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Episode 186: Hugo Predictions 2022 Sep 06, 2022

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We're back to read the short stories and novelettes we didn't already cover in our Nebula Predictions episode, this time with special guest and World's Greatest Writer, June Martin (if you don't believe us, visit her at https://theworldsgreatestwriter.com/)

Podside Read-along: Sword Of Lictor XVI - XXV Preview Sep 01, 2022

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Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters XVI - XXV of The Sword of the Lictor. Listen as we talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and if you'd like to continue the discussion consider joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Episode 185: The Screwfly Solution Aug 30, 2022

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For our last Augustageddon episode we talk about James Tiptree Jr.'s (as Racoona Sheldon) The Screwfly Solution, where a harrowing new pandemic sweeps the globe.

UNLOCKED: The Claw of the Conciliator XI - XV Aug 29, 2022

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It's that time again - time to unlock the next step in our journey through the Year of the New Sun. Just as you can't read a Gene Wolfe story, only re-read it, so we hope it goes with podcasts. Music by Loot the Body

Robot Jox Preview Aug 25, 2022

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Ready for an early live-action Transformers knock-off? For our next Augustageddon entry, we discuss the Stuart Gordon/Joe Haldeman (yes, THAT Joe Haldeman) collaboration, Robot Jox (1989). Crash and burn, folks. . . Crash and burn.

Episode 184: There Will Come Soft Rains Aug 23, 2022

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Our next Augustageddon episode discusses Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" and how the House of Tomorrow handles there being no tomorrow Read the story: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf

Phase IV Preview Aug 18, 2022

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Podside's next Augustaggedon episode is another insect-centered one. There's a lot of ants in this one, but no picnic - only a new world order.

Episode 183: Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death Aug 16, 2022

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Next up for Augustageddon, we visit another apocalypse on another planet in the James Tiptree Jr's 1973 award-winning story Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death (link below). Keep a watch on those winters. . . Read the story (audio version - highly recommended): https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/love-is-the-plan-the-plan-is-death/

Podside Read-along: The Sword of the Lictor VI - XV Preview Aug 11, 2022

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Welcome to the Year of the New Sun! Join us in our read-along of chapters VI - XV of The Sword of the Lictor. Listen as we talk about Severian's journey beyond the gates of Nessus, and if you'd like to continue the discussion consider joining our Podside Picnic discord. Music by Loot the Body

Episode 182: Judge Dredd - Apocalyse Wars & America Aug 09, 2022

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Our next Augustageddon episode is a tour of Mega City One, where we follow the adventures of its top cop

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