A Sci Fi Podcast where we talk about Sci Fi stories in all their forms, but mainly focusing on short stories and novels.
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Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith
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Join the group for the first part of the discussion on Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. The short story for the discussion is The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith
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Children of Memory Part 4 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Grandpa by James Schmitz
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Join the group for the fourth part of the discussion of Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. We've got Windup Girl coming up next after Children of Memory. Short story for the discussion is Grandpa by James Schmitz
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Children of Memory Part 3 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Star by Arthur C Clarke
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Join the group for the third part of the discussion of Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Apologies to our listeners for the delay in posting this episode, things have been a bit busy :) We've got Windup Girl coming up next after Children of Memory. Short story for the discussion is The Star by Arthur C Clarke.…
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Children of Memory Part 2 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Let me Live in a House by Chad Oliver
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The group gets together to continue our discussion of the Children of Time Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky with the first three sections of Children of Memory. Short story for the day is Let me Live in a House by Chad Oliver
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Children of Memory Part 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn
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The group gets together to continue our discussion of the Children of Time Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky with the first three sections of Children of Memory. Short story for the day is The Liberation of Earth by William Tenn
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Redshirts Part 3 by John Scalzi and Prott by Margaret St. Clair
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The group gets together to discuss Redshirts Part 2 by John Scalzi. Short story for the day is Prott by Margaret St. Clair
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Redshirts Part 2 by John Scalzi and Snowball Effect by Katherine McLean
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The group gets together to discuss Redshirts Part 2 by John Scalzi. Short story for the day is Snowball Effect by Katherine McLean
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Redshirts Part 1 by John Scalzi and Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K Dick
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The group gets together to discuss Redshirts by John Scalzi. Short story for the day is Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K Dick
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Children of Ruin Part 3 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Surface Tension by James Blish
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Chris, Dan, Steve, Jarrod and Varsha get together to discuss the last half of Children of Ruin. The short story for this episode is Surface Tension by James Blish
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Children of Ruin Part 2 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Baby HP by Juan Jose Arreola
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We continue our discussion of Children of Ruin - the second book of the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The short story for the episode is Baby HP by Juan Jose Arreola
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Children of Ruin Part 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and September 2005 The Martian by Ray Bradbury
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We continue our discussion of the Children of Time trilogy with this first discussion of Children of Ruin - the second book in the trilogy. The short story for the episode is September 2005 The Martian by Ray Bradbury
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Children of Time Part 4 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Desertion by Clifford D Simak
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The group wraps up the discussion of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The short story for the day is Desertion by Clifford D Simak
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Children of Time Part 3 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges
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We continue our discussion of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Short story for the episode is Tlon Uqbar Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges
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Children of Time Part 2 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Microscopic Giants by Paul Ernst
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The group continues the discussion of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The short story for this episode is The Microscopic Giants by Paul Ernst
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Children of Time Part 1 by Adrian Tchaikovsky and The Last Poet and the Robots by Abraham Merrit
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Join the group to start the discussions for the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The short story for today is The Last Poet and the Robots by Abraham Merritt.
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Embassytown Part 4 by China Mieville and The Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum
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Join the group to discuss the final quarter of Embassytown by China Mieville. The short story selection for the week is The Martian Odyssey by Stanley G Weinbaum
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Embassytown Part 3 by China Mieville and The Conquest of Gola by Leslie F Stone
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The group returns to chat about the third quarter of Embassytown by China Mieville. The short story selection for the week is The Conquest of Gola by Leslie F Stone
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Embassytown Part 2 by China Mieville and The Star Stealers by Edmond Hamilton
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Join the hosts of Speculative Speculations to discuss the second quarter of Embassytown by China Mieville. The short story for this week is The Star Stealers by Edmond Hamilton
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Embassytown Part 1 by China Mieville and The Fate of the Poseidonia by Clare Winger Harris
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Join the hosts as they embark on the reading of another weird speculative fiction novel, this time by China Mieville. The short story for the discussion is The Fate of the Poseidonia by Clare Winger Harris
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Acceptance - Occulting Light by Jeff Vandermeer and The Comet by W.E.B Du Bois
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Join Varsha, Dan, Steve, Chris and Jarrod to wrap up the discussions of the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. This has been an incredible journey. The group discusses the final quarter of the third book Acceptance and some Chris has a questionnaire for us to answer with our closing thoughts about the series! The short story for today is Th…
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Acceptance Ch 11 - 19 by Jeff Vandermeer & Doom of Principal City by Yefim Zozulya
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Join Varsha, Jarrod, Chris and Steve to discuss the third quarter of Acceptance. This discussion takes us through Ch. 19 of the third book of the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. The short story for this discussion is Doom of Principal City by Yefim Zozulya
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Acceptance Range Light and Fixed Light by Jeff Vandermeer & Mechanopolis by Miguel de Unamuno
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Join Varsha, Jarrod, Chris and Steve to discuss the second quarter of Acceptance. This discussion takes us up to the end of the section entitled "Range Light" of the third book of the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. The short story for this discussion is Mechanopolis by Miguel de Unamuno.
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Acceptance - Range Light Ch. 1-6 by Jeff Vandermeer and The Elements of Pataphysics by Alfred Jarry
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Varsha, Chris, Steve, Jarrod and Dan discuss the first six chapters of the first part of Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer - the third book of the Southern Reach series. We then proceed to discuss The Elements of Pataphysics by Alfred Jarry - and try to answer the question - was he the OG internet troll? :D…
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Authority by Jeff Vandermeer - Chapter 23 - End of Book and The New Overworld by Paul Scheerbart
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Join Chris, Dan, Jarrod, Steve and Varsha to discuss the final part of Authority - the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. The short story for pick for this discussion is The New Overworld by Paul Scheerbart
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Authority Ch. 16-22 by Jeff Vandermeer and The Triumph of Mechanics by Karl Hans Strobl
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Varsha, Chris and Jarrod discuss Chapters 16-22 of Authority by Jeff Vandermeer - the second book of the Southern Reach series. Many secrets are revealed and yet many more questions remain unanswered. Join us as we speculate about all the unknowns and gush about the reveals that we encountered in this section. The short story for this discussion is…
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Authority Ch. 6 - 15 by Jeff Vandermeer and Sultana's Dream by Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein
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In this episode we continue our speculations about what the heck is going on with Area X by discussing Chapters 6-15 of Authority - the second book of the Southern Reach Series by Jeff Vandermeer. Our short story pick for the day is Sultana's Dream by Rokheya Shekhawat Hossein Sultana's Dream is available online at https://digital.library.upenn.edu…
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Authority Ch. 1 - 5 by Jeff Vandermeer and The Star by H.G. Wells
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Join Dan, Chris, Jarrod, Varsha and Steve to discuss Chapters 1-5 of Authority - the second book of the Southern Reach series by Jeff Vandermeer. Our short story selection for today is The Star by H.G. Wells. The short story can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67071 The short story for next week will be Sultana's Dream by Rokheya Shekh…
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Annihilation Ch. 5 Dissolution by Jeff Vandermeer and Liking What you See: A Documentary by Ted Chiang
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In this episode we wrap up not one but two books with our discussion of Ch. 5 of Annihilation, and the short story Liking What you See: A Documentary by Ted Chiang from the short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others. Starting next week, we'll be discussing the second book of the Souther Reach Trilogy - Authority by Jeff Vandermeer, and …
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Annihilation Ch. 3 and 4 Immolation and Immersion and Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang
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In this episode, Varsha, Dan, Jarrod, Steve and Chris discuss Chapters 3 and 4 of Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. We also discuss the short story Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang from the short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.
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Annihilation Ch. 2 Integration by Jeff Vandermeer and Seventy Two Letters by Ted Chiag
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In this episode, Jarrod, Chris, Steve, Dan and Varsha discuss chapter 2 of Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer and the short story Seventy Two Letters by Ted Chiang from the short story collection Stories of your Life and Others.
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Annihilation Ch. 1 Initiation by Jeff Vandermeer and Understand by Ted Chiang
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In this episode we start to switch things up a little bit by beginning our group discussion of Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer with the first chapter. Dan joins us for the Annihilation portion of the episode. We continue on to then discuss Understand by Ted Chiang as we continue our read through of The Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Mu…
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In this episode we continue on our SF short story reading journey by discussing The Evolution of Science by Ted Chiang and Nightfall by Asimov.Music - What happens when we die by Savfk
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In this episode we discuss the short stories Tower of Babylon and Division by Zero by Ted Chiang from the short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang.Music - What Happens When We Die by Savfk
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In this first episode of Speculative Speculations, we kick off our reading of short stories with The Story of Your Life from the short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. As fans of the movie Arrival, we discuss the story in isolation as well as how it compares to the movie. Music - What Happens When We Die by Savfk…
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