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Why is Luke mentioned in a tweet alongside the word “Squeecore”? Also, Luke tells Juliane what he liked about Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my […]

Luke and Juliane talk about how Network Effect by Martha Wells can win both a Hugo and a Nebula award, despite being mediocre. Spoiler Alert: because of existing Murderbot fandom. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, […]

Luke tells Juliane about an Audible Exclusive comedy science fiction audiobook: Isaac Steele and the Forever Man by Daniel Rigby. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster […]

Luke didn’t finish a story about the most interesting people in the multiverse because they were so BORING, and Juliane didn’t finish because she didn’t like the writing. A SFBRP short about This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane […]

Short episode about a short novel: Luke and Juliane review Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them […]

Luke waited 11 years to read and review the second Marid Audran novel, A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and […]

Juliane talks about a novella that feels like a warm hug, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story […]

Luke tells Juliane the order she should read the three parts of More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon to best enjoy it. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and […]

Luke talks to Juliane about the new novel Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]

Luke talks about Galaxy in Flames, the third book in the Horus Heresy trilogy, and how it is disappointingly close to what he imagined a Warhammer 40,000 novel would be like. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding […]

It’s time for monkeys! Luke reviews Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free […]

Luke discusses a novel that is mostly about a famous actor, and also happens to contain some Post Apocalyptic content: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that […]

Luke caught up with Majipoor and talked to Juliane about Majipoor Chronicles and Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg. Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, […]

Let’s talk about a novel that isn’t science fiction, or fantasy, but a kinda-comedy kinda-retelling of the fall of kinda-Constantinople: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K J Parker. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own […]

Luke talks to Juliane about a small but major storytelling choice which means he won’t read another Vorkosigan Saga novel, and also reviews the rest of Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his […]

Luke and Juliane discuss language, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, and Babel-17 by Samuel R Delaney. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]

Luke talks to Juliane about a book that has all the best aspects, and the worst aspects, of a debut novel: Machinehood by S B Divya. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, […]

Thanks to listener Simeon Beresford for identifying it, Luke and Juliane finally read and review the 1960’s first contact novel featuring blanket aliens: All Judgment Fled by James White. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like […]

Juliane made it 80 percent into the ebook, then quit. Luke made it 50 percent into the audiobook, then asked Audible for a refund. Why didn’t they care enough to finish Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee? Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on […]

Luke didn’t finish Hellspark by Janet Kagen. Why not? He tells Juliane why not. Buy this book at , or discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke blogs at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: https://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so […]