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1) SFBRP #574 – Robert Silverberg – A Time of Changes
Luke tells Juliane about a mostly-forgotten Nebula Award winning novel from 1971, A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg, and how it’s VERY IMPORTANT that the main character struggles with premature e...Show More
2) SFBRP #573 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – One Day All This Will Be Yours
Luke and Juliane talk about One Day All This Will Be Yours, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s take on how one might lose a time war. See every book/episode of the SFBRP here: https://www.sfbrp.com/episode-lists-3 ...Show More
3) SFBRP #572 – Nnedi Okorafor – Death of the Author
Luke is very excited about new directions for science fiction as a genre, so talks up the promise of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor… but then explains to Juliane why he ultimately didn’t make i...Show More
4) SFBRP #571 – Becky Chambers – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Wayfarers #1
Luke and Juliane revisit The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers and discuss why writing a cozy story is incompatible with writing a traditionally good science fiction novel. See every...Show More
5) SFBRP #570 – Stanisław Lem – Solaris
Luke and Juliane discuss Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Trigger Warning: Luke has “explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers.” See every book/episode of the SFBRP here: https://www.sf...Show More
6) SFBRP #569 – Kaliane Bradley – The Ministry of Time
Luke reviews The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, the Goodreads Winner for Readers’ Favorite Science Fiction of 2024, which means it isn’t actually good science fiction but is pretty competent at ...Show More
7) SFBRP #568 – Orson Scott Card – Speaker for the Dead – Ender’s Saga #2
Luke rereads Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card to see if it should be on the SFBRP Must-Read List, and with Juliane discusses how Some Desperate Glory fails to live up to its predecessors. See ...Show More
8) SFBRP #567 – Emily Tesh – Some Desperate Glory
Luke tells Juliane about Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, a novel that started strong with lots of promise but left him disappointed, annoyed, underwhelmed and generally feeling other negative emot...Show More
9) SFBRP #566 – J R R Tolkien – The Return of the King – The Lord of the Rings #3
Part 3 of our discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Return of the King, what it means to be a good man or a good king, lessons learned by the hobbits and us during their adventures, and...Show More
10) SFBRP #565 – J R R Tolkien – The Two Towers – The Lord of the Rings #2
Part 2 of Luke and Juliane’s discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Two Towers, the power of wizards, action vs fights vs battles vs sieges, a diversion on Ents, and who is tempted by th...Show More