759. Looking Back, Moving Forward (2024)

The past, the future, and geek plans, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, Trish Matson, Paul Weimer, and Brandon O’Brien begin the new 2024 season with some announcements, some jokes, and a whole lotta of their favorite things from 2023 and the thing they’re looking forward to in 2024! The announcements are big ones, too! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions! Transcript, lightly edited by Trish Matson. Our 2023 Things: Shaun: Book: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (our interview here) Media: How I Met Your Mother Other: Torture Cinema live shows in 2023! Brandon: Book: Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams Media: Shin Kamen Rider Other: Trish: Book: Rosalind’s Siblings edited by Bogi Takács Media: Polite Society Other: Blasphemous Tomes and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord Paul: Book: Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Media: Baldur’s Gate III Other: Paul gets into Mirrorless Photography! Daniel: Book: Recital of the Dark Verses by Luis Felipe Fabre Media: Godzilla Minus One Other: Sabbatical E. coli research! Our 2024 Things: Shaun: Book: Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung and translated by Anton Hur Media: Mickey 17 Other: The excitement of new beginnings cause I’m on the job market! Brandon: Book: Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente Media: Handling the Undead Other: Jukebox by Lyla McBeath Fujiwara Trish: Book: New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine Media: Nothing…it all looks like sequels, and even worse, prequels… Other: Glasgow Business Meeting, if I get there. How will the WSFS convention be revised to fix the Hugos? Paul: Book: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Media: Dune Part II Other: Worldcon in Scotland! Daniel: Book: The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri Media: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Other: Mining the Genre Asteroid on S&F If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole. See you later, navigator!