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Hugo History
by Christine D. Baker
Join us in discussing all of the Hugo Award winners beginning in 1953. Updated monthly. SciFi/Fantasy.
Episodes
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A History of SFF Fandom: The Way the Future Was by Frederick Pohl
Another episode that's a bit different this month, but we'll be back to Hugo winners in November with Heinlein's final Hugo-winning novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I asked Olav Rockney, who is one of the humans behind the Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, to choose a book to chat about with me...
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Wickhills/Little, Big
This is a slightly different style of episode for Hugo History! In it, Christine chats with award-winning author Premee Mohamed about her forthcoming book, Wickhills, and then they discuss the 1982 Hugo-nominee, Little, Big, by John Crowley. Intro sound by Breakz Studios! Come find us on patreon...
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...And Call Me Conrad/This Immortal
Join us as we discuss one of the Hugo Award winners for 1966 (there was a tie!): Roger Zelazny's ...And Call Me Conrad, which was retitled This Immortal when it was published as a fix-up novel. Host: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com...
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Dune
Join us as we discuss one of the Hugo Award winners for 1966 (there was a tie!): Frank Herbert's Dune. 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/...
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The Wanderer
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 or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/ This month's guest is...
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Way Station
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 find her at @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website:...
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Man in the High Castle
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 on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/ This...
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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 @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/…
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Canticle for Leibowitz
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 @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/ This...
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Starship Troopers
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 Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her website: https://klaxoncomms.com/reading/ This month's...
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A Case of Conscience
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 Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at her...
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The Big Time
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: Christine D. Baker, a historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com on...
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Episode 3 - Double Star
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/...
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Episode 2 - They'd Rather Be Right
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 historian who lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow…
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Episode 1 - The Demolished Man
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 Vancouver, BC. You can find her at @klaxoncomms.com on Bluesky or follow what she's reading at…
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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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