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Poona Sci-Fi Book Club
by Poona Sci-Fi Book Club
PSBC is a podcast where we get together to discuss science fiction & fantasy books that we have read recently. Your hosts are Mohit, Vivek and Varad, all avid sci-fi readers.
Episodes
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Episode 7: Permutation City by Greg Egan
Today's episode has us discussing Greg Egan's "Permutation City", which is a cyberpunk novel set in the near future where humanity can upload their brains into a computer. The book explores themes of mortality and consciousness, following an insurance salesman with a grand vision, and a software...
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Episode 6: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
After a long break, we are back with our next episode! Today we are discussing Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary", a spiritual sequel to his first novel, "The Martian". This book talks about humanity grappling with a dimming Sun, and follows a single protagonist as he engineers and sciences his way…
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Episode 5: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Today we have all of our usual hosts back on the podcast, discussing The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. This books falls in the category of "slice of life in the future". We follow the crew of a subspace tunnelling ship called the "Wayfarer" as they set about punching a…
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Episode 4: Leviathan Falls by James SA Corey
Today we discuss Leviathan Falls by James SA Corey, the ninth and last book in The Expanse series. Vivek and Varad sat this one out because they haven't read the other books in the series yet. Instead we have a very special guest on today's show, Rohit, who is an actual rocket scientist! We will...
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Episode 3: Sirius by Olaf Stapledon
We are back after a month-long hiatus! We discuss Olaf Stapledon's 'Sirius', a book about a human-level-intelligence dog, set in the 1930s and 1940s. The book came out in 1944 and explores what it means to be human, and the challenges for a true outsider to fit into human society, especially when...
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Episode 2: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
We discuss Rebecca Roanhorse's "Black Sun" First with a spoiler-free review and then digging into the details of this 2020 Hugo and Nebula award nominated fantasy novel, set in a Mesoamerican backdrop. Email us with questions, comments, requests or recommendations at [email protected] Our...
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Episode 1: Up Against It by MJ Locke
We discuss MJ Locke's 'Up Against It.' First with a spoiler-free review and then digging into the details of this interesting cyberpunk/space opera novel from 2011. Email us with questions, comments, requests or recommendations at [email protected] Our theme music is The Vendetta by…
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PSBC is a podcast where we get together to discuss science fiction & fantasy books that we have read recently. Your hosts are Mohit, Vivek and Varad, all avid sci-fi readers.
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