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Host of Hugos There (2025 Hugo nominee for Best Fancast), co-host of Take Me To Your Reader. Fan of baseball, dogs, disc golf, books, science, science fiction, theology, cooking, hiking, triathlons.
Book cover art for Nine Princes in Amber, showing the trump cards featuring the princes of Amber.
New Episode! Foundational Fantasy: Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny, with guest Paul Weimer (@princejvstin.com)
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Book cover art for The Sea of Monsters and a poster for the Disney Plus series.
New Take Me To Your Reader Episode! Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season Two: The Sea of Monsters
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What did you think of Season Two?
Cream of Wheat packaging, showing a red box with a bowl of porridge
I've been really sick and barely able to eat over the last week. I ended up having Cream of Wheat for breakfast, and now I'm wondering if anyone wants to meet me at the roller rink, play some Ms. Pac-Man, and then I'd like to hit Pay & Save and look at Star Wars action figures?
New Episode! Foundational Fantasy (new series): Redwall, by Brian Jacques, with guest Colin Kuskie (@colink.bsky.social)
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New Take Me To Your Reader Episode! The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan, Part One (2006 book/2013 movie) pavementpodcast.com/archives/pod...
Collage of three book covers, No Country For Old Men, Doomsday Book, and Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Bonus Episode! 2025 Favorite Reads, with Mandy Self and Megan Cutter
What were your favorite reads from 2025?
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Screenshot of Audible telling me I'm at 0% on a book and to keep it up.
I feel like Audible doesn't understand how progress works. Or encouragement.
Am I supposed to "keep it up" not starting the book?
Well now you'll have extra time to *guest* on podcasts!
In all seriousness, best of luck in whatever you find to do next.
Yes, that's the plan! I'll message you to get the ball rolling.
Two book cover images for Doorways in the Sand.
New Episode! Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny, with guest Bob Morrell (@wallet55.bsky.social)
It's a brief but fun discussion about a very funny book.
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A room full of books with the title of the episode printed over it.
New Bonus Episode! Science Fiction and Fantasy Concepts Draft, with Dan, Emmanuel, and Kalin from the Nebulugo Discord, a great way to finish out the year!
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New Take Me To Your Reader! Happy Life Day!
"Star-Wikileaks" (The Star Wars Holiday Special and A Disturbance in the Force documentary), with Scott Kirkwood from starwarsholidayspecial.com
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Here's something different!
New Original MicroFiction! "Bookends, or Libromancy," by Seth Heasley, in both print and audio:
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Cover art for Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer
New Episode! Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer, with Mythius from the Nebulugo Book Club Discord (link in the show notes)
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New Take Me To Your Reader episode! The remake/re-adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man
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finally got to listen to this episode and highly enjoyed it. Glory Road is a book that I both like in parts and also frustrates me (some of which for reasons that align with Seth and James' discussion)
I saw this in the feed and thought, "Oh, is that book I hated actually good?" I've always described it as a 300 page thriller crammed into 600 pages.
Excellent episode as usual! And I love the plot recaps because there are a lot of these books that have faded in my memory.
Now that the baseball season is over (congrats to the Dodgers), I can now root whole heartedly for the team I know and commonly refer to as the Football Mariners.
Go Seahawks! Also the throwback uniforms are the absolute best.
So you're a Hugo reader. You've listened to all my episodes and @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. You've kept up with @hugonauts.bsky.social and now you're out of podcasts.
Well, you're in luck! @klaxoncomms.com is bringing you Hugo History, a new monthly podcast! And it's terrific, so check it out!
Book cover art for Glory Road, showing a man on a horse riding into the sunset.
New Episode! Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein (1964 Hugo Nominee), with guest James Hedrick from the Something About Dragons Podcast/Blog
Is it Fantasy? Is it Science Fiction? Is it tons of fun? Is it disturbingly regressive in parts? All of the above!
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Heh pretty much. It just occurred to me that Short Circuit owes something to Frankenstein given the lightning connection. (Though that's only a movie connection since there is no lightning in the book)
image of automotive parts that look like eyes
While rehearsing in my friends' garage, I felt silently judged by the robot head that was watching us. (No idea what it actually was, so I'm choosing to believe it was a robot.)
Movie poster for the 2025 Frankenstein movie.
New Take Me To Your Reader episode! (Yes, two in a month!) We saw the new Frankenstein adaptation in theaters and we recommend you do the same. It's really, really good!
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I'm kind of behind the Blue Jays for the World Series this year (mostly because they eliminated my favorite team), but Good Lord if I have to hear one more whiny Jays fan (or manager) talk about how Springer got booed when he got hit by a pitch, I'm buying some Dodgers gear. It didn't happen.
Four book covers, for Glory Road, Annihilation, Termination Shock, and The Bone Clocks
Next episode will be about Robert A. Heinlein's Glory Road, with James from the Something About Dragons Blog/Podcast:
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Upcoming titles:
- Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
- Termination Shock, by Neal Stephenson
- The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
I did not know better. It was an absolute highlight of the movie for me. But I was twelve.
New Take Me To Your Reader episode! The new (terrible but fun) War of the Worlds movie!
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Book art showing an armed man running across the face of a clock
New Episode! This time I discuss the 2025 Locus Award-winning novel The Man Who Saw Seconds, by Andrew Boldizar with a couple of my friends from the Nebulugo Book Club Discord, Sophia and JW.
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