In honor of the release of the seventh Harry Potter film, we convene a collection of panelists to discuss the books, the movies, the phenomenon that is J.K. Rowling’s young-wizard saga. (If you haven’t read the series, there are spoilers and also the entire podcast will make no sense. Except for the part about “Magnum P.I.” and Pablo Picasso. This episode sponsored by the word “exegesis” and the musical stylings of Tom Bombadil.)

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The Incomparable Participants: Jason Snell, Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, and Serenity Caldwell. The Incomparable Theme Song composed by Christopher Breen. An MP3 version is available.

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Seriously, if you don’t get the whole “Harry Potter” thing, don’t listen. There are minor spoilers for details of what’s in the seventh movie, but again, not really if you’ve read the book.

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Discussing Joss Whedon, from Buffy to Firefly (to the Avengers?) and everything in between. What’s the appeal? What are our favorite episodes? Why did Firefly die young and leave a great-looking corpse?

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The Incomparable Participants: Jason Snell, John Siracusa, Dan Moren, and Serenity Caldwell. The Incomparable Theme Song composed by Christopher Breen. An MP3 version is available.

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Please note that this episode contains spoilers for “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” The AAC version of the podcast has been demarcated with chapter breaks so you can skip the spoilers.

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Three Hugo winners enter our Book Club. “Spin” by Robert Charles Wilson, “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons, and “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” by Michael Chabon. Also: Why sequels suck.

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The Incomparable Participants: Jason Snell, Glenn Fleishman, Dan Moren, Scott McNulty, and Greg Knauss. The Incomparable Theme Song composed by Christopher Breen. An MP3 version is available.

Updated on Thursday evening, November 11, to fix a strange empty spot and add an explanation about what “work me like a ham” means. But you have to listen to the end. And re-download if you missed it.

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Please note that this episode contains spoilers for the three books mentioned above. The AAC version of the podcast has been demarcated with chapter breaks so you can skip some (or, heck, all!) of the spoilers for those books. Presumably so you can come back later after you’ve read the books, right?

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Links

• “Spin” by Robert Charles Wilson
• “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons
• “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” by Michael Chabon
• Books by Neal Stephenson: “Zodiac”, Baroque Cycle part 1, part 2, part 3, Snow Crash
• “Carter Beats the Devil” by Glenn David Gold and “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon
• The anthology of short stories Jason couldn’t remember is “Stories of Your Life and Others” by Ted Chiang.

And chances are good our next Book Club book will be How to Life Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu.