Science Fiction Book Review Podcast

SFBRP #106 – George R Stewart – Earth Abides

Luke Burrage — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:43:27 +0000

Jesse Willis, Luke Burrage and Gregg Margarite discuss Earth Abides by George R. Stewart.

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Talked about on today’s show:
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart, New York City, Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the best post-apocalyptic novel, a lost classic, a calm method of exposition, a student of history, Isherwood Williams, very vivid and deeply imagined, how do you define Science Fiction?, Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, philosophical nuts and bolts, the central crisis is left unexplained, the science in Earth Abides, “I understand people better after reading this book”, breeding cycles, Hard Biological Science Fiction, the disappearance of lice, overpopulation of the Earth, is it the author speaking or is it the main character?, ecology, there was no will to power, only a will to live, Baruch Spinoza, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, I can’t believe how long it took the guy to get to the library!, “how to render game”, “there’s lots of library love in this book”, “we’re not going to be the people that we were”, “the characters had to be ignorant out of laziness”, 1947, going to university, mediocrity is well loved, “why is dumb so cool?”, only people who are intelligent enough to ask the question…, does genius beget genius?, is intelligence particularly related to genetics?, nature/nurture, eugenics, is intelligence a particular interest rather than something in the brain?, superior interest vs. superior brainpower, Evie, finding the test, the IQ test, the observer’s position in the universe, “do you think what the government did to Alan Turing was wrong?”, the Apple logo inspired by Alan Turning’s suicide?, snopes.com, I knew I wanted to be friends with Gregg Margarite, LibriVox.org, the San Fransisco tribe, you cannot spoil this book, WWII, cargo cults, “would you ever be a member of a cargo cult?”, Montezuma and Quetzalcoatl, The Gods Must Be Crazy, religion, superstition, pinch your God, if God lived on earth people would break his windows, tribal sociological phenomena, the role of chiefs, the most interesting book about pinching I’ve ever read, “heartwarming pinching”, reading, despondence and acceptance, what does it really matter if humanity is dead?, The Star by Arthur C. Clarke, intellectual arguments vs. emotional arguments, it’s very rare to be emotionally affected (to tears) by a book, narrator Jonathan Davis, The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, one of the best narrations that I’ve heard, Mike Resnick’s Starship series, Star Wars, Connie Willis‘ introduction to Earth Abides, Deep Six by Jack McDevitt, “always skip over the introduction”, where does Isherwood’s name come from?, forgetting your own name, the character of Jack, I don’t read for characters, Isherwood thinks he’s an intellectual, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe, The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, “I would have taken out Electromechanical Engineering“, Emm and Ezra, Charlie, George (the carpenter/plumber), “even his dog (Princess)”, a friend’s quiz, people are not just what they know or what they read, The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams, “society is all the different bits and humanity is all the different bits”, adopting leaves as a currency, maybe the whole of Douglas Adams should be treated like a religious text, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is a book about itself, Doctor Who, the dish of the day, other themes in Earth Abides, racism in Lucifer’s Hammer, what race is Emma?, does it matter?, the last American, people who are racist are people talk about race, race is a sociological idea, race is something – but it is not science, “I don’t live the history”, “they need to have somebody who are below them on the ladder”, Fox News, ideological reasons for watching TV, Glenn Beck is Mormon, Mormons believe that the Constitution of the United States was “divinely inspired”, his country is part of his ideology, the reason Orson Scott Card hates gays is because of his belief system, newspapers still have an Astrology section, there is no hegemony in Earth Abides, individuals interacting with one another, “people abide”, are you born of another?, matriarchy vs. patriarchy, “Is it a talisman? a totem? It’s single jack!”, “the power to destroy and drive in a nail”, a genius accident, the word “jack” means “doer”, Jack Bauer, semiotics, Jesus freaks vs. religious freaks, separating the voice of the author from the voice of the main character, The Last Man On Earth, The Last Man On Earth Blog, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, Life After People, George R. Stewart wrote a biography of Bret Harte, Harte is far more complex than Louis L’Amour, Oakland, Mark Twain, recording for LibriVox.org, 2BOR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, we all know that Science Fiction has been carrying this burden, iambik audio, recording a 600 page book on the road, $1000 microphone, The Secret Of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner, The Ego Machine by Henry Kuttner, the Del Rey “best of” books, The Best Of Jack Williamson, Frederick Pohl, Luke rates Earth Abides 4.5 out of 5 stars, “it’s good because it’s not very good in this way”, did it achieve what it set out to accomplish, The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson, we are thoroughly impressed, Earth Abides is 13 CDs 15 Hours, time passing, the loss of reading, is literacy in and of itself a good?, giving the book away, separating technique from practical skills, bull dodging, Make Room, Make Room by Harry Harrison, Soylent Green, get Charlton Heston out of your head but keep Edward G. Robinson, The Omega Man, potential upcoming SFFaudio Readalongs, Ubik by Philip K. Dick, The Man In The High Castle, Do Andoids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, Valis, The Transmigration Of Timothy Archer and The Divine Invasion, Leo Tolstoy, the philosophy of art, “the only true art is folk art”, art is an abbreviation of the word artifact, a nuclear bomb is art to me, labor intensive art, venus figures, craft vs. art, I don’t think art has a place in this book?, I’m pretty sure something is going on about art in this book, I see similarities between petroglyphs and Pollock, maybe I was wrong, are we post structuralist, Duchamp, Aristotle’s Poetics, Seven Samurai, Rashomon, David Lynch’s Dune, Laurel and Hardy, Gilligan and the Skipper, Akira Kurosawa, George R. Stewart basically invented the disaster novel, Ordeal By Hunger by George R. Stewart (available from Blackstone Audio).

SFBRP #105 – Jack Mcdevitt – Deepsix

Luke Burrage — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:33:31 +0000

Luke reviews Deepsix by Jack Mcdevitt.

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SFBRP #104 – Alastair Reynolds – House of Suns

Luke Burrage — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:06:46 +0000

Luke reviews House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds.

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SFBRP #103 – Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora

Luke Burrage — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:50:27 +0000

Luke reviews The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

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SFBRP #102 – Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S Buckell – The Alchemist and the Executioness

Luke Burrage — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:00:01 +0000

Luke reviews The Alchemist and the Executioness by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S Buckell.

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SFBRP #101 – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle – Lucifer’s Hammer

Luke Burrage — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:16:33 +0000

Luke reviews Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

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SFBRP #101 – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle – Lucifer’s Hammer

Luke Burrage — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:16:17 +0000

Luke reviews Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

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SFBRP #101 – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle – Lucifer’s Hammer

Luke Burrage — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:16:14 +0000

Luke reviews Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

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SFBRP #100 – Science Fiction and Personal Philosophy

Luke Burrage — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:52:35 +0000

It’s episode 100! I decided to do a special episode. I don’t talk about a specific book, but instead I explain, in looong self-indulgent detail, the reasons WHY I do what I do, from podcasting to writing to juggling to photography and all my other creative pursuits.

SFRBP #100 – Science Fiction and Personal Philosophy

Luke Burrage — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:52:05 +0000

SFBRP #099 – Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind

Luke Burrage — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:58:30 +0000

Luke reviews The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

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SFBRP #098 – Alfred Bester – The Stars My Destination

Luke Burrage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:38:35 +0000

The SFFaudio Podcast #064 – Scott and Jesse talk to with Julie Davis and Luke Burrage about The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester!

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Talked about on today’s show:
Forgotten Classics, Science Fiction Book Review Podcast, Richard K. Morgan’s The Steel Remains, The Invisible Man, Robert Sheckley’s The Status Civilization, exploding volcanoes, Gulliver Foyle, jaunting as teleporting, BAMF, The Uncanny X-Men, Jumper by Steven Gould, Charles Fort Jaunte (is a reference to Charles Fort), Fortean Times, The Tyger by William Blake,Tā moko (Maori facial tattoo), religion, swearing, tabernac, future swearing, Louis Wu in Larry Niven’s Ringworld, the frivolity of the wealthy, satire, sailing as conspicuous consumption, telepathy, Paul Williams, The Stars My Destination as a “pyrotechnic novel”, the power of the narrative imagery, the audiobook (a Library of Congress Book for the Blind version), the heirs of Alfred Bester are fighting over the rights, transformation, Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, “Most scientific!”, Alfred Bester’s years writing comics, WWII, the Wikipedia entry for The Stars My Destination, synesthesia, the long forgotten histories of synesthesia, Of Time, And Gully Foyle by Neil Gaiman, cyberpunk, a hard-boiled Philip K. Dick novel, passive schlubs, The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pyrenees, the induction scene in William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew, a shotgun approach to transformation, The Stars My Destination as meta book, Peter F. Hamilton, the renaissance man, Classics Illustrated #3 The Count Of Monte Cristo, Fourmyle of Ceres, PyrE, (the inspiration for Pyr Books?), Napoleon Bonaparte, thought turning into action, our overcrowded future, Second Life, Surrogates, only in a cyberpunk future, retroactive foreshadowing, the 1991 BBC Radio Drama version of Alfred Bester’s Tiger Tiger, the old language, Hyperion by Dan Simmons, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Pyrene, cyborgs, wired nerves, bullet time, you can’t spoil a book like this.

SFBRP #097 – Robert A Heinlein – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Luke Burrage — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:17:41 +0000

Luke reviews The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein.

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SFBRP #096 – John Wyndham – The Chrysalids

Luke Burrage — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:57:10 +0000

Luke reviews The Chrysalids by John Wyndham.

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SFBRP #095 – George R R Martin – A Game of Thrones

Luke Burrage — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:19:54 +0000

Luke reviews part one of the Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin.

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SFBRP #094 – Robert J Sawyer – Calculating God

Luke Burrage — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:16:09 +0000

Luke reviews Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer.

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SFBRP #093 – Vernor Vinge – Rainbows End

Luke Burrage — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:15:42 +0000

Luke reviews Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

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Two years of SFBRP downloads

Luke Burrage — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:41:57 +0000

This graph shows the total number SFBRP episodes per month for the last two years. I noticed an upswing in the listener numbers recently, so I wanted to see what it looked like over time. Pretty good, I think! In April, random people across the world downloaded just under 25,000 individual episodes. That’s more downloads than I had in the entire of 2008!

I’ve asked for listener feedback, regarding where the new listeners were coming from, how they found out about the podcast, and why they started listening. The range of answers is quite interesting:
- Interested in science fiction, did an iTunes search, found the podcast.
- Did an iTunes search, found the podcast.
- Just searched using iTunes.
- An iTunes search.
- iTunes.

So, it’s really that simple. It’s not a scientific survey, so maybe people who hear about podcasts via word of mouth aren’t the kind of people who like sending in emails.

I’ve yet to bash the numbers for individual episode downloads, because the stats I have are month on month. This means that if a podcast is released late in the month, the initial week of download figures are split over two months. In April 2010, the most downloaded podcast was SFBRP #089 – Dani and Eytan Kollin – The Unincorporated Man, with 2,421 downloads.

SFBRP #092 – Robert Sheckley – The Status Civilization

Luke Burrage — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:54:42 +0000

Luke reviews Robert Sheckley’s The Status Civilization.

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SFBRP #091 – Peter Watts – Starfish

Luke Burrage — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:33:38 +0000

Luke reviews Starfish, the debut novel from Peter Watts.

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SFBRP #090 – Mike Resnick – Kirinyaga

Luke Burrage — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:37:47 +0000

Luke reviews Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick.

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SFBRP #089 – Dani and Eytan Kollin – The Unincorporated Man

Luke Burrage — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:47:17 +0000

Luke reviews a second novel written by a pair of brothers, The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin.

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SFBRP #088 – Arkady and Boris Strugatsky – Roadside Picnic

Luke Burrage — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:11:12 +0000

Luke reads and reviews Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

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SFBRP #087 – Daniel Suarez – Daemon

Luke Burrage — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:50:14 +0000

Luke reviews Daniel Suarez’s first novel, Daemon.

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Bonus – SFFaudio Podcast #051 – Yellow Peril

Luke Burrage — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:05:32 +0000

Last week I took part in a discussion about The Mysterious Dr. Fu-Manchu and the idea of Yellow Peril. Scott and Jesse from SFFaudio hosted the podcast, and Eric Rabkin and I were guests.

Stuff mentioned:

The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer (aka The Mysterious Dr. Fu-Manchu) – available via Tantor Media, fix-up novel, hypnosis, Sherlock Holmes, the yellow peril incarnate, the yellow peril as the hordes of asia, the Chinese Exclusion Act (USA), Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 (Canada), Tamerlane (the scourge of god), The Yellow Peril by M.P. Shiel, The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel, racism, WWI, colonialism, Burma, Thuggees, Boxer Rebellion, genius, The Talons Of Weng Chiang, if you read it as Fu-Manchu being the hero you may like the story more, mad scientist, Faust, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Robur-Le-Conquérant by Jules Verne (aka Robur-The-Conqueror aka The Clipper of the Clouds), The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells, The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling, colonialism, The Invisible Man, the other colored other, The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman by Alan Moore, Hawley Griffin (The Invisible Man), Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde, Mina Murray (from Dracula by Bram Stoker), English 418/549: GRAPHIC NARRATIVE (Winter 2010), The Invisible Man shows I and II, If I Ran The Zoo by Dr. Seuss, Jonah And The Whale, Suess’ anti-Japanese propaganda during WWII, Japanese internment during WWII in USA and Canada, Aryan, India, Nazi Germany, The Thule Society, Sri Lanka, racial stereotypes, Marco Polo, Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, gender and skin color, blondness, Karamaneh (the love interest in The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu), femme fatale, Black Widow (1987), miscegenation, the Chinese hordes vs. the insidious Japanese, War With The Newts by Karel Čapek, Japan, LibriVox.org, Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein, beauty as goodness (in fairy tales), King Kong, Last And First Men by Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker, The Iliad by Homer, The Old Testament, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame edited by Robert Silverberg, Arena by Fredric Brown, Plato, the red scare, Jack London, The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin, Arslan by M.J. Engh, Chung Kuo by David Windgrove, selective memory, polarized memory, Middlemarch by George Eliot, Encounter With Tiber by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes, China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh, Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World’s Prosperity Depends on It by Zachary Karabell, Firefly, Limehouse, London, Detroit, The Man In The High Castle by Philip K. Dick |READ OUR REVIEW|, alternate history, SS-GB by Len Deighton, Fatherland by Robert Harris, Gorky Park, North Korea, the North Korea embassy in East Berlin.

SFBRP #086 – Gene Wolfe – The Shadow of the Torturer

Luke Burrage — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:55:41 +0000

Luke reviews the first volume of The Book of the New Sun, The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe.

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SFBRP #085 – Iain Banks – Transition

Luke Burrage — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:26:12 +0000

Luke reviews Transition by Iain Banks.

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SFBRP #084 – R Scott Bakker – The Prince of Nothing series

Luke Burrage — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:25:51 +0000

Luke reviews the entire series of The Prince of Nothing by R. Scott Bakker, and more specifically the final novel in the trilogy, The Thousandfold Thought.

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SFBRP #083 – China Mieville – The City and The City

Luke Burrage — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:29 +0000

Luke reviews The City and The City by China Mieville.

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SFBRP #082 – Paulo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl

Luke Burrage — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:29:02 +0000

Luke reviews one of the Top 10 Fiction Novels of 2009 (according to Time magazine) – The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. He also talks about his new fiction release, called The Monster Story Conference.

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SFBRP #081 – Alastair Reynolds – Revelation Space

Luke Burrage — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:06:38 +0000

Luke recounts his experiences with listening to a long audiobook, then reviews Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. After some actual research, it turns out Alastair Reynolds DOES have a PHD in Astronomy, so the “amateur cosmology” jibe is a bit out of place.

Recorded weeks ago, but due to being locked out of my own website…

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SFBRP #080 – Peter Watts – Blindsight

Luke Burrage — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:00:05 +0000

Luke reads and reviews a novel in one day: Blindsight by Peter Watts. You can download this novel for free at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/976

Watch Luke’s new video, International Juggler 2009:

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SFBRP #079 – Smoke and more invisible men

Luke Burrage — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:38:57 +0000

Luke is joined by Jesse from SFFaudio.com to discuss Smoke by Donald Westlake, and talk a bout a lot of other things besides.

Here’s what we talked about:

Luke’s The Invisible Man podcast (SFBRP#78), The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, Donald E. Westlake’s Smoke, invisibility, Freddie Urban Noon, crime, Smoke is an invisible man story done right, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man by H.F. Saint, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (the 1992 film), invisibility in Fantasy (J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings), invisibility in Science Fiction (The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells), invisibility in a comic crime story, what are the problems with being an invisible thief?, humor, New York, Richard Stark, hard boiled crime, 5 Writing Lessons Learned from Donald Westlake, “When the phone rang Parker was in the garage killing a man.”, The Writing Excuses Podcast, Luke’s review of Makers by Cory Doctorow (SFBRP #74), big tobacco, Westlake’s way of telling a story “he went into the unspeakable kitchen.”, Westlake is a masterful writer of sentences, Peg Briscoe (Freddie’s girlfriend) is a competent confederate, how do you steal things when you’re invisible? (people will see the stolen goods floating down the street!), how do you sell stolen goods when you’re invisible? (you’ll need a confederate), invisibility is a small but well known meme, comparing the memes of invisibility and time travel, nailing small coffins and flogging tiny horses, The Man With The Getaway Face by Richard Stark, the Stark novels are faced paced and utterly absorbing, the differences between Stark novels and Westlake novels, The Hunter by Richard Stark, Payback (the 1999 film), more invisible men, Hollow Man (the 2000 film), Sony used a fake reviewer to shill its movies, unlikeable characters in novels vs. film, the concept of invisibility is a human concept and not a worldly phenomenon (and what that does to our perception of possibility), negating a phenomenon doesn’t create a new phenomenon, invisibility in The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series, Jack Ward, The Sonic Society, Superman, why Superman is impossible, invisible men cannot smoke or drink or eat if they want to remain wholly invisible, Neil Morrisey, The Vanishing Man (1998), future memes and themes for podcasts: THE YELLOW PERIL, when will China take over the world? (soon), David Wingrove’s Chung Kuo series, The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer, the Judge Dee mysteries, Starship: Flagship by Mike Resnick, Kirinyaga by Mike Resnick |READ OUR REVIEW|, ***watch out for the false ending*** Alan Moore’s The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, the National Treasure series, Indiana Jones,

6 Insane Fan Theories That Actually Make Great Movies Better, the best television show ever made: The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones, doing something with a television show that no-one has ever done on TV before or since, automating your podcast with Audacity, python.

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SFBRP #078 – H G Wells – The Invisible Man

Luke Burrage — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:37:02 +0000

Luke is joined by Jesse from SFFaudio.com to discuss H G Wells’ The Invisible Man

Jesse’s notes:

Here’s what we talked about:

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, the public domain status of the writings of H.G. Wells, Luke and Jesse in conversation, The War Of The Worlds, The Island Of Dr. Moreau, The First Men In The Moon, Luke’s review of The Time Machine, Sussex, invasion literature, mad scientist, horror, thriller, the village of Iping, invisibility, scientific invisibility, What Was It?, haunted house, the 2000 film Hollow Man, Smoke by Donald E. Westlake, the development of the invisibility meme, creating tension in a scene with exposition, Luke’s review of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan Raiders Of The Lost Ark story conference |PDF|, a Nazi monkey, Griffin (the titular Invisible Man) as an anti-hero, The Ring Of Gyges (found within Plato’s The Republic), invisibility as a cipher for moral character, invisibility is good for nothing other than spying, if you’re an invisible person you’ll need a confederate, The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Miss Pim’s Camouflage by Lady Stanley, WWI, Invisible Agent, WWII, isolation, moral isolation, anonymity, Eric Rabkin’s point about, refractive index, albinism, the sleight of hand that H.G. Wells uses in The Invisible Man and The Time Machine, The Crystal Egg by H.G. Wells, Mars, long distance communication, what is the serious problem with invisibility? [the answer is a DEFEATER for any truly HARD SF story], the background for The Time Machine is Charles Darwin, evolution and the class system, the background for The War Of The Worlds is invasion literature, war and colonialism, Eddie Izzard’s colonialism through flags, the background for The Invisible Man is personal responsibility, isolation and moral character, Thomas Marvel (the tramp with an invisible friend), the parallels between The Invisible Man and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fawlty Towers, psychopathy, sociopathy, the one ring’s invisibility, invisibility for burglary is only half as useful as you’d expect, imagine the Sauron’s ring in the hands of Denethor, Boromir, or Gandalf!, the filmspotting podcast, visit Luke’s website!

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SFBRP #077 – Scott Sigler – The Rookie

Luke Burrage — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:50:49 +0000

Luke does his first ever review of an audiobook/podcast novel, Scott Sigler’s The Rookie.

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SFBRP #076 – Luke’s Fantasy Reads in 2009 1

Luke Burrage — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:13:00 +0000

Another long podcast, but this time Luke reviews the 6 fantasy novels he’s read in 2009: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursuala K LeGuin, Warbreaker and Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan, Shadowmagic by John Lenahan, The Warrior-Prophet by R Scott Bakker.

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SFBRP #076 – Luke’s fantasy reads in 2009

Luke Burrage — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:04:38 +0000

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SFBRP #075 – Neal Stephenson – Anathem

Luke Burrage — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:21:02 +0000

An epic-length review of an epic-sized novel, Luke tackles Neal Stephenson’s Anathem.

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SFBRP #074 – Cory Doctorow – Makers

Luke Burrage — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:50:25 +0000

h boy. Luke is soooo disappointed with Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Makers.

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SFBRP #073 – Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Luke Burrage — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:23:19 +0000

Luke reviews the modern classic from Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Is the hype justified? Check the lyrics attached to the MP3 to see Luke’s notes for this episode.

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SFBRP #072 and a half – Luke and Jesse in Conversation

Luke Burrage — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:15:15 +0000

Luke chats to Jesse (from SFFaudio.com) about many topics including:

R. Scott Bakker
Brandon Sanderson
Wheel of Time
Peter Watts
Greg Bear
Courtney Brown
Science Fiction and Politics Podcast
Feminist Utopias
Herland
Cloning
Nature and Nurture
Invisible Man
Shrinking Man
Fantastic Voyage 1 and 2
Photons hitting things
Aristotelian Goods
Darwin’s Radio
Century Rain
Robert Sawyer Interview on SFFaudio
Flashforward
Michael Crichton
Podcast production
About this podcast
Savvy marketing
Good women writers
Prolific authors
Elmore Leonard
Charles Stross
Lobsters
Halting State
End of an Era
Science as a basis of fiction
My second novel

Jesse made his own list of things we talked about:

R. Scott Bakker, audiobooks, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, Blindsight by Peter Watts, Moving Mars by Greg Bear, Courtney Brown, Science Fiction and Politics Podcast, feminism, utopias, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, cloning, remote viewing, nature vs. nurture, nurture as a subset of nature, epistemology, The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson |READ OUR REVIEW|, Fantastic Voyage and Fantastic Voyage II by Isaac Asimov, the strange life of a photon, combat, Aristotelian values, Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear, Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds, The SFFaudio Podcast #041, FlashForward by Robert J. Sawyer, FlashForward the TV show, Michael Crichton, podcast production, savvy marketing, good women writers, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, prolific authors, Out Of Sight by Elmore Leonard, Lobsters by Charles Stross |READ OUR REVIEW|, Halting State by Charles Stross, End of an Era by Robert J. Sawyer, science as a basis of fiction, Luke’s second novel (tentatively titled either Monster Story or Teeth and Claws).

SFBRP #072 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Dispossessed

Luke Burrage — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:37:00 +0000

Luke reviews The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin. You can watch a video of this recording at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage

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SFBRP #071 – Richard Morgan – Market Forces

Luke Burrage — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:03:00 +0000

Luke reviews Market Forces by Richard Morgan.

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SFBRP #070 – Greg Egan – Schild’s Ladder – 3rd attempt

Luke Burrage — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:21:43 +0000

Third try to get this into the feed.

HARD SCIENCE with Greg Egan. Luke reviews Schild’s Ladder.

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SFBRP #070 – Greg Egan – Schild’s Ladder

Luke Burrage — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:38:21 +0000

Actually the podcast this time! You can see the video of this recording here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2416668 and part 2 here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2416914

HARD SCIENCE with Greg Egan. Luke reviews Schild’s Ladder.

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SFBRP #069 – Edgar Rice Burroughs – A Princess of Mars

Luke Burrage — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:24:31 +0000

Luke takes a trip to Barsoom.

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SFBRP #068 – Ursula K LeGuin – The Left Hand of Darkness

Luke Burrage — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:44:16 +0000

Luke reviews The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin, and wonders why he hasn’t taken the time to read this before.

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SFBRP #067 – Aldous Huxley – Brave New World

Luke Burrage — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:30:03 +0000

Luke reviews a classic: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

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SFBRP #066 – John Varley – Steel Beach

Luke Burrage — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:22:37 +0000

This is one of Luke’s favorite reviews in a long time! And it’s a long review too. He discusses John Varley’s Steel Beach, and had so much to say about it that he completely forgot to mention his previous experience with John Varley, the abomination that was Red Thunder.

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Bonus: SFFaudio Podcast discussion about The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan

Luke Burrage — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:21:04 +0000

I was a guest on the SFFaudio Podcast again, this time taking part in a panel discussion about a recent fantasy book. Enjoy!

The SFFaudio Podcast #034 – Jesse and Scott have invited a roster of internet celebrities on for this podcast to talk about Richard K. Morgan’s novel The Steel Remains. Listen in as…

Brian Murphy (of The Silver Key blog and The Cimmerian),

Gregg Margarite (LibriVox.org narrator and book coordinator),

and Luke Burrage (professional juggler and host of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast) discuss…

The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan [AN UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK from TANTOR MEDIA]!

Talked about on today’s show:
The Cimmerian blog, Deathworld by Harry Harrison @ LibriVox.org, The Real Fantastic Stuff an essay by Richard K. Morgan, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings, noir, Sci-Fi Dimensions interview with Richard K. Morgan (not Dark Horizons), homosexuality, nihilism, anti-hero, the Takeshi Kovacs novels (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies), Morgan’s Thirteen (aka Black Man), Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, Adam Robert’s letter to Hugo fans (about the Hugo nominees), Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, the Hugo Awards, Morgan’s Market Forces, Lord Valentine’s Castle by Robert Silverberg, George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire, David Eddings, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, Terry Brooks, the Dragonlance series, magic, Tolkien’s use of magic, Morgan’s use of magic in The Steel Remains, characterization in The Steel Remains, recurring themes in Morgan’s novels, Robert E. Howard’s Conan, what is Ringil Eskiath’s motivation?, what does everyone think of The Steel Remains?, what is the nature maps in Fantasy novels?, The Darkness That Comes Before by Scott Bakker. Next week we’ll talk about more audiobooks with these guys too.

SFBRP #065 – Olaf Stapledon – Last and First Men

Luke Burrage — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:24:55 +0000

This isn’t a review. This is Luke giving the reasons why he couldn’t finish reading Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon.

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SFBRP #064 – Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451

Luke Burrage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:42:17 +0000

It’s good to burn! Luke reviews Fahrenheit 451.

Mystery Man On Film reviews Fahrenheit 451 book, film and script.

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SFBRP #063 – Jules Verne – From The Earth To The Moon

Luke Burrage — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:52:25 +0000

Luke checks out some very early science fiction, Jules Verne’s 1865 classic From The Earth To The Moon.

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SFBRP #062 – Stephen Donaldson – The Real Story

Luke Burrage — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:22:07 +0000

Luke reviews a novella by Stephen Donaldson variably called The Real Story, The Gap into Conflict or The Gap Episode 1.

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SFBRP #061 – John Barnes – The Sky So Big And Black

Luke Burrage — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:32:47 +0000

Luke reviews The Sky So Big And Black by John Barnes, a book about terraforming Mars, becoming an adult, and much more besides.

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SFBRP #060 – Luke Burrage – Minding Tomorrow

Luke Burrage — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:31:22 +0000

Chris Fletcher from M-Brane SF reviews Luke Burrage’s debut novel, Minding Tomorrow.

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SFBRP #059 – Kim Stanley Robinson – The Gold Coast

Luke Burrage — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:25:01 +0000

Luke reviews the second in a triplet of linked books from Kim Stanley Robinson about Orange County, California, The Gold Coast.

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SFBRP #058 – Orson Scott Card – Ender’s Game

Luke Burrage — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:13:20 +0000

Luke digs through his archive hard drive to find an old review of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, and performs a short compare and contrast exercise with other military science fiction he’s read recently.

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SFBRP #057 – John Scalzi – Old Man’s War

Luke Burrage — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:55:36 +0000

Shooting aliens with big guns? Sometimes that’s good enough. Not always. Luke reviews John Scalzi’s first novel Old Man’s War.

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The Sofanauts No 9

Luke Burrage — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:05:41 +0000

Luke joined Tony C Smith, Jeremy Tolbert, JJ Campanella on the Sofanauts podcast last weekend… see http://sofanauts.com/ for more info.

SFBRP #056 – A E van Vogt – Slan

Luke Burrage — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:37:31 +0000

Luke reviews the Golden Age classic Slan by A E van Vogt.

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SFBRP #055 – Dan Simmons – The Fall of Hyperion

Luke Burrage — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:56:30 +0000

Luke reviews the first half of Dan Simmons’ The Fall of Hyperion, and the second half of the wikipedia.org plot summary.

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SFBRP #054 – Cory Doctorow – Little Brother

Luke Burrage — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:50:59 +0000

Luke reviews Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Download it at http://www.craphound.com/littlebrother

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SFBRP #053 – Tobias S Buckell – Crystal Rain

Luke Burrage — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:08:56 +0000

Audio of a live video stream. Luke reads Crystal Rain, the Caribbean Steampunk novel by Tobias S Buckell.

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SFBRP Live Show Tonight!

Luke Burrage — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:43:25 +0000

SFBRP Live Show tonight! Begins in about 3.5 hours. That makes it:
11pm my time (Central European Summer time)
10pm British Summer Time
5pm Eastern Daylight Time
2pm Pacific Daylight Time

The book I’ll be reviewing is Crystal Rain by Tobias S Buckell. Just go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage, hang out and enjoy the ride. For some reason I feel a rant coming on… but I won’t give it away early.

Test.

Luke Burrage — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:32:37 +0000

I just upgraded wordpress, this is just a test.

SFBRP #052 – Charles Stross – Halting State

Luke Burrage — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:30:53 +0000

You get third time lukcy with Charles Stross’s cyberpunk thriller Halting State. You liked it so much you decided to record the review in the second person. You hope your listeners find that idea as fun as you.

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SFBRP #051 – Joe Haldeman – The Accidental Time Machine

Luke Burrage — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:13:33 +0000

Following the H G Wells classic, Luke reviews Joe Haldeman’s take on the time travel genre. Luke loved The Accidental Time Machine… or maybe just the first quarter of the novel.

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SFBRP #050 – Philip Jose Farmer – To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Luke Burrage — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:11:06 +0000

To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the first of the Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer. Luke reviews it and remembers why he’s never bothered reading further in the series.

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SFBRP #049 and a half – answering questions live from the chatroom

Luke Burrage — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:01:46 +0000

A bonus podcast with Luke taking questions live from the chatroom attached to the live video stream. Thanks to everyone who took part. See the videos of the recording at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage

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SFBRP #049 – Dan Simmons – Hyperion

Luke Burrage — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:54:19 +0000

A review of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, recorded with a live audience! See the videos of the recording at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage

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SFBRP Live recording starts in 30 minutes.

Luke Burrage — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:36:43 +0000

Everything is set up and ready to go! We start in 30 minutes! Just go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage and join in the fun. The session will begin at:
11pm my time (Central European Summer time)
10pm British Summer Time
5pm Eastern Daylight Time
2pm Pacific Daylight Time

I’ll be reviewing and discussing Dan Simmons’ novel Hyperion, one of the most requested novels from the listeners of the SFBRP.

The idea is that I’ll chat for a few minutes and welcome any listeners, then do a normal SFBRP recording, then take questions about the review and the book from those following in the attached chatroom, to be included in the podcast itself. Following that I’ll be open for whatever those in the chatroom suggest, answer any questions, whatever.

If you miss the recording session, the video will be recorded in full, and you can play it at any time by visiting the same page. The audio will be edited and released as a normal episode in the podcast feed.

SFBRP Live Recording (with video) – Dan Simmons – Hyperion

Luke Burrage — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:46:54 +0000

As I mentioned on the last episode of the SFBRP, I’m planning to do live recording sessions of the next few episodes.

Everything is set up and ready to go! Tomorrow night (Thursday 16th April), just go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lukeburrage and join in the fun. The session will begin at:
11pm my time (Central European Summer time)
10pm British Summer Time
5pm Eastern Daylight Time
2pm Pacific Daylight Time

I’ll be reviewing and discussing Dan Simmons’ novel Hyperion, one of the most requested novels from the listeners of the SFBRP.

SFBRP #048 – Charles Stross – Accelerando

Luke Burrage — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:21:08 +0000

Luke reviews Accelerando by Charles Stross. Available for free download at http://www.feedbooks.com/book/228
Read Luke’s blog at http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog
Follow Luke on twitter http://twitter.com/lukeburrage

More information on the http://www.sfbrp.com/wiki/index.php?title=048_-_Charles_Stross_-_Accelerando

SFBRP #047 – Karl Schroeder – Ventus

Luke Burrage — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:58:49 +0000

Luke reviews the debut novel from Karl Schroeder, Ventus. Available for free download at: http://www.kschroeder.com/my-books/ventus/free-ebook-version

Read Luke’s blog at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog/

More information on the SFBRP Wiki

SFBRP #046 – many science fiction series

Luke Burrage — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:22:21 +0000

Luke performs speedy reviews of over thirty science fiction series. He also talks about his experience with ebooks and asks for volunteer readers for his own novel.

More information on the SFBRP Wiki or Luke’s Blog.

SFBRP #045 – H G Wells – The Time Machine

Luke Burrage — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:08:18 +0000

The oldest and shortest story reviewed so far, Luke tackles the H G Wells classic The Time Machine.

Read the missing chapter 11 at wiki source.

Read Luke’s new blog at lukeburrage.com/blog

More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Bonus podcast: SFF Audio.

Luke Burrage — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:47:35 +0000

Bonus podcast: I was invited on the SSF Audio Podcast to talk about the SFBRP. We had a really good discussion about reviewing fiction. Hope you enjoy listening, normal podcasts will resume shortly.

SFBRP #044 – Iain M Banks – Matter

Luke Burrage — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:04:18 +0000

Luke reviews Matter, the latest Culture novel by Iain M Banks.

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SFBRP #043 – Alastair Reynolds – Century Rain

Luke Burrage — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:04:41 +0000

Luke questions if this 2005 effort by Alastair Reynolds was written by his dog.

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SFBRP #042 – Richard Morgan – Altered Carbon

Luke Burrage — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:43:00 +0000

Luke reviews one of his favorite novels of this decade, Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.

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SFBRP #041 – Walter M Miller Jr – A Canticle for Leibowitz

Luke Burrage — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:31:44 +0000

Luke catches up with some news, shares his five all time favorite science fiction novels and then reviews A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr’s classic novel about post apocalyptic abbots.

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Friday Night Party Line

SFBRP #040 – Fredrick Pohl – Gateway

Luke Burrage — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:33:42 +0000

Luke reviews the classic novel Gateway by Frederick Pohl.

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SFBRP #039 – Peter F Hamilton – The Temporal Void

Luke Burrage — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:22:33 +0000

A shorter episode about a second book in a series… how will Luke review The Temporal Void without spoiling four other novels by Peter F Hamilton? Luke was very tired when recording this, so hopes his words are understanderbubble.

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SFBRP #038 – Looking back at 2008

Luke Burrage — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:46:05 +0000

Luke talks about 2008, about his own attempts at writing a novel, and offers listeners a chance to read it. He then looks back at all the books he reviewed in 2008 to give quick summaries and to see if he agrees with his original ratings.

More information on the SFBRP Wiki

SFBRP #037 – Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg – Nightfall

Luke Burrage — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:55 +0000

Luke experiences inverse synergy with Nightfall, a book by science fiction greats Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg.

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SFBRP #036 – Robert J Sawyer – Hominids

Luke Burrage — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:13:57 +0000

“How the hell did this book win a Hugo award?” asks Luke, then has a rant about Robert J Sawyer’s Hominids. Multiple rants, in fact.

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SFBRP #035 – Robert Reed – The Well of Stars

Luke Burrage — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:19:55 +0000

A spaceship the size of Jupiter traveling at half the speed of light battles with a nebula… Luke reviews The Well of Stars by Robert Reed.

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SFBRP #034 – China Mieville – Perdido Street Station

Luke Burrage — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:10:22 +0000

Luke reads Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, a story about a dirty, bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy, crummy, defiled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, filthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy, icky, lousy, messy, mucky, muddy, mung, murky, nasty, pigpen, polluted, raunchy, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smudged, smutty, sooty, spattered, spotted, squalid, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unkempt, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky city called New Crobuzon.

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SFBRP #033 – Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson – Paul of Dune

Luke Burrage — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:34:14 +0000

Luke enjoys getting interesting feedback far more than he enjoys reading non-canon Dune books such as Paul of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

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SFBRP #032 – John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids

Luke Burrage — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:40:15 +0000

Luke reviews a childhood favorite, the John Wyndham classic post-apocalyptic tale: The Day of the Triffids.

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SFBRP #031 – William Gibson – Neuromancer

Luke Burrage — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:48:10 +0000

In a continuing exploration into early cyberpunk, Luke reads and reviews the book that started it all, William Gibson’s Neuromancer.

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SFBRP #030 – Peter F Hamilton – The Dreaming Void

Luke Burrage — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:35:52 +0000

Luke reviews the The Dreaming Void, avoiding as much of the story as possible so not to spoil the events in the previous Commonwealth Books by Peter F. Hamilton.

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SFBRP # 29 and a half – accidental feedback show

Luke Burrage — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:16:03 +0000

Luke went long replying to some listener feedback so decided to post it as a separate show. And when he reads some feedback at the end, he says “… rant incentive…” instead of “… rant invective…” with the sole reason being his very bad reading aloud skills. Ironically, he goes on to talk about how he doesn’t edit the show. Meanwhile, typing in the third person is weird.

SFBRP #029 – Neal Stephenson – Snow Crash

Luke Burrage — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:01:14 +0000

Luke really lets loose during his review of this classic cyberpunk effort by Neal Stephenson, Snore Crash. Er… Snow Crash.

More info in the SFBRP Wiki

SFBRP #028 – Robert Reed – Down the Bright Way

Luke Burrage — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:09:06 +0000

Luke re-visits Robert Reed’s back catalog to find yet more long lived humans and yet more inexplicable technology… but this time it all makes sense! Thumbs up for Down the Bright Way.

SFBRP #027 – John Varley – Red Thunder

Luke Burrage — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:16:49 +0000

This book came highly recommended by some science fiction websites and had some good quotes on the cover… but can Luke trust what others say about John Varley’s Red Thunder?

SFBRP #026 – Iain M Banks – Use of Weapons

Luke Burrage — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:03:22 +0000

On his second read of this book, it turns out Luke enjoyed Iain M. Banks’ Use of Weapons much more than he expected.

SFBRP #025 – Richard Morgan – Black Man

Luke Burrage — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:49:36 +0000

A review of Richard Morgan’s latest shoot ‘em up novel called Black Man (released in the US as Thirteen). This time Luke decided to talk as long as he wanted instead of keeping the review to about 20 minutes. If you like a long show, email luke@juggler.net. If you like the shorter shows, email luke@juggler.net.

For more information see the SFBRP Wiki.

SFBRP #024 – A. A. Attanasio – The Last Legends of Earth

Luke Burrage — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:00:23 +0000

After a bit of a summer break, Luke publishes this review of The Last Legends of Earth using some kind of energy.

More information on the SFBRP Wiki.

SFBRP #023 – Spider Robinson – Callahan’s Secret

Luke Burrage — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:40:20 +0000

Luke reads Callahan’s Secret, a book by Spider Robinson about drinking, getting drunk and hangovers… oh, and some aliens too.

More info on the SFBRP Wiki.

Next novel: A.A. Attanasio – The Last Legends of Earth

SFBRP #022 – John Brunner – The Crucible of Time

Luke Burrage — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:57:23 +0000

By using really alien aliens to explore very human issues, The Crucible of Time is exactly what Luke needed after last week’s disappointment.

More information on the SFBRP Wiki.

Next review: Spider Robinson – Callahan’s Secret

SFBRP #021 – Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes – Encounter With Tiber

Luke Burrage — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:54:04 +0000

Luke mentioned in the last show that Encounter With Tiber was one of the most memorable books he has read. Turns out, after re-reading it, that he might have a selective memory.

More information on the SFBRP Wiki.

Next book review: John Brunner – The Crucible of Time

SFBRP #020 – Joe Haldeman – The Forever War

Luke Burrage — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:07 +0000

After his first ever reading of the classic Joe Haldeman novel The Forever War, Luke manages to talk a surprisingly long time about such a short book.

More information on the SFBRP wiki.

SFBRP #019 – Alastair Reynolds – The Prefect

Luke Burrage — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:32:29 +0000

The Prefect is the second book and the first novel by Alastair Reynolds reviewed so far. While thinking he couldn’t talk so long about a story that has so many spoilers to avoid, Luke got a bit too enthusiastic and went on for almost 30 minutes!

Find more information on the SFBRP Wiki.

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SFBRP #018 – Greg Bear – Moving Mars

Luke Burrage — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:36:38 +0000

Moving Mars is a book by Greg Bear. It won a Nebula Award and all that… but did it move Luke?

Find more information on the SFBRP Wiki.

Buy the book on amazon.com (full disclosure, the book costs no more if you use that link to buy the book, but I get a few cents for each sale):

SFBRP #017 – Kim Stanley Robinson – Antarctica

Luke Burrage — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:57:21 +0000

Luke read this book years before going to Antarctica… how well did Kim Stanley Robinson capture the feeling of the coldest, driest, highest and least populated continent? And is the novel any good?

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Buy the book on amazon.com (full disclosure, the book costs no more if you use that link to buy the book, but I get a few cents for each sale):

SFBRP #016 – David Evans – Time Station Berlin

Luke Burrage — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:28:53 +0000

The first in the theme “Sci-fi novels about places Luke has lived” is Time Station Berlin, set in Luke’s home town. Luke explains why this book is such a big inspiration.

More info about this episode on the SFBRP Wiki

Do not buy this book from amazon.com:

SFBRP #015 – Vernor Vinge – The Peace War

Luke Burrage — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:46:17 +0000

Luke reviews this novel from 1984 and thinks about bobbling himself up, only to come back in future times when he can read all of Vernor Vinge’s books and not have to wait so long for the new ones.

For more info see the SFBRP Wiki

Buy the book on amazon.com (full disclosure, the book costs no more if you use that link to buy the book, but I get a few cents for each sale):

SFBRP #014 – Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson – Variable Star

Luke Burrage — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:51:09 +0000

This is first listener submitted book for Luke to review. Variable Star is a novel 51 years in the making. Question: if Heinlein was on a spaceship heading out at 97% of the speed of light for 17 years, and Spider Robinson stayed on Earth to pursue his own writing career, would it have been completed any faster? Also, due to time dilation, Luke managed to talk for 20 minutes about the book.

More info on the SFBRP Wiki

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SFBRP #013 – Charles Stross – Singularity Sky

Luke Burrage — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:29:28 +0000

Singularity Sky is book in a new genre that Luke would like to call “Technobabble Opera”. Charles Stross has loads of great ideas, but do good ideas make a good book?

More info on the SFBRP Wiki

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SFBRP #012 – Ken MacLeod – Learning the World

Luke Burrage — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:01:25 +0000

Luke is sorry for not updating this blog feed for a week… this episode is a review of Learning The World, a book with a blog where someone apologizes for not keeping up to date with their blog. After a week of tonsillitis, Luke gets back to the shorter length of podcast.

SFBRP #011 – Frank Herbert – Dune

Luke Burrage — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:48:27 +0000

After reading Frank Herbert’s Dune, Luke had so much to say that this episode is less of a review, and more of a discussion on what makes it such a great novel. With so much to talk about, Luke stopped recording after almost 30 minutes.

SFBRP #010 – Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson – Hunters of Dune

Luke Burrage — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:46:57 +0000

Non-Frank-Herbert Sequel of Dune. Luke reads books like this one so you don’t have to.

SFBRP #009 – Carl Sagan – Contact

Luke Burrage — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:34:35 +0000

The legendary science popularizer Carl Sagan turned his hand to science fiction. Luke, a fan of Carl Sagan’s other work, reviews a book he didn’t finish reading.

SFBRP #008 – Robert Reed – Marrow

Luke Burrage — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:32:07 +0000

Luke likes stories that feature big things that float mysteriously in space. And Marrow is a book about just that topic, and a lot more besides.

SFBRP #007 – Peter F. Hamilton – Fallen Dragon

Luke Burrage — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:48:55 +0000

A big book with big ideas means Luke runs long with his review of this chunky 2001 novel. You’ve got to love body armour and battles… but Luke wants a more human conclusion.

SFBRP #006 – Fire in the Abyss – Stuart Gordon

Luke Burrage — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:44:13 +0000

Luke reads and reviews a book from 1984 about the sixteenth century historical figure of Humphrey Gilbert and how, instead of drowning at sea, Humf was displaced through time by a secret government experiment.

SFBRP #005 – Alastair Reynolds – Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days

Luke Burrage — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:03 +0000

Luke checks out the 2003 book set in Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space universe. A slightly longer podcast this time as Luke discovers it contains two novellas instead of one novel.

SFBRP #004 – Robert A. Heinlein – The Door Into Summer

Luke Burrage — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:16:58 +0000

A classic time travel book from an undisputed master of science fiction, Robert A. Heinlein. Luke thought he had read this one before but he was wrong. Does this book, written in 1956, still hold up today?

SFBRP #003 – Pamela Sargent – Venus of Dreams

Luke Burrage — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:14:42 +0000

In 1984 Pamela Sargent wrote a long book about the terraforming of Venus. Luke read it and found it longer than he expected.

SFBRP #002 – Joan D. Vinge – The Outcasts of Heaven Belt

Luke Burrage — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:11:28 +0000

The first review is the 1978 book from Joan D. Vinge, a name that Luke doesn’t know how to pronounce. The Outcasts of Heaven Belt is about reliance on technology, the politics of resource management and, of course, space battles.

SFBRP #001 – Introduction to the SFBRP

Luke Burrage — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:09:28 +0000

No book review for this episode, instead an introduction to Luke, an introduction to the podcast, what the rating system means and much more.

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The start of something new.

Luke Burrage — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:11:20 +0000

The first post on the new blog and rss feed for a new podcast I’ve been planning and recording for about a year. I thought it would be best to actually get started on the project that I included in my new years resolutions…