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Sep 11, 2025 43 min

Episode 3 - Double Star

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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 @klaxoncomms.com‬ on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/ Hugo History has a patreon! This month's guest is David Blaeser, a Vancouver-based fiber artist who is reading his way through all the Hugo and Nebula winners. You can find him on instagram. From about 3:30 to 20:55, Christine is recapping the book, which has A LOT of spoilers. The rest of the episode isn't spoiler free, but that section goes through the plot in detail. Some things mentioned in the episode: Power Trip Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey Lieberman and Ogi Ogas Jo Walton's review of the 1956 Hugos Transcripts are coming!

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