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Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.

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01:21:42

Episode 75 - Red Mars: Other Effluvia

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/12/04

Hey, you know what? This wasn't so bad! There's about 20 extra minutes of chitchat at the end, mostly about Endurance (the Shackleton Expedition). Feel free to ignore it! DM: Haley CW/TW: we discuss animal death in Endurance during the post-episode chitchat Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging

41:24

Episode 74 - Better Living Through Algorithms

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/11/04

It's a(nother) stressful week, so you can have little an early episode, as a treat. Hang in there. This month we read and discussed Naomi Kritzer's Hugo-winning short story, Better Living Through Algorithms. You can read it for free or listen to it thanks to Clarkesworld! This is a wide-ranging discussion where we used the story as more of a jumping-off point to talk about a lot of other things, from sailing to crossfit to facial recognition software. Support Clarkesworld Picture Me Coding, ft

01:06:02

Spooky Special: Beetlejuice/Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/10/30

It's showtime! Happy Halloween, listeners!

01:27:12

Episode 73 - The Dispossessed: Stop Saying T1tties!

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/10/02

This month we read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. We were joined by special guest and delightful person and ambitopia expert, author Redfern Jon Barrett! We had so much fun chatting with Redfern that this is a bit of a maxisode. Digressions abound. DM: Haley CW/TW: brief discussion of SA Redfern’s website Purchase Proud Pink Sky Ambitopia: Futures Beyond the Binary Amy's guest appearance on Picture Me Coding Music by Pets of Belonging

23:16

Glasgow Worldcon Report

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/09/08

It was fun! It was windy! Lori and Kevin tell all. Boring warning: at about 17:45, you're gonna hear like 5 minutes of voice notes about dogs. Feel free to turn off the podcast. Eating noise warning: if you make it this far, at 22:05-22:25, Lori will loudly eat a tea cake, so skip that if you can't stand mouth noises. Want a mug? A sticker? How about a shirt? Check out our Redbubble shop.

01:10:29

Episode 72 - A Fire Upon the Deep: Scrotum Riders

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/09/04

Well, what else were we supposed to call it? This month we read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, suggested by listener Raj. Thanks, Raj! Amy is DM. Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Jo Walton's review

01:01:58

Episode 71 - This is How You Lose the Time War: Blue...

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2024/08/01

Being gay and doing crime, all across space and time! Our long-awaited, most cursed episode is finally here. Requested by Haley and Raj. Lori is DM. Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Strange Horizons Review - Adri Joy Interview with the authors The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Entirely Understand The 12 Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

30:54

Episode 70 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: The...

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2024/07/03

Over five years ago, we test drove this thing. It's rough, but we hope you'll enjoy it! For various reasons, we had to push back our planned schedule. This is How You Lose the Time War will drop in August, followed by A Fire Upon the Deep in September.

01:01:22

Episode 69 - Mirror Dance: Res-erection

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/06/05

Another attack of the clones. We liked it! DM: Haley CW/TW: rape, sexual abuse, transphobia, intersexphobia, fatphobia Music by Pets of Belonging Links: The Extractivism of Setting and the Traitor's Text - Vajra Chandrasekera Jo Walton's Review

57:38

Episode 68 - The Fountains of Paradise: Battery...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/05/01

This month we read Arthur C. Clarke's perfectly fine novel, The Fountains of Paradise. It is fine! And it has an admittedly banger ending, if you can stand the first 200 pages. Recommended, maybe? Amy is DM. Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Wikipedia - Sigiriya Sculpture and Poetry of Sigiriya

01:05:46

Episode 67: Hugo Girls Gone Wild: Twilight: OnlyFangs

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/04/01

We discuss the hottest film romance in genre fiction: Twilight! We love it. DM: Lori CW/TW: It's Twilight. Music by Pets of Belonging

58:38

Episode 66 - The Wind Whales of Ishmael: #NotMyIshmael

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2024/03/06

This month we read Philip José Farmer's extended fart joke The Wind Whales of Ishmael. This episode is kinda ridiculous, which is fitting for a book which is also kinda ridiculous. We chatted for 15 minutes before we got into the book, as follows: 0:00-7:00ish - general chat and update on Haley's fava beans, as requested by listener Amber 7:00ish-14:30 - tasting and discussion of Coca-Cola Spiced, which is not very good 14:30-15:30 - an anecdote from Haley's college radio days 15:30-end - an actual

01:09:48

Episode 65 - The Sparrow: Trigger Warning

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/02/07

This month we read Mary Doria Russell's divisive novel The Sparrow. It's got a bit of everything - Jesuits, space travel, food, friendship, sexual assault, victim-blaming, and child murder. Amy is DM. Did we mention trigger warning? Yikes! CW/TW: see description above, and it's really serious so skip this one if you need to! We like you! By the way, we did a LOT of chatting at the top of this one, so skip to about the 12 minute mark if you want to get straight into the book discussion.

52:09

First Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/01/15

Friend of the pod Anne joined us and quizzed us on past episodes! We also discussed our favorite reads of 2023 and what we're looking forward to reading in 2024. Happy New Year, and thanks for listening!

01:04:03

Episode 64 - Spin: Eating Disorder Lawton

Hugo, Girl! ·

2024/01/03

Jason is a genius, Diane is a diamond, ED is a Lawton, and Carol is drunk. Our narrator - He's just Tyler. This month we read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. We liked it! Lori is DM. Note: There is no actual discussion of eating disorders in this episode or in the book. One character is named ED, and his name is repeated one million times. Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Speculition's Review of Spin

01:04:57

Episode 63 - Lord of Light: We Get Slizzard

Hugo, Girl! ·

2023/12/06

This month we read Roger Zelazny's classic Lord of Light. We did not like it, and we are sorry. DM: Haley References: The Nerantel Gem Episode Read the Nerantel Gem Jo Walton's Review Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging

54:23

Episode 62 - Blood of the Dragon: Dugs Talk

Hugo, Girl! ·

2023/11/01

This month we discussed Blood of the Dragon, which won George RR Martin the Hugo Award for best novella in 1997. Blood of the Dragon consists of the Daenerys chapters from Game of Thrones. You can read it here or here. DM: Amy CW/TW: It's Game of Thrones, so you know the deal: SA, SA, and more SA. Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging

16:11

Your Feminist Favorite

Hugo, Girl! ·

2023/10/30

WE WON A HUGO AWARD!

57:45

Episode 61 - Carrie: Dirtypillows Talk

Hugo, Girl! ·

2023/10/04

Hold on to your dirtypillows and don't forget to plug it up - spooky season is here! We read Carrie, Stephen King's 1974 debut novel. Lori is DM. Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging Links: Tor.com review Carrie on stephenking.com

54:35

Episode 60 - The Snow Queen: Kind of a Janet

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2023/09/06

This month we read The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge. We liked it. No further analysis! DM: Haley NOTE: Sound quality is bad. Amy was sick so we recorded remotely, and your friend Lori did a bad job adjusting the gain. For best results, use your crummiest headphones. Also, it's come to our attention that Joan's last name might be pronounced Ving-ee, or maybe Vinjee. If we said it wrong, we're sorry! Transcript Library Music by Pets of Belonging

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