Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
Kanaal Besonderhede
Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
Luke Burrage and Juliane Kunzendorf read a science fiction novel and review it when they're done. Then they read another.
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59 episodes
SFBRP #579 – Ann Leckie – Ancillary Justice – Imperial Radch #1
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 k...
SFBRP #578 – David Brin – Startide Rising – Uplift Saga #2
Luke REMOVES Startide Rising by David Brin from the SFBRP Must-Read List! Why? Listen to find out!
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SFBRP #577 – E J Swift – When There Are Wolves Again
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...
SFBRP #576 – Derek Künsken – The Quantum Magician – Quantum Evolution #1
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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SFBRP #575 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds – Tyrant Philosophers #1 & #2
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 Wo...
SFBRP #574 – Robert Silverberg – A Time of Changes
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...
SFBRP #573 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – One Day All This Will Be Yours
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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SFBRP #572 – Nnedi Okorafor – Death of the Author
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 e...
SFBRP #571 – Becky Chambers – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Wayfarers #1
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 t...
SFBRP #570 – Stanisław Lem – Solaris
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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SFBRP #569 – Kaliane Bradley – The Ministry of Time
Luke reviews The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, the Goodreads Winner for Readers’ Favorite Science Fiction of 2024, which means it isn’t actuall...
SFBRP #568 – Orson Scott Card – Speaker for the Dead – Ender’s Saga #2
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 Desperat...
SFBRP #567 – Emily Tesh – Some Desperate Glory
Luke tells Juliane about Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, a novel that started strong with lots of promise but left him disappointed, annoyed, unde...
SFBRP #566 – J R R Tolkien – The Return of the King – The Lord of the Rings #3
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...
SFBRP #565 – J R R Tolkien – The Two Towers – The Lord of the Rings #2
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 sie...
SFBRP #564 – J R R Tolkien – The Fellowship of the Ring – The Lord of the Rings #1
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 mov...
SFBRP #563 – Tolkien – The Silmarillion
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.
SFBRP #562 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – Alien Clay
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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SFBRP #561 – Alastair Reynolds – Terminal World
Luke revisits Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, and tells Juliane about the four different levels of understanding available to discover and enjoym...
SFBRP #560 – David Zindell – Neverness – A Requiem for Homo Sapiens #0
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 ficti...
SFBRP #559 – George R Stewart – Earth Abides
Luke and Juliane share their thoughts on Earth Abides by George R Stewart, an influential post-apocalyptic novel from 1949.
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SFBRP #558 – Micaiah Johnson – Those Beyond the Wall – Space Between Worlds #2
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 Sp...
SFBRP #557 – Dune: Part Two (2024) – Dune #2
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...
SFBRP #556 – Frederik Pohl – Gateway – Heechee Saga #1
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 mi...
SFBRP #555 – C J Cherryh – Heavy Time – Company Wars #4
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 War...
SFBRP #554 – Arkady and Boris Strugatsky – Roadside Picnic
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 SFB...
SFBRP #553 – Robert A Heinlein – Starship Troopers
Luke revisits Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein and shares his thoughts on the political ideas it contains with Juliane.
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SFBRP #552 – Mary Doria Russell – The Sparrow – The Sparrow #1
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 emo...
SFBRP #551 – Joe Haldeman – The Forever War – Forever War #1
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 n...
SFBRP #550 – The SFBRP Must-Read Science Fiction List
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? Whi...
SFBRP #549 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Left Hand of Darkness – Hainish Cycle #4
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.
SFBRP #548 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Eye of the Heron
Luke tells Juliane about a minor Ursula K LeGuin novel he read weeks ago: The Eye of the Heron.
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SFBRP #547 – David Brin – Sundiver – Uplift Saga #1
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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SFBRP #546 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – Service Model
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...
SFBRP #545 – Alastair Reynolds – Chasm City – Revelation Space #0.5
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 i...
SFBRP #544 – Emma Törzs – Ink Blood Sister Scribe
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...
SFBRP #543 – Algis Budrys – Rogue Moon
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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SFBRP #542 – Alastair Reynolds – Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days – Revelation Space #1.5
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.
SFBRP #541 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – The Expert System’s Brother & Champion – Expert System #1 & 2
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: Wal...
SFBRP #540 – Karin Tidbeck – Amatka
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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