Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast

Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast

Alice Baker and Ann Spangler

Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Sporadic
Since Apr 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
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rss.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

Sisters Alice and Ann attempt to read their way through all of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning books. Alice is a mother of one who is trying to get back in the habit of regular reading and who credits her sister Ann for her love of the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres. Ann, a mother of two, has been and still is a voracious reader who hopes to improve her skill at book discussions.

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Recent Episodes

The Gods Themselves

Jan 13, 2025 58m

In this episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast, sisters Ann and Alice are discussing The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov. Written in 1972, this book won both Hugo and Nebula, if you are…

A Time of Changes

Feb 22, 2023 36m

In this episode, the two sisters tackle the nebula award winner from 1972 - A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg. Our man, a regular World con attendee, and prolific writer created a science…

Riverworld

Jan 25, 2023 43m

In this episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast the two sisters are reading To Your Scattered Bodies Go or Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer. It won the Hugo in 1972. The reason for the…

Ringworld

Dec 03, 2022 44m

In this Episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast, the two sisters tackle Ringworld by Larry Niven. The book won the Nebula in 1970 and the Hugo in 1971. While highly praised by the SF world…

Left Hand of Darkness

Sep 21, 2022 45m

Welcome to the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast where two sisters are reading their way through the Hugo and Nebula awarding novels in order. This episode is the highly anticipated Left Hand of…

The 1960s in Review

Jun 22, 2022 35m

Sisters Alice and Ann have read all of the novels that won either a Hugo award, a Nebula award, or both in the 1960s. In this episode, they look back on the experience and discuss how they think…

Rite of Passage

May 25, 2022 49m

Welcome to the Hugo and Nebula readership podcast where two sisters are reading their way through all - all, I say - the books in chronological order. This episode covers Rite of passage by Alexei…

Stand on Zanzibar

Jun 23, 2021 48m

We're not quite hip enough for hip crime vocab, are you? On this episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership podcast, the two sisters are reading the groundbreaking dystopia Stand on Zanzibar by John…

The Einstein Intersection

Apr 21, 2021 46m

This is the podcast where two sisters are reading their way through the Hugo and Nebula awarding novels in order. La, Lo or Le? In this episode, we discuss The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R.…

Lord of Light

Mar 24, 2021 59m

Who is Sam? This is the podcast where two sisters are reading their way through the Hugo and Nebula awarding novels in order. In this episode, they discuss The Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny which…

Flowers for Algernon

Nov 18, 2020 45m

Would you choose to be supersmart? This podcast episode is all about the seminal Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. If you are of a certain age you undoubtedly had it as required reading. The two…

Babel-17

Oct 21, 2020 1h 8m

This episode of the podcast covers Samuel R. Delany's Babel-17. A new author for both sisters, Delany's 1967 Nebula winner was a record-breaker in many ways, have a listen to learn more. Want to skip…

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Sep 23, 2020 59m

In this episode of the podcast, the two sisters discuss the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, the final Hugo Award for Science Fiction Grand Master Robert A. Heinlein. Written in 1966, this is probably one…

This Immortal

Jul 22, 2020 48m

This episode finds the sisters reading ..And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal) by Roger Zelazny. It tied with Dune for the 1966 Hugo. A SF/Mystery/Spy/Classical Mythology story packed with…

Dune

Jun 24, 2020 45m

In this episode, the two sisters discuss the iconic Dune by Frank Herbert. It won both the Hugo and the Nebula in 1966. Yes, it is the First Nebula award ever given out and both of us agree with the…

The Wanderer

May 27, 2020 27m

In this rather short episode, the two sisters discuss The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber. Not only did technical problems bring us to an early finish, neither of us could honestly say we liked the book…

Way Station

Apr 22, 2020 55m

This episode the two sisters, Alice and Ann, read Waystation AKA Here Gather the Stars by Clifford D. Simak. The book won the Hugo in 1964 and even though Simak was a new author to both sisters he…

The Man in the High Castle

Mar 25, 2020 55m

This time the sisters, Ann and Alice, podcast about the Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick now a TV series of the same name on Amazon Prime. Are they the same? Give us a listen and find out. …

Stranger in a Strange Land

Feb 26, 2020 48m

In this podcast, the sisters tackle the iconic Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. Much discussed by sister Alice in other book groups it is not a fan favorite of either sister but in…

The 1950s in Review

Jan 22, 2020 42m

The Baker sisters have made it through all the books that have won retro hugos or regular hugos through 1959. They take a break from regular episodes to reflect on their experience of the books of…

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