastrophes - the opening chapter will stick with you forever. That said, it also suffers from some of KSR's usual writing quirks: weak characters and a pretty loosely defined plot. We talk about it all, the good, the bad, and the terrifyingly hot! As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion. This episode is sponsored by The Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh, which is available in print or kindle edition here . Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: The Value of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins…

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A Clockwork Orange - the classic dystopia of crime and punishment! 36:54

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The book is shocking, disturbing, entertaining, and unbelievably thought provoking all at once - no wonder Stanley Kubrick decided to turn the book into a movie (which is a must-watch classic in its own right). It's also an unforgettable masterwork of language, as the narrator, Alex, and his droogs speak in slang that is somehow entirely novel and comprehensible at the same time. As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion. This episode is sponsored by I Am Machine by Lex Van Der Ploeg, which is available in print or kindle edition here . Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 1984 by George Orwell…

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Neuromancer by William Gibson - an unforgettable world of sleek techno-criminals, AI, and body mods! 37:00

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Neuromancer is an incredible science fiction classic, a page turner full of gripping action sequences, wild futuristic ideas, and a unique, techno-criminal world populated by wildly imaginative characters. As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion. This episode is sponsored by Mythos: The Origin of Gods by A.A., which is available on print, audiobook, or kindle here Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The sequels to Neuromancer: Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive…

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The Silo Series by Hugh Howey - Wool, Shift, and Dust 40:57

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As always, no spoilers until the end when we clearly call it out before getting into the full plot explanation and discussion. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video This episode is sponsored by The Song of Immaru: Earth's Door by PJ Dudek, which you can get on print, audiobook, or kindle here . Similar media we recommend: Fallout: New Vegas (game) Horizon Zero Dawn (game) The Thirteenth Floor (movie) Severance (TV show)…

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The Best Dystopian Books of All Time 55:46

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This episode is sponsored by The Dawn series by Ray N. Kuili, which you can get on print, audiobook, or kindle here . Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video All the books in the episode (with YT links to those we've got full episodes on, or search for them in your podcast app): The Hunger Games Red Rising Ready Player One The Giver Never Let Me Go The Children of Men The Machine Stops Clockwork Orange A Scanner Darkly Kallocain Fahrenheit 451 The Handmaid's Tale Brave New World 1984 We…

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The Mercy of Gods - Reviewing James S. A. Corey's new book 33:13

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The Mercy of Gods follows a team of research scientists trying to survive an alien invasion. The Carryx are ruthless - killing 1/8 of the population immediately as they arrive to encourage the survivors to cooperate. Our team, along with many others, are then abducted and brought to a Carryx planet, where they are set loose in an open-air prison populated by hundreds of other alien races. They’re told that if they want to survive they must be useful to the Carryx. Will they resist, or decide to serve the alien overlords? And what does service even mean to aliens who think totally differently? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Shards of Earth - Adrian Tchaikovsky Startide Rising - David Brin A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge…

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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - A doomed mission to an alien planet! 37:24

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A radio astronomer discovers a signal coming from Alpha Centauri - strange, beautiful alien voices, singing. While the rest of the world is transfixed by the broadcast, a catholic order, the Jesuits, take action and launch a mission to the planet of Rakhat. But from the outset we know the mission is doomed to tragedy, because a second storyline follows Emilio Sandoz after his return to Earth. The only survivor of the mission, he struggles to heal his wounds and to reconcile his faith with the deaths of his friends, and prepare to tell the world the truth of what happened on Rakhat. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Children of God - Maria Doria Russel (Sequel) Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel García Márquez Anathem - Neal Stephenson Contact - Carl Sagan A Canticle for Liebowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.…

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Starship Troopers: the deeply Philosophical classic of Military Sci-Fi! 43:14

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In the 23rd century Johnny Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry, the heart of the human military. As he nears completion of an intensely rigorous training program to learn how to fight and use his power armor, war breaks out between humanity and the bugs. The bugs are aliens with a hive mind, who attack and destroy Buenos Aires, and Johnny and his friends must strive to survive and defend humanity through the brutal war. It's also full of deeply interesting (and controversial) ideas about duty, service, crime and punishment, and so much more. If you like military sci-fi this is a must-read, and if you are into philosophical SF you are going to be pleasantly surprised how much it will stick with you and make you think. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman ( listen to our interview with Joe ) Columbus Day by Craig Alanson The Parafaith War by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.…

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12 Books - the best of last year! Ranking the Hugos plus Six More 43:03

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We rank the nominees for the 2024 Hugo award, plus 6 more from last year! Join the book club on discord and read The Sparrow! https://discord.gg/fHejh3PpR2 Video version of the show on YouTube https://youtube.com/@hugonautspod The books: The Witch King - Martha Wells The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty Some Desperate Glory - Emily Tesh The Saint of Bright Doors - Vajra Chandrasekera Starter Villain - John Scalzi Translation State - Ann Leckie Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Great Transition - Nick Fuller Googins Titanium Noir - Nick Harkaway The Marriage Act - John Marrs Red Team Blues - Cory Doctorow The Ferryman - Justin Cronin…

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7 Amazing, Short Sci-Fi Books for when you need a quick read! 20:30

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Over the years we've built up a pretty big backlog of short novels that we really liked but hadn't had a chance to cover on the show - so today we're bursting that dam. Join the book club on discord (and vote for our next book club book!): https://discord.gg/fHejh3PpR2 Video version of the show on YouTube https://youtube.com/@hugonautspod The seven books we recommend in this ep: This is how you Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Babel-17 by Samuel Delany All Systems Red by Martha Wells Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler The Way Station by Clifford D. Simak…

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Embassytown - Aliens who are truly alien and a wild, techno-organic world! 36:55

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There is only one human settlement on the planet of Arieka. There, in Embassytown, a young woman named Avice grows up in a strange world between worlds, where all that is human and all that is alien collide without ever really coming together. That's not much of a summary, but this is a book that really benefits from going in mostly blind, so we made sure to keep things really clean in the pre-spoilers section too. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Babel-17 by Samuel Delany City and the City or anything else by China Miéville A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge…

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Your top 20 sci-fi books - listener survey results! 36:52

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If you want to see the complete survey results, including all the top books, favorite authors, and short stories come find them on the discord . Video version of this episode available on YouTube .

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2024 Nebula nominees - 3 great books on this short list! 32:29

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The 2024 Nebula awards are coming up, so we read and ranked all the books for ya. And we've got good news, this was a great year for fantasy and sci-fi! Join the book club on discord: https://discord.gg/fHejh3PpR2 Video version of the show on YouTube https://youtube.com/@hugonautspod The short listed books: Translation State by Ann Leckie Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera The Witch King by Martha Wells…

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Metro 2033 - The book that inspired the hugely popular video games! 38:09

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The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The survivors live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared. Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity. Vote for your top 10 favorite SF novels by April 26! Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video This is a unique book! So instead of our normal book recs, we recommend some similar video games: The Last of Us Bioshock The Witcher 3 (harhar)…

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The Martian - Poop, Taters, and Tenacity 27:55

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Six days ago astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor Ready Player One by Ernest Cline…

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Roadside Picnic - the book that inspired Stalker and Metro 2033! 43:44

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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of the young rebels who venture illegally into the Zone, one of six areas on Earth that have been profoundly changed by the visitation of aliens to Earth. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And despite the danger, the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answers he's been looking for. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/rendezvous-with-rama) No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/ted-chiang)…

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The Expanse - Full series review! 50:37

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Space ships whip across the solar system, ice haulers burn in from the gas giants, stolen Martian corvettes sneak behind enemy lines, and very human characters tie it all together and make the incredible journey worth the ride. Miraculously all 9 books (plus a collection of short stories) are fun, well-done adventures that will keep you turning the pages and racing to find out what happens next. Seriously, if you haven’t read the Expanse yet, it’s time for a treat that goes down easy. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: House of Suns – Alastair Reynolds (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/house-of-suns) Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/children-of-time) Memories Legion – James S.A. Corey…

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We - The book banned by the Soviets that inspired 1984! 36:53

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In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an ongoing process of mathematical precision, a perfectly balanced equation. Primitive passions and instincts have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier -- and whatever alien species are to be found there -- will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason. Unless D-503 can find a space within himself - that disease the ancients called a soul. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: 1984 by George Orwell (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/1984) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/brave-new-world) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn…

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Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick - complete short story audiobook! 16:05

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A starship is taking off from Mars, and just before it does one of the crewman arrives with a strange new creature. What will the Wub bring to those on board, and the headstrong captain who can't stop thinking with his stomach? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! PS We by Yevgeny Zamyatin is still coming soon, but Brent had a family emergency, so Cody stepped up to bring y'all this gem in the meantime.…

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The Mountain in the Sea - Octopuses, AI, and the struggle to communicate! 28:50

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Rumors are swirling about a species of super-intelligent octopus living off the coast of Vietnam. As corporations and other non-state actors begin to investigate, it becomes clear that we are not alone in the universe - alien life has evolved right here on earth. DIANIMA, a giant tech company known for its machine learning prowess, buys the islands to study the octopuses and try to monopolize their unique brains for profit. They send Evrim, the world’s first true android / AI, and Dr. Ha Nguyen, a brilliant marine biologist, to study the octopuses, and Altantsetseg, a battle-hardened drone operator, to defend the islands from rapacious automated fishing vessels. Can they learn to communicate with the octopuses? Or will this new intelligent life be destroyed by global corporations run amok? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Check out Ray Nayler's answers to your questions about the book! Similar books we recommend: Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky Story of Your Life - Ted Chiang (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/ted-chiang) The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-windup-girl)…

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The Top 15 Sci-Fi Books of All Time! 37:05

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Ranking our top 15 sci fi books of all time: 15 - Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu 14 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy 13 - Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 12 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie 11 - Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein 10 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 9 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 8 - Hyperion by Dan Simmons 7 - A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick 6 - Exhalation by Ted Chiang 5 - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 4 - Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 3 - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 2 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 1 - Contact by Carl Sagan If you think something deserves to be on the list, drop us a line on Discord! Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video…

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Permutation City - A mind-bending look at the singularity, consciousness, and immortality! 32:29

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Paul Durham has begun experimenting on his own mind. He uploaded a copy of his neural patterns - everything that makes him who he is - into a computer simulation. The more he experiments, the more the lines between the real person and the virtual person begin to blur. What he discovers there, out at the edge of consciousness and the pattern that defines him, give him an impossible idea. A permutation city, where immortality might be possible. Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: The Hidden Girl and other Stories - Ken Liu (our interview with Ken Liu: https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/ken-liu) The Last Question - short story by Asimov (available free here: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html) Diaspora - Greg Egan…

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Interview with Peter Watts - Author of Blindsight! 43:55

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We talked with Peter about: Why he quit science to write fiction The real-world science that inspired Blindsight Why vampires?! Blindsight movie(s) in the works What's coming next (the sequel to Echopraxia!) Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video, or join the Hugonauts book club on discord ! And if you haven't listened to our episode about Blindsight, check it out here .…

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Spin - A first contact book that starts with a bang (and the stars going out)! 49:14

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Tyler, Jason, and Diane are growing up together in the suburbs of Washington, DC. One night, as they are outside looking up at the sky, something shocking happens - all the stars go out at once. The 'Hypotheticals' have wrapped the earth in a spin membrane that isolates the Earth, making time move millions of times slower inside the barrier than outside. In Tyler, Diane, and Jason's lifetime the sun will turn into a red giant and consume the earth - unless they can figure out how to escape the Spin! Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video This week we were joined by Jonathan from Words in Time - check out his channel on YouTube! Similar books we recommend: Contact - Carl Sagan (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/contact) Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-three-body-problem)…

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1984 - The techno-surveillance dystopia that keeps coming true! 38:39

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Winston Smith is a Party member living in London. He, like every other member of the Party, is under constant surveillance. Despite the risk, he dares to buy a blank book and begin to write down his thoughts. From the first moment he writes “down with Big Brother” he believes he is doomed to die in the torture chambers below the Ministry of Love. Will his deviance be caught, or will Winston succeed in finding a way to resist the totalitarian control of the Party? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: Animal Farm - George Orwell Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/brave-new-world)…

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2023 Hugo Nominees - plus 3 great SF books that should have made the list! 25:53

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Ranking the 2023 Hugo nominees: N/A: Nona the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir #5: Spare Man - Mary Robinette Kowal #4: Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Silvia Moreno-Garcia #3: Nettle and Bone - T Kingfisher #2: Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi #1: Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldry And three amazing sci-fi books that should have made the list: The Mountain and the Sea - Ray Nayler Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel Eyes of the Void - Adrian Tchaikovsky Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video…

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The Dispossessed - Anarchy, capitalism, and fighting for freedom across two planets! 30:10

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Shevek is a brilliant physicist, working on a new theory that may be as transformative and foundational as the work of Einstein. In pursuing his theory, he discovers that his dry homeworld of Anarres is not as free as he believed it to be. His society of anarchists has grown rigid, bureaucratic, and resistant to change in the years since the revolution. In order to pursue his work, he must leave Anarres and be the first to travel back to the deeply unequal, capitalist planet of Urras. Will Shevek succeed at completing his theory and igniting the fires of change? Or will he be consumed in the struggle for freedom? Join the Hugonauts book club on discord! Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video Similar books we recommend: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-left-hand-of-darkness) The City and the City - China Miéville (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-city-and-the-city) Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson (https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-mars-trilogy-colonizing-and-terraforming-mars)…

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The Road - the best post-apocalyptic book ever written?! 30:46

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