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

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Episode 33 - The Uninvited: Shirt & Trousers

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/10/06

It's our Halloween Spooktacular! This month for spooky season we read and discussed Retro Hugo nominee The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle. Published in 1941 under the dubious title Uneasy Freehold, this book is chock full of our favorite things: ghosts, breakfasts, lesbians, and a nice orange cat. It has a great twist so we REALLY hope you'll read it. Be warned: spoilers and spirits abound! Your super spooky DM for this episode is Haley! The House - Vivek Abhishek

01:27:05

Episode 32 - The Three-Body Problem: Bottle, Bertle

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/09/01

This month we discussed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu), winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Did you know that we are in fact three bodies? And by the end of this episode, we are also self-taught physicists. Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/liu-cixins-war-of-the-worlds

52:43

Episode 31 - Murderbot Diaries - All Systems Red:...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/08/04

This is a short book so detours abound, but we did (mostly) love that Murderbot! After almost a year and a half of a whole pandemic, who can't identify with wanting to shut your helmet faceplate and feed thousands of hours of TV directly into your brain? Murderbot is all of us. Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: NPR review: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/27/688354123/sulky-cynical-murderbot-is-one-of-sci-fis-most-human-characters NK Jemisin's blog:

26:55

Cookbook Minisode Part 2: The Eating

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/07/28

It's time to eat! Join us as we eat and discuss delicious dishes inspired by The Witcher, The Broken Earth Trilogy, The Legacy of Orïsha, and Lord of the Rings from Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, by Thea James and Isabel Minunni. Be forewarned, there's plenty of chewing because this food was good! We are allowed to share a handful of recipes, so send us an email or reach out on social if anything piques your interest! Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

17:35

Cookbook Minisode Part 1: The Unboxing

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/07/27

This minisode we open and peruse Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons, a fantasy-inspired collection of recipes, created by Hugo Award winner and co-founder of The Book Smugglers, Thea James, and chef Isabel Minunni. The book also includes forty beautiful illustrations by artist Tim Foley. Listen as we...read the table of contents and talk about lactose intolerance and flossing. It's cuter than it sounds, we promise! This Minisode Part 1 is us going through recipes to select which ones we want

01:02:06

Episode 30 - The City & the City: Earl Kerma

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/07/07

This month we read The City and the City by China Miéville, which was...fine? Maybe goodish? Is it "New Weird," or is it just weird? We don't know. But we do know that Mare of Easttown would have cracked this case with half as many commas as Inspector Borlú. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

35:06

A Birthday Minisode - The Nerantel Gem, a fairy tale...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/06/07

In honor of her birthday, please enjoy this reading of Haley's middle school Star Wars fanfiction. There are twins, a quest, an evil guy who definitely isn't just the Emperor, an underwater eatery, 35 minutes of nonstop giggling, cameos by Kevin - you name it, we've got it! This episode is dedicated to our nice friend Juan, who appreciates our giggling. Read along with us and view the author's original cover art here:

01:28:31

Episode 29 - Hyperion: A Maxisode!

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/06/02

Episode 29 is here, and now with 50% more podcast! This month we read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, winner of the 1990 Hugo for best novel, and we took a whopping hour and a half to discuss it. This is a very good book, rife with problems and problematics, and a HEAPING helping of boob talk. CW/TW: sexualization of underage girls Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

54:37

Episode 28 - A Memory Called Empire: Emma Jo

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/05/05

This month we read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, winner of the 2020 Hugo for best novel! This was a fun, steampunky romp. Don't forget to tweet us your Teixcalaanli name! CW/TW: brief discussion of death by suicide at 41:20-43:00. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: https://www.npr.org/2019/04/07/710356506/questions-for-arkady-martine-author-of-a-memory-called-empire Random number generator: https://www.google.com/search?q=random+number Random noun generator:

01:01:47

Episode 27 - Starship Troopers: 2 Bunner 2 Tuggles

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/04/07

This month we went back into the bunner tuggles as we discussed Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

01:03:04

Episode 26 - The Fellowship of the Ring: My Favorite...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/04/01

BIG NEWS! We're jumping on the true crime train. For our inaugural episode, we discussed the sensational jewelry heist of approximately 3,070 years ago, popularly known as The Lord of the Rings. These events were originally covered by true crime reporter JRR Tolkein in the 1950s. Music: Sir Fireheart by Ean Grimm https://youtu.be/8DCvn484bXw?t=1146 Links: Cinema Therapy: Aragorn vs. Toxic Masculinity https://youtu.be/pv_KAnY5XNQ

01:14:24

Episode 25 - Dragonflight: Misogynist Moments

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/03/03

This month we discussed Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. We didn’t like it. CW: rape, intimate partner violence Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/20/fanzine-spotlight-nerds-of-a-feather-flock-together/ http://corabuhlert.com/2021/02/24/fancast-spotlight-hugo-girl/

01:06:40

Episode 24 - The Stone Sky: Hippopotabus

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/02/03

Hitch a ride on the nearest vehimal and join us for the conclusion of NK Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy! It's been a wild ride, and everyone is either dead or turned to stone or both. CW: everyone’s dead or dying; medieval torture mastectomy (you read that correctly) Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/19/542469223/in-the-stone-sky-some-worlds-need-to-burn http://corabuhlert.com/2021/01/22/fanzine-spotlight-hugo-book-club-blog/

01:18:54

Episode 23 - The Obelisk Gate: Butter Marble

Hugo, Girl! ·

2021/01/06

WE WERE KIND OF CONFUSED BUT MOSTLY LIKED THIS BOOK AND ALSO GEORGIA IS BLUE!! IT'S BLUUUUUUUE! Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss

01:24:36

Maxisode Special: Fantastical Foods with Ginger Lee...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/12/19

For this supersized super special episode, we were joined by Ginger Lee Thomason, who is currently writing her thesis on food in fiction and knows every snack in the book! Join us as we geek out over everything from lembas to roach jello to seared krayt dragon. Sound quality is always a crapshoot when recording remotely, so this time around, Lori and Haley are coming to you from the bottom of a well - sorry! Find Ginger at https://gingerleethomason.com/ and @wordsofginger on Twitter.

01:09:54

Episode 22 - The Fifth Season: Orogenous Zones

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/12/02

This month we discussed the 2015 Hugo winner for best novel, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. There's a lot going on in this book, so our plot summary is longish. If you don't need a plot summary you can skip 5:48-14:35. CW/TW: LANGUAGE and sexual content that you REALLY probably do not want your kids to hear in the car and chant over and over during Zoom school, but if that does happen please tell us because that sounds funny. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Links:

01:07:07

Episode 21 - To Your Scattered Bodies Go: The Crossover

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/11/04

We're taking a break from recording this month, so we're releasing the crossover episode we recorded back in January of 2020 with Seth Heasley, creator and host of the Hugos There podcast. This book is wild - all of humanity (and humanoid...ity??) is dead and in a bizarre, harsh afterlife. Actually now that I write that out, it feels familiar. Is 2020 just Riverworld?? CW/TW: suicide, sexual assault, slavery, antisemitism, racism, Nazis, sexism Music by Eon:

55:48

Episode 20 - Conjure Wife: Beefy

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/10/27

It's our Halloween Spooptacular! In honor of Spooptober, we bring you a special episode on Fritz Leiber's 1944 retro Hugo winner for best novel, Conjure Wife. Big thanks to Seth (@hugospodcast) for suggesting this 180-page Misogynist Moment, which asks (over and over and over) if witchcraft might be real. Warning: major digressions ahead. Topics include Elvira and whether or not spit is water. Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss Article about the many covers of Conjure Wife:

01:08:23

Episode 19 - A Canticle for Leibowitz: Old Tumater Woman

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/10/07

This month we discussed A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter H. Miller, winner of the 1961 Hugo Award for best novel. It has lots of men, lots of death, and almost no women - and we all loved it! We loved it so much, we forgot about our Boob Talk segment, but there are no boobs in this book anyway. CW: discussion of the author's death by suicide Music by Eon: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss New Yorker article:

35:18

Hugo Babygirl #1: Welcome to Your Authentic Indian...

Hugo, Girl! ·

2020/09/24

Welcome to our inaugural Hugo Babygirl episode! These are shorter episodes (hence the "baby") where we read and discuss Hugo Award-winning short fiction (and other stuff if we feel like it). For this episode we read Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse, which won the Hugo Award for best short story in 2018. Spoiler: we all thought it was excellent. Apologies for some weird audio in this one. The results of recording remotely are always a surprise! Read the story via Apex

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