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The Incomparable 202: The Partial Monty
Bury your dead in a Zeppelin and call your interplanetary accountant—it’s time for our annual read of the Hugo Award nominees. We cover this year’s award nominees, plus the “retro Hugos” from 1939, both of which will be awarded in August in London. Also, someone defends Mira Grant.
July 11, 2014 • 1 hour, 49 minutes • Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Monty Ashley and David J. Loehr
The Incomparable 196: Golem and Jinni Detective Agency
Every year Scott and Jason read all the Hugo Award-nominated novels, which supposedly show off the best science fiction has to offer. That hasn’t always gone well, so this year they’ve read the eight novels nominated for the Nebula Awards—and recruited three other SF podcasters to join them in the fun. We discuss all eight novels with extremely light-to-no spoilers, so it’s safe to listen. And the good news? All eight of these novels are pretty good!
May 31, 2014 • 1 hour, 39 minutes • Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Fred Kiesche, Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer
The Incomparable 179: Thief-Based Economy
Our book club returns with discussion of two books! First we talk Scott Lynch’s “The Lies of Locke Lamora,” a fantasy book about a gang of thieves that are even outlaws to other thieves (spoiler horn at 12:00). Then it’s Ann Leckie’s “Ancillary Justice,” a space opera about AIs and ships and empires and corpse soldiers that brings Iain M. Banks to mind (starts at 28:48, spoilers at 33:22). Confusingly long prologues! Fun with gendered pronouns! Questionable burrito metaphors! Plus: What are we reading (starts at 68:13)?
January 25, 2014 • 1 hour, 16 minutes • Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Scott McNulty and Monty Ashley