Reviewing the Hugo Short Stories (episode 55)

Every year, we review the short stories shortlisted for the famous Hugo Awards. It's our way of keep abreast of trends in the field of science without having to read a ton of longer works!

All of the shortlisted stories are available online for free (see links below), so why not take a look at them yourself, and see if you agree with Colin's and Phil's assessment?

Also in the episode we have our usual features: a quiz (about SF movies), and our recommendations of past/present/future science fiction.

 

Links to all the shortlisted short stories...

• "Five Views of the Planet Tartarus" by Rachael K. Jones
• "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" by Caroline M. Yoachim (page includes link to audio version which we highly recommend listening to!)
• "Marginalia" by Mary Robinette Kowal
• "Three Faces of a Beheading" by Arkady Martine
• "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole" by Isabel J. Kim 
• "Stitched to Skin like Family Is" by Nghi Vo

 

Also mentioned in this episode...

• Space.com's list of the 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 1970s
• World SF Convention in a pickle over the use of AI for vetting programme participants
• AFI's top ten science fiction movies
• Author Keith Laumer would have been 100 this month
• John Scalzi's new novel The Shattering Peace gets a release date

 

 

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