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Jan 12 2025 58 mins   4

In this episode of the Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast, sisters Ann and Alice are discussing The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov. Written in 1972, this book won both Hugo and Nebula, if you are keeping track. This parallel universe sandwich type story of academic scientists, aliens, more scientists
had us railing at the heavens. And laughing our asses off.

Here’s a listening guide if you should care to dive in:

1:12 Book jacket read
2:46 History Lesson
7:14 We dive into the Big Topics and Themes
8:45 Part 1 – following the format of the book, we start in the logical place
23:33 Part 2 – spoiler alert, our favorite
41:26 Part 3 – not our favorite
54:14 The Four Questions