Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

Jan 14 2025 71 ep. 35 mins 161
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Explore the best of sci-fi with Brent and Cody. Each episode dives into a single book or series in the sci-fi cannon. Author interviews, reviews and analysis, and related book recommendations. Happy reading y'all!

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Ministry for the Future - Heatwaves, Super-Storms, and Cutting-Edge Climate Tech!

Jan 14 2025 45 mins  
Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is absolutely stuffed full of hard sci-fi ideas about climate change and the technology that could save us.

A Clockwork Orange - the classic dystopia of crime and punishment!

Dec 24 2024 36 mins  
Anthony Burgess' dystopian classic explores the brutal violence that humans are capable of - and how our choices, however flawed, are all we really have. You'll never think about crime and punishment the same way again.

Neuromancer by William Gibson - an unforgettable world of sleek techno-criminals, AI, and body mods!

Dec 03 2024 37 mins  
This is the book that launched all of cyberpunk - inspiring everything from Snow Crash to The Matrix and Cyberpunk 2077!

The Silo Series by Hugh Howey - Wool, Shift, and Dust

Nov 12 2024 40 mins  
A dystopian thriller that Cody loved and Brent hated - what'd you think?

The Best Dystopian Books of All Time

Oct 22 2024 56 mins  
The books that show us how it could all go wrong - the 15 best dystopian novels of all time (with no spoilers)!

The Mercy of Gods - Reviewing James S. A. Corey's new book

Oct 01 2024 33 mins  
The new book by the James S.A. Corey, the writing duo behind the Expanse, is out and it is absolutely worth reading! The first book of a planned trilogy called The Captive's War.

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - A doomed mission to an alien planet!

Sep 10 2024 37 mins  
This is a first contact book with so, so much going on. Could you keep your faith if God took everyone you loved? What does morality mean in an alien society? And can the ending really be as dark as the foreshadowing suggests it will be?

Starship Troopers: the deeply Philosophical classic of Military Sci-Fi!

Aug 20 2024 43 mins  
This week we're joined by our friend in the US Army to talk about Robert Heinlein's timeless classic of military sci-fi, Starship Troopers!

12 Books - the best of last year! Ranking the Hugos plus Six More

Jul 30 2024 43 mins  
We review books by Cory Doctorow, Ann Leckie, John Scalzi, Martha Wells, and so many more!

7 Amazing, Short Sci-Fi Books for when you need a quick read!

Jul 09 2024 20 mins  
Sometimes you just need a quick read - so here are seven short sci-fi novels that are sure to help you out of that reading slump (or push you over that reading goal)!