Scott read Wells’ latest and thinks you should too! Now we await the eventual Murderbot/Witch King crossover. Scott McNulty Referenced Works Witch King [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
Antony recommends a book that (finally) accurately explains how videogames are made, and the struggles involved. Antony Johnston Referenced Works Blood, Sweat, and Pixels [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Antony reads the first in a rip-roaring space opera series in which humanity is faced with an existential threat, and comes away impressed. Antony Johnston Referenced Works The Cruel Stars [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
Antony recommends a crime novel that’s already won multiple awards, and which he considers one of the most accomplished debuts he’s read. Antony Johnston Referenced Works The Man on the Street [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Erika continues enjoying her reread of the Fallen Blade series. And Blade Reforged is a good jumping-on point! Erika Ensign Referenced Works Blade Reforged [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Text version of podcast on Erika's blog
Sometimes entertaining escapism means three short, bloody books about vampires. Erika Ensign Referenced Works Nightshades [Amazon] [Apple] Switchback [Amazon] [Apple] Outbreak [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Text version of the podcast on Erika's blog
A beautifully written, complicated queer romance … plus politics … plus a fire elemental. Erika Ensign Referenced Works Fireheart Tiger [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Text version of the podcast on Erika's blog
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? Erika Ensign Referenced Works Tea and Sympathetic Magic [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Get "Tea and Sympathetic Magic" free until June 20, 2021 Text version of this podcast on Erika's blog
A post-myth Robin Hood tale that is at turns sad, dark, frightening, and eventually hopeful. With fae and dragons! Erika Ensign Referenced Works Brightfall [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Text version of this podcast on Erika's Blog
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. Jason Snell Referenced Works The Galaxy, and the Ground Within [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
In anticipation of the upcoming Apple TV+ show, Antony recommends a spy series quite unlike any other. Antony Johnston Referenced Works Slow Horses [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Erika revisits an old favourite and discovers it’s even better the second time! Erika Ensign Referenced Works Broken Blade [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
Erika enjoyed a regency-style fantasy novel about war! Who woulda thunk it? Erika Ensign Referenced Works Guns of the Dawn [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
This book is (partially) set in Edmonton, which is exciting for Erika. It’s about monsters and friendship and what monsters can do to friendship. Erika Ensign Referenced Works Beneath the Rising [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
A compelling book on a difficult subject, telling the stories of people who lived behind the Berlin Wall and lived in fear of the Stasi. Antony Johnston Referenced Works Stasiland [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Do you like meta-fictional meditations on the nature of storytelling and Italy? Has Scott got the book for you! Scott McNulty Referenced Works Or What You Will [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Scott hasn’t left his apartment in 4 months, so he decided to read a book about fictional people who had it even worse. Scott McNulty Referenced Works Plague Land [Amazon] Show Notes & Links
Charles Yu has been working in television for awhile, and it isn’t hard to see that (obvious) influence on this novel. Scott McNulty
Scott finally finished a book by Robert Caro (no, not that one). Scott McNulty Referenced Works Working [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links
Need a book to restore your readerly habits? This one worked for Scott! Scott McNulty Referenced Works The City We Became [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links