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SF3

by BKS

Three science fiction fans review and discuss a different science fiction ("scifi") or fantasy book every week.

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  1. SF3-096: Red Team Blues

    Salted hash! We review and discuss "Red Team Blues" by Cory Doctorow. We also go into too much technical detail on things, air controversial opinions on sandwich cookies, and get way too philosophical about names.

  2. SF3-095: Nine Princes In Amber

    Morganstern! We review and discuss "Nine Princes In Amber" by Roger Zelazny. We also go a bit into the background of the book, wax kind of zelasnyish about Zelazny's prose, and try way too hard to link things to quantum mechanics. Links: Suspended In Literature: Patterns and Allusions in the...

  3. SF3-094: The Psychology of Time Travel

    Tipler cylinders and flux capacitors! We review and discuss "The Psychology of Time Travel" by Kate Mascarenhas. We also discuss time travel paradoxes (a LOT), free will, and something called "The Box of Delights".

  4. SF3-093: Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Doors! We review and discuss "Ten Thousand Doors of January" by Alix E. Harrow. Books within books, and dogs, are also discussed, as they should be. 00:03 Intro 02:03 Summary 03:03 Reviews 04:57 Discussion 05:04 Topic: books within books 10:04 Topic: dogs 12:29 Topic: power limits 14:38 Topic:...

  5. SF3-092: Middlegame

    Meataphor! We review and discuss "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire. In the process, we cross our own timelines, discuss our own godlike powers, and talk about SF Bay Area locations. Originally recorded June 28, 2020. 00:04 Intro, summary, reviews 06:55 Discussion 07:04 Topic: The title 08:29 Topic:...

  6. SF3-091: A Memory Called Empire

    I am a spear in the hands of the sun! We review and discuss "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine.

  7. SF3-090: The Light Brigade

    Combat madness! We review and discuss The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley. Recorded June 14, 2020.

  8. SF3-089: Gideon the Ninth

    Bonelords, attend! We review and discuss Gideon the Ninth [2019] by Tamsyn Muir. Originally recorded May 9, 2020.

  9. SF3-088: The City In The Middle of the Night

    Milk and gin! We review and discuss The City In The Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders [2019]. Originally recorded 2020-04-26.

  10. SF3-087: The Stone Sky

    Rusting reviews! We review and discuss "The Stone Sky" by NK Jemisin.

  11. SF3-086: Provenance

    FIDDLESTICKS! We review and discuss "Provenance" by Ann Leckie.

  12. SF3-085: The Year of the Flood

    Gang. Gang who? Gangrene! We review and discuss "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood.

  13. SF3-084: The Collapsing Empire

    Flow! We review and discuss "The Collapsing Empire" by John Scalzi.

  14. SF3-083: The White Mountains

    Tripods! We review and discuss "The White Mountains" by John Christopher.

  15. SF3-082: New York 2140

    Bears, Bears, Bears, oh my! We review and discuss "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley Robinson.

  16. SF3-081: Raven Stratagem

    Heretical calendrical erotica! We review and discuss "Raven Stratagem" by Yoon Ha Lee.

  17. SF3-080: The Map of Bones

    Blast from the past? We review and discuss "The Map of Bones" by Francesca Haig.

  18. SF3-079: The Eyes of the Overworld

    By no means! We review and discuss "The Eyes of the Overworld" by Jack Vance.

  19. SF3-078: The Genius Plague

    Mycelium! We review and discuss "The Genius Plague" by David Walton.

  20. SF3-077: The Library at Mount Char

    Reissak ayrial! We review and discuss "The Library at Mount Char" by Scott Hawkins.

  21. SF3-076: Ready Player One

    Hop in Ecto-1 and activate the flux capacitor! We review and discuss "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. (Well, sort of. We also indulge in a huge amount of our own pop culture and Internet nostalgia.)

  22. SF3-075: Strange the Dreamer

    Tizerkane! We review and discuss "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor.

  23. SF3-074: Last Year

    Futurity! We review and discuss "Last Year" by Robert Charles Wilson.

  24. SF3-073: All Systems Red (The Murderbot Chronicles)

    Murderbot! We review and discuss "All Systems Red" by Martha Wells.

  25. SF3-072: The Left Hand of Darkness

    Shifgrethor! We review and discuss "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuin.

  26. SF3-071: The Atrocity Archives

    CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN! We review and discuss "The Atrocity Archives" by Charles Stross.

  27. SF3-070: Dungeon Born

    Gazebo! We review and discuss "Dungeon Born" by Dakota Kraut.

  28. SF3-069: Pilot X

    There are no pineapples on the Pineapple Planet! We review and discuss "Pilot X" by Tom Merritt.

  29. SF3-068: The Water Knife

    Sicarios! We review and discuss "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi.

  30. SF3-067: The Bear and the Nightingale

    Domovoi! We review and discuss "The Bear and the Nightingale" by Katherine Arden.

  31. SF3-066: Replay

    Perform the appeasement! We review and discuss "Replay" by Ken Grimwood.

  32. SF3-065: Children of Time

    My monkeys! We review and discuss "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

  33. SF3-064: Artemis

    Welding! We review and discuss "Artemis" by Andy Weir.

  34. SF3-063: The Warrior's Apprentice

    Forward momentum! We review and discuss "The Warrior's Apprentice" by Lois McMaster Bujold.

  35. SF3-062: The Andromeda Strain

    Squeeze! We review and discuss "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael Crichton.

  36. SF3-061: The Book of Strange New Things

    Jesus Lover One! We review and discuss "The Book of Strange New Things" by Michel Faber.

  37. SF3-060: Paradox Bound

    Clown masks! We review and discuss "Paradox Bound" by Peter Clines.

  38. SF3-059: We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    Bob me! We review and discuss "We Are Legion (We Are Bob) " by Dennis E. Taylor.

  39. SF3-058: Null States

    Microdemocracy! We review and discuss "Null States" by Malka Older.

  40. SF3-057: The Necronomicon 2

    Nameless antiquarian horror! We review and discuss the second half of "The Necronomicon", a selection of short stories and novellas by H. P. Lovecraft. These included "The Music of Erich Zahn", "The Shadow Out of Time", "The Dunwich Horror", "The Haunter of the Dark", "The Outsider", "The Shunned...

  41. SF3-056: The Necronomicon 1

    Hideous! We review and discuss "The Necronomicon", a confusingly-titled collection of stories by H. P. Lovecraft. This includes the stories/novellas Dagon, Herbert West: Reanimator, The Lurking Fear, The Rats in the Walls, The Whisperer in Darkness, Cool Air, In the Vault, The Call of Cthulhu…

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  42. SF3-055: Leviathan Wakes

    Space zombies! We review and discuss "Leviathan Wakes" by James S. A. Corey.

  43. SF3-054: Arkwright

    WorldCon! We review and discuss "Arkwright" by Allen Steele.

  44. SF3-053: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

    Hive! We review and discuss "The Book of the Unnamed Midwife" by Meg Elison.

  45. SF3-052: The Player of Games

    Drone, do my bidding! We review and discuss "The Player Of Games" by Iain M. Banks.

  46. SF3-051: Meg Elison Interview

    An interview with Meg Elison, author of "The Book of the Unnamed Midwife" and "The Book of Etta".

  47. SF3-050: 50th Episode!

    FIFTY EPISODES! We look back on our favorite (and least favorite) books that we've reviewed over episodes 1-50.

  48. SF3-049: Company Town

    Roko's Basilisk! We review and discuss "Company Town" by Madeline Ashby.

  49. SF3-048: You

    Grind the Arch-Lich! We review and discuss "You" by Austin Grossman.

  50. SF3-047: Hugo 2017

    In a special very-few-edits episode, we go through our ballot picks for the 2017 Hugos.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Three science fiction fans review and discuss a different science fiction ("scifi") or fantasy book every week.

HOSTED BY

BKS

Produced by Stephen and Kevin

CATEGORIES

arts books fiction science

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