Science Fiction Book Review Podcast: Recent Episodes
Luke Burrage
How much can you talk about a novel where the reading advice is “Go in cold without knowing anything”? Luke tells Juliane about There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, first half no spoilers, second half a deep dive.
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Luke and Juliane discuss The War of the Worlds by H G Wells.
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Luke talks to Juliane about the next stories in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers fantasy series, Lives of Bitter Rain and Days of Shattered Faith.
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Luke and Juliane talk about Robert A Heinlein’s children’s book Have Space Suit – Will Travel, what they enjoyed and what they found problematic, and if it will be added to the SFBRP Must-Read List.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Luminous by Silvia Park, so far the best book he’s read in 2026.
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Juliane read Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove and in this episodes tells Luke why he shouldn’t read it too.
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Luke and Juliane discuss Inversions by Iain M Banks, a sure-fire entry into the SFBRP Must-Read List.
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Luke tried out The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, a book so bad he’s going to have to update the SFBRP website to match the new DID NOT FINISH functionality of Goodreads.
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Luke reviews Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds and if you don’t know the Terrible Secret of Space then you might be confused about the pusher robots and the shover robots.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Slow Gods by Claire North, a book with so many nods to The Culture series that Luke’s head almost fell off nodding in recognition.
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Luke and Juliane are very enthusiastic about Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky so half way through their review go deep into the spoiler zone.
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It’s a 1000 page book from 2008, and Luke tells Juliane why he thinks Anathem is a “Masterwork” by Neal Stephenson.
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Luke tells Juliane about the disappointing romance in The Everlasting, the romantasy novel by Alix E Harrow.
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Luke revisits Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie to see how it holds up as an early example of the awards-dominating science fiction movement variously known as Tor Wave or Squeecore.
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Luke REMOVES Startide Rising by David Brin from the SFBRP Must-Read List! Why? Listen to find out!
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Juliane begins the podcast by wondering whether When There Are Wolves Again by E J Swift is even science fiction, and Luke has strong thoughts on that and other questions.
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Luke re-reads The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken to see if it keeps its place on the SFBRP Must-Read list.
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Luke talks to Juliane about the first two novels in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Tyrant Philosophers fantasy series, City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds.
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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 ejaculation.
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Luke and Juliane talk about One Day All This Will Be Yours, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s take on how one might lose a time war.
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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 it to the end of the novel.
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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.
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Luke and Juliane discuss Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Trigger Warning: Luke has “explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers.”
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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 the other things it’s trying to be.
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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.
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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 emotions. Also this won the best novel Hugo award, so there’s a bit of that to talk about too.
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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 a final review of the reading experience 30 years on from Luke’s first time through.
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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 the One Ring.
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Part 1 of Luke and Juliane’s discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the audiobook performance by Andy Serkis, appreciation for the first movie in the trilogy, how Tom Bombadil can be so annoying, and Luke takes a stab at the question “what even are elves?”
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Luke delves into The Silmarillion for the first time, and talks to Juliane about myth creation, map confusion, and the genealogy of a silver tree.
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Juliane finished Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky and so Luke joins her to discuss academic politics, totalitarian politics, aliens, and clay.
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Luke revisits Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, and tells Juliane about the four different levels of understanding available to discover and enjoyment to be had.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Neverness by David Zindell, an epic space opera from 1988 which for years he considered one of his favourite science fiction novels, and debates adding it to the SFBRP Must Read List.
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Luke and Juliane share their thoughts on Earth Abides by George R Stewart, an influential post-apocalyptic novel from 1949.
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Luke tells Juliane why Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson ended up on his did-not-finish list, and why it was such a disappointment after The Space Between Worlds.
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Luke and Juliane discuss the second instalment in what they now realise is a Dune movie trilogy, Dune: Part 2 (2024). To keep the full story fresh in their minds, Luke re-read the novel and they both rewatched Dune: Part 1.
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Luke re-read the multi-award-winning Gateway by Frederik Pohl. Juliane joins him to discuss why 1970’s science fiction can be very clever but still misses the mark for current readers.
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After diversions on buying and reading the hardcover version of the book, Luke and Juliane talk about Heavy Time by C J Cherryh, the first Company Wars novel by internal chronology.
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Luke reviews a new (to him) translation of Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and discusses with Juliane if it should make it onto the SFBRP Must-Read List.
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Luke revisits Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein and shares his thoughts on the political ideas it contains with Juliane.
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Juliane read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell for the first time, and Luke for the second time, and they talk through how the book impacted their emotions.
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Luke re-reads The Forever War by Joe Haldeman to see if it could make it onto the SFBRP Must-Read List, but discovers there are more versions of the novel than he knew, and he read a version that didn’t win the Hugo or Nebula awards.
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Where is the best place to start for new readers of science fiction? Which books are the best examples of science fiction available to read today? Which old books stand the test of time, and which new books will we still be thinking about in decades to come? For episode #550 of the SFBRP, Luke and Juliane compiled a list of 52 “must-read” science fiction books to answer these questions and more.
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Luke re-reads The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin to see if it is worthy of inclusion on the SFBRP Must-Reads Science Fiction Novels list.
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Luke tells Juliane about a minor Ursula K LeGuin novel he read weeks ago: The Eye of the Heron.
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Luke dips into the first book in the Uplift Saga to see if Sundiver by David Brin is worthy of a place among the greats. Spoilers: it isn’t.
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Luke enjoyed the literary dick-swinging in Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, but tells Juliane how the novel ends up less than the sum of its five parts.
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Luke and Juliane discuss why Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds might make it onto a future SFBRP Masterworks List, plus a spoiler section to go deeper into an important plot device.
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It’s wizards versus lesbians in Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs, but Luke is ultimately disappointed in a book that kept promising more than it ever delivered.
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Luke and Juliane review Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, an old SF Masterwork that’s very dated and not very good.
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While Luke waits for Juliane to finish Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds, he checks out the duo of novellas collected in Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days.
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Luke read three novellas by Adrian Tchaikovsky, catches up with Juliane and explains why they are all about 3.75 on the enjoyment scale. They are: Walking to Aldebaran, The Expert System’s Brother, and The Expert System’s Champion.
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Luke and Juliane review Amatka by Karin Tidbeck, then discuss the five star concepts and themes trapped within this two star novel.
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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (with The Child as the main character) is the post-apocalyptic-novel-featuring-a-protagonist-without-a-proper-name that Luke has been waiting for, following the double-disappointment of The Road (featuring The Man and The Boy) and The Bear (featuring The Man and The Girl).
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Luke finally finished Moby-Dick by Herman Melville and wants to talk to Juliane about how it’s the best written worst novel.
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On the episode following The Road, Luke talks to Juliane about The Bear by Andrew Krivak, and how it’s playing off the themes and story of Cormac McCarthy’s novel.
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Luke was left bored and disappointed by The Road by Cormac McCarthy. He tells Juliane why he stopped reading half way through, and it wasn’t because he was depressed with the contents, but instead depressed by how bad it was written.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Scum of the Earth, the new Audible Original by Alexander C Kane about alien invasion collaborators.
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Luke and Juliane review Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds, a book they mostly enjoyed, but spend the whole podcast trying to work out why there weren’t fully satisfied.
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Luke reviews Artifact by Joshua James, but actually he wants to have an in-depth discussion with Juliane about Audible’s new Virtual Voice Narration technology, what it sounds like now, and what it means for the future of audiobook production and listening.
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Luke tells Juliane about Rocannon’s World, which was Ursula K LeGuin’s first novel, and the first book in the Hainish Cycle.
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Is it “genre-defying” or does M R Carey just change gears every time he runs out of steam? Luke talks to Juliane about Infinity Gate, a novel without an ending in a series of, so far, a single book.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Julia by Sandra Newman, an authorised retelling of George Orwell’s 1984.
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Juliane and Luke talk about System Collapse, a book that’s so badly written that (apart from not knowing what is going on (or who is who) and being annoyed by nested parenthesis) they are worried Martha Wells is giving introverts a bad role model in Murderbot.
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Luke and Juliane review Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman and discuss whether turning business externalities into financial instruments is a good idea or not. Probably not?
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Luke and Juliane didn’t want a trilogy, but got one anyway. They review Lords of Uncreation, the final book of the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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Luke talks to Juliane about Babel by R F Kuang, a historical novel about language which seems to have very little concern about the history of the language contained within it.
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Very few novels stand the test of time! Luke isn’t sure why he thought Greg Bear writing in the 80’s would hold up as well as Ursula K LeGuin writing in the 70’s.
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Luke talks to Juliane about his favourite moments in Ursula K LeGuin’s short story collection: The Unreal and the Real volumes 1 and 2.
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Luke and Juliane discuss The This by Adam Roberts, a novel of disparate good parts that didn’t work together as well as Luke hoped.
The review Luke mentions in the podcast:
“Review: The This by Adam Roberts” by Carl M. Johnson.
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Luke and Juliane ask “Is more of the same enough?” as they review Eyes of the Void, the second book in the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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Luke and Juliane discuss The Naked God, the Night’s Dawn trilogy, and Peter F Hamilton’s writing about religion in science fiction. They also talk about Peter F Hamilton as an antidote to the weighty domination of American science fiction awards novels over current reading habits and recommendation lists (Tor Wave? Squeecore?). Luke on Mastodon: @lukeburrage@masto.nu […]
Luke listened to roughly 30 episodes of the SFBRP in the last month. What did he learn about science fiction reading, novel writing, Goodreads ratings, objectionable content, and much more besides? Luke on Mastodon: @lukeburrage@masto.nu Juliane on Mastodon: @JuKuBerlin@mastodon.social Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, […]
Luke tells Juliane about The Spear Cuts Through Water, a fantasy novel where Simon Jimenez continues to explore expectations of tropes and how to frustrate them… satisfyingly? Luke on Mastodon: @lukeburrage@masto.nu Juliane on Mastodon: @JuKuBerlin@mastodon.social Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, […]
Luke and Juliane start a new space opera adventure trilogy with Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shards of Earth and they get exactly what they expected. Luke on Mastodon: @lukeburrage@masto.nu Juliane on Mastodon: @JuKuBerlin@mastodon.social Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat […]
Luke and Juliane wrap up K J Parker’s Siege trilogy with a quick discussion of A Practical Guide to Conquering the World.
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This book is garbage and Luke asked for his Audible credit back 30% in. Juliane finished it but has major regrets. We’re not sure how anyone gave Ray Naylor’s The Mountain in the Sea a full five stars.
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Luke reads a Jules Verne story from a time when “Science Fiction” just meant “Fiction with a Scientist in it” rather than “Fiction with Speculative Science in it”: Journey to the Center of the Earth. Is it still an enjoyable reading experience 159 later? He shares his thoughts with Juliane.
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Luke and Juliane have both already read The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov, but they listened to the audiobook on a road trip, and both HAVE THOUGHTS.
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Juliane read Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and so Luke read it again too. In preparation for another octopus-based science fiction book (see upcoming episode) they did a quick a catch-up episode.
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In this special anniversary episode, Luke and Juliane continue their discussion of Peter F Hamilton’s Night’s Dawn trilogy with book 2; The Neutronium Alchemist.
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Luke read the novel and Juliane watched the TV show, so they get together to chat about Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, the first book in the YA fantasy Grishaverse series.
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What if Time Travel Romance but also uncomfortable pedophile grooming between a 40 year old man and a 10 year old girl? Luke and Juliane discuss The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
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Luke and Juliane talk about the first Night’s Dawn novel by Peter F Hamilton, The Reality Dysfunction, otherwise known as “Joshua Calvert’s Penis Adventures”.
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Luke read Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky expecting interesting new uplifted intelligent species, but instead got uninteresting human children. AGAIN.
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This was meant to be an SFBRP Short, but Luke got into various rants about Mars by Ben Bova. So turn your frown upside down, and then back the right way again, because this book made Luke frown.
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It’s not science fiction or fantasy, but K J Parker’s next Siege book is set in a secondary world so let’s review it: How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It!
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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel won the Goodreads Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2022. Luke read it and tells Juliane all the ways it doesn’t work as a science fiction novel, but how it somehow works anyway.
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Luke is disappointed by City of Illusions by Ursula K LeGuin and tries to convince Juliane that disappointment is a bad thing.
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Juliane reads Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki so Luke doesn’t have to, and then wishes she didn’t read it either.
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Luke was told not to review Eversion by Alastair Reynolds due to spoilers, so he keeps this episode just short enough to convince Juliane to read it soon.
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It took Luke 2 months to get through Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson, but he still mostly enjoyed the latest Stormlight Archive tome. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my […]
Luke goes waaay back to re-read the first story that introduced him to science fiction: It’s Such a Beautiful Day by Isaac Asimov. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” […]
Luke talks to Juliane about a lesser-known novel by Stanislaw Lem: The Invincible. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]
Luke feels like a professional juggler again, and is finding new life in his show. Meanwhile, back home, Juliane gets covid for the first time! Thanks to all our Patreon supporters for helping us through the last few years! Please consider supporting us and all our future projects: patreon.com/lukeburrage
Luke tells Juliane how Fevered Star, the second book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, answered all the questions he had left over from the first book. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get […]
Luke and Juliane listened to Planet of Exile by Ursula K LeGuin ages ago, but they are finally home from their summer trip so chat about this novella for a bit. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding […]
Why is Luke mentioned in a tweet alongside the word “Squeecore”? Also, Luke tells Juliane what he liked about Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my […]
Luke and Juliane talk about how Network Effect by Martha Wells can win both a Hugo and a Nebula award, despite being mediocre. Spoiler Alert: because of existing Murderbot fandom. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, […]
Luke tells Juliane about an Audible Exclusive comedy science fiction audiobook: Isaac Steele and the Forever Man by Daniel Rigby. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster […]
Luke didn’t finish a story about the most interesting people in the multiverse because they were so BORING, and Juliane didn’t finish because she didn’t like the writing. A SFBRP short about This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane […]
Short episode about a short novel: Luke and Juliane review Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them […]
Luke waited 11 years to read and review the second Marid Audran novel, A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and […]
Juliane talks about a novella that feels like a warm hug, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story […]
Luke tells Juliane the order she should read the three parts of More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon to best enjoy it. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and […]
Luke talks to Juliane about the new novel Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]
Luke talks about Galaxy in Flames, the third book in the Horus Heresy trilogy, and how it is disappointingly close to what he imagined a Warhammer 40,000 novel would be like. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding […]
It’s time for monkeys! Luke reviews Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]
Luke discusses a novel that is mostly about a famous actor, and also happens to contain some Post Apocalyptic content: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that […]
Luke caught up with Majipoor and talked to Juliane about Majipoor Chronicles and Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, […]
Let’s talk about a novel that isn’t science fiction, or fantasy, but a kinda-comedy kinda-retelling of the fall of kinda-Constantinople: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K J Parker. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own […]
Luke talks to Juliane about a small but major storytelling choice which means he won’t read another Vorkosigan Saga novel, and also reviews the rest of Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his […]
Luke and Juliane discuss language, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, and Babel-17 by Samuel R Delaney. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]
Luke talks to Juliane about a book that has all the best aspects, and the worst aspects, of a debut novel: Machinehood by S B Divya. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, […]
Thanks to listener Simeon Beresford for identifying it, Luke and Juliane finally read and review the 1960’s first contact novel featuring blanket aliens: All Judgment Fled by James White. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like […]
Juliane made it 80 percent into the ebook, then quit. Luke made it 50 percent into the audiobook, then asked Audible for a refund. Why didn’t they care enough to finish Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee? Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on […]
Luke didn’t finish Hellspark by Janet Kagen. Why not? He tells Juliane why not. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]
Luke talks to Juliane about a novel so intriguing he listened to the audiobook twice, The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany, and also a relevant segment on Get Back, the documentary about The Beatles. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage […]
Juliane reviews The Lost Steersman, the third novel in the Steerswoman series by Rosmary Kirstein… plus Hawkeye complaining. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The […]
Luke talks to Juliane about the A Desolation Called Peace, the second Teixcalaan novel by Arkady Martine. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster […]
Luke tells Juliane what was missing from The Quantum War that made the previous Quantum Evolution books so good. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and […]
Luke and Juliane review Inhibitor Phase, the latest Revelation Space novel by Alastair Reynolds. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]
SFBRP #471 – Dune 2021 – Dune #1 Luke and Juliane watched Dune, and decided to record their immediate reactions. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” […]
Luke has two years to catch up with the Stormlight Archive before Brandon Sanderson releases the next book, so he tackled the third novel: Oathbringer. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get […]
Luke and Juliane talk about a book VERY full of science fiction goodness: Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The […]
Luke checks out an early Hugo Award winning novel The Big Time by Fritz Leiber. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, […]
Luke talks to Juliane about The Postman by David Brin. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]
Luke tells Juliane about a book with no conflict and no drama: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster […]
Was Luke correct that Juliane should skip Piranesi by Susanna Clarke? Juliane read it to find out! And does a rational reading of a book about pre-rational minds work? Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like […]
Luke and Juliane discuss a novel by one of Luke’s favourite web comic authors, Grand Theft Astro by Scott Meyer. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” […]
Sidd and Luke talk about why they picked the novella “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” as their first example of fictional artificial intelligence development, and propose some questions to keep in mind while reading the story. The YouTube version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/nznq9RagtN0 This story can be found in the collection […]
While camping on their honeymoon, Luke tells Juliane about his reading experience of Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog […]
Luke and Juliane mix many metaphors to talk about Polity Agent by Neal Asher. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: […]
Luke and Juliane recommend For All Mankind on Apple TV+, and Luke’s scars from reading The Calculating Stars are healed. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs […]
Luke and Juliane imagine what the establishing shot would look like when the protagonist of a Disney movie visits a juggling convention 500 years in the future. To support us on Patreon, head over to Patreon.com/lukeburrage
Luke and Juliane review a novel that made them feel dumb and angry: The Last Astronaut by David Wellington Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: […]
After 12 years, Luke finally reads the third book of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Three Californias Triptych: Pacific Edge. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog […]
Luke works out if Juliane should read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes […]
Luke and Juliane discuss the reasons Venus by Ben Bova feels so dated, despite being written in 2000. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog […]
Luke and Juliane share their conflicted thoughts about Project Hail Mary, the new novel by previous 5-star author Andy Weir. Spoiler: this one isn’t a 5 star novel. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , […]
While still groggy from a covid vaccine shot, Luke talks to Juliane about The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs […]
Luke talks to Juliane about Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold, the next installment in the Vorkosigan Saga in the Audible Free Library. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book […]
Juliane talks about The Outskirter’s Secret by Rosemary Kirstein, but not before Luke gives his impression of The Steerswoman, the previous novel in The Steerswoman series. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss […]
Juliane reviews The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like […]
Luke tells Juliane to stop defending a book she hasn’t read: In the Quick by Kate Hope Day. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog […]
Luke and Juliane go through a long list of science fiction subgenres, say what they expect, and give their go-to examples of novels in that subgenre. Get this audiobook for free, or any of 100,000 other titles, as part of a free trial by visiting this link: https://www.audibletrial.com/sfbrp. Buy this book at , or discuss […]