Hugo, Girl!
Episodes
Episode 24 - The Stone Sky: Hippopotabus
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Episode 23 - The Obelisk Gate: Butter Marble
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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=XVbvE0...
Maxisode Special: Fantastical Foods with Ginger Lee Thomason
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 eve...
Episode 22 - The Fifth Season: Orogenous Zones
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 summ...
Episode 21 - To Your Scattered Bodies Go: The Crossover
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, creato...
Episode 20 - Conjure Wife: Beefy
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, Conju...
Episode 19 - A Canticle for Leibowitz: Old Tumater Woman
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Hugo Babygirl #1: Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our inaugural Hugo Babygirl episode! These are shorter episodes (hence the "baby") where we read and discuss Hugo Award-winning short ficti...
Episode 18: The Courtship of Princess Leia - Toyota Corellia
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To borrow a term from our friend Seth at the Hugos There podcast, this was a comfort read chosen by Haley. As far as we know, it won no awards, but it...
Episode 17: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Rad Bromance
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month we bring you a supersized episode for a supersized book. We read (and read and read) the 2004 winner for Best Novel, Jonathan Strange and M...
Episode 16: Ancillary Justice - Ship Protecc, Ship Attacc
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month we discuss Ancillary Justice, winner of the 2014 Hugo for best novel, and the first book in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy. It's got s...
Episode 15: The Calculating Stars - Thousands of Tampons
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we discussed The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lori's new bff). We had no complaints, and we digressed often. This one was g...
Podcast Blackout
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TW/CW: racial violence, police violence A few days ago we learned about the Podcast Blackout, started by Cult 45 Podcast. In solidarity, we are not re...
Episode 14: The Windup Girl: Six Springs a'Kinking
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On day 5,000 of shelter-in-place, we discussed The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 2010. ...
Episode 13: Bloodchild - Mademoiselle T'Gatoi (and a special announcement!)
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month your podcasters discuss Bloodchild by Octavia Butler, winner of the 1985 Hugo Award for best novelette, and a boatload of other awards. We ...
Episode 12: Station Eleven - Social Distancing Special
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We got together (remotely!) to responsibly record a pandemic special for these weird times. We discuss Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2015 w...
Episode 11: Speaker for the Dead — Bugger Duggars
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's episode, we revisit Ender Wiggin, perennial Mary Sue, 20-ish (but also 3,000-ish) years after the events of Ender's Game. Ender is thi...
Episode 10: The Man in the High Castle — This Could Have Just Been Bullet Points
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
February's selection is Philip K. Dick's Man in the High Castle. You've probably seen the Amazon TV series, which is based loosely on this novel. ...
Episode 9: Dune — Lowbacca
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2020! This episode, your three favorite space witches tackled Frank Herbert's magnum opus — Dune! This book has everything: jedi ladies, poop ...
Episode 8: Rendezvous With Rama — Big Dumb Object
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This one was a classic, y'all! December's selection was Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama — a meditation on the power of awe, ancient alien li...
Minisode 1: The Unboxing
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Presenting our very first minisode! We had forgotten a few things and had some extra news to share, so voila! Salient points include: -follow-up snake...
Episode 7: Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire — Snake milk, or, non-dairy snake beverage
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's here! The day everyone who doesn't read a lot of obscure sci-fi has waited for! Your favorite space crones read J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & the...
Episode 6: Hominids — MOON!
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month, we read Robert J. Sawyer's Hominids, the first in his Neanderthal Parallax series. (CW: discussion of sexual violence from an early scene ...
Episode 5: The Left Hand of Darkness — TOO MALTY
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Howdy fair Hugonauts! This week, we dove into the sci-fi classic "The Left Hand of Darkness" by reigning queen of the genre Ursula K. Leguin. This boo...
Episode 4: American Gods — We Didn't Quite Understand Everything Here
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our August selection was Neil Gaiman's "American Gods." This book has everything: numerous strange classifications of boobs, trickster gods, overwhelm...
Episode 3: The Demolished Man — Crossing the Peep Streams
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 3 of Hugo, Girl! This week we discuss Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man," the inaugural Hugo winner from 1953. We also reveal our...
Episode 2: Binti — Those Malevolent Jellyfish
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 2 of Hugo, Girl! This time around, we read Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. This book has everything! Space shrimp, malevolent jellyfish, g...
Episode 1: Ender's Game — In The Bunner Tuggles
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Hugo, Girl! — Ender's Game: In The Bunner Tuggles. In this first outing, we're venturing into the world of Ender...