Episodes 11
Avg. Duration 1h 4m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Join us in discussing all of the Hugo Award winners beginning in 1953. Updated monthly. SciFi/Fantasy.

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S1E11 The Wanderer

May 19, 2026 1h 28m

Join us as we discuss the eleventh Hugo Award winner: Fritz Lieber's The Wanderer. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com‬ on Bluesky…

S1E10 Way Station

Apr 14, 2026 1h 3m

Join us as we discuss the tenth Hugo Award winner: Clifford D. Simak's Way Station, also known as "Here Gather the Stars." Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can…

S1E9 Man in the High Castle

Mar 12, 2026 1h 6m

Join us as we discuss the ninth Hugo Award winner: Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com‬…

Stranger in a Strange Land

Feb 12, 2026 1h 25m

Join us as we discuss the eighth Hugo Award winner: Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at…

Canticle for Leibowitz

Jan 08, 2026 1h 5m

Join us as we discuss the seventh Hugo Award winner: Robert A. Miller's Canticle for Leibowitz. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at…

S1E6 Starship Troopers

Dec 11, 2025 1h 7m

Join us as we discuss the sixth Hugo Award winner: Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers! Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com‬ on…

S1E5 A Case of Conscience

Nov 13, 2025 1h 16m

Join us as we discuss the Hugo Award winner for 1959: James Blish's A Case of Conscience. You can find the book on the Internet Archive here. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in…

The Big Time

Oct 09, 2025 58m

Join us as we discuss the Hugo Award winner for 1958: Fritz Lieber's The Big Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Time_(novel) You can find the whole book at The Internet Archive. Host:…

S1E3 Episode 3 - Double Star

Sep 11, 2025 43m

Join us as we discuss the third Hugo Award winner: Robert A Heinlein's Double Star, which won in 1956. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at…

S1E2 Episode 2 - They'd Rather Be Right

Aug 14, 2025 44m

Join us as we discuss the second Hugo Award winner: Frank Riley and Mark Clifton's They'd Rather Be Right, which is often called 'the worst book to ever win the Hugo'!! Host: Christine D. Baker, a…

Episode 1 - The Demolished Man

Jul 10, 2025 51m

Join us as we discuss the first ever book to win a Hugo Award: Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demolished_Man Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in…

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