Recently Read - book reviews from The Incomparable

Aug 17 2023 67 ep. 4 mins 481

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A podcast in which we tell you about a book we just finished, and what we thought of it.

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67: "Witch King" by Martha Wells

Aug 17 2023 1 mins

Scott read Wells’ latest and thinks you should too! Now we await the eventual Murderbot/Witch King crossover....

66: "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels" by Jason Schreier

Aug 10 2023 3 mins

Antony recommends a book that (finally) accurately explains how videogames are made, and the struggles involved....

65: "The Cruel Stars" by John Birmingham

Aug 22 2022 4 mins

Antony reads the first in a rip-roaring space opera series in which humanity is faced with an existential threat, and comes away impressed....

64: "The Man on the Street" by Trevor Wood

Jun 19 2021 2 mins

Antony recommends a crime novel that’s already won multiple awards, and which he considers one of the most accomplished debuts he’s read....

63: "Blade Reforged" by Kelly McCullough

Jun 06 2021 3 mins

Erika continues enjoying her reread of the Fallen Blade series. And Blade Reforged is a good jumping-on point!...

62: The Nightshades Series by Melissa F. Olson

Jun 06 2021 2 mins

Sometimes entertaining escapism means three short, bloody books about vampires....

61: "Fireheart Tiger" by Aliette de Bodard

Jun 05 2021 2 mins

A beautifully written, complicated queer romance … plus politics … plus a fire elemental....

60: "Tea and Sympathetic Magic" by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Jun 05 2021 2 mins

Who would want to jockey against a sea of debutantes to win a marriage to a Duke when there’s a library full of books to be read and plenty of good tea to drink?...

59: "Brightfall" by Jaime Lee Moyer

Jun 05 2021 3 mins

A post-myth Robin Hood tale that is at turns sad, dark, frightening, and eventually hopeful. With fae and dragons!...

58: "The Galaxy, and the Ground Within" by Becky Chambers

Jun 03 2021 4 mins

It’s a book in which nothing much happens, just a bunch of aliens sitting around waiting for the sky to clear. And yet Becky Chambers works her magic on it, and makes it memorable and moving. What a magic trick....