SFBRP #536 – Cormac McCarthy – The Road

SFBRP #536 - Cormac McCarthy - The Road - 0 #0

Luke was left bored and disappointed by The Road by Cormac McCarthy. He tells Juliane why he stopped reading half way through, and it wasn’t because he was depressed with the contents, but instead depressed by how bad it was written.

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SFBRP #535 – Alexander C Kane – Scum of the Earth

SFBRP #535 - Alexander C Kane - Scum of the Earth

Luke talks to Juliane about Scum of the Earth, the new Audible Original by Alexander C Kane about alien invasion collaborators.

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SFBRP #534 – Alastair Reynolds – Machine Vendetta – Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3

SFBRP #534 - Alastair Reynolds - Machine Vendetta - Prefect Dreyfus Emergency #3

Luke and Juliane review Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds, a book they mostly enjoyed, but spend the whole podcast trying to work out why there weren’t fully satisfied.

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SFBRP #533 – Virtual Voice Narration in 2024

SFBRP #533 - Virtual Voice Narration in 2024

Luke reviews Artifact by Joshua James, but actually he wants to have an in-depth discussion with Juliane about Audible’s new Virtual Voice Narration technology, what it sounds like now, and what it means for the future of audiobook production and listening.

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SFBRP #532 – Ursula K LeGuin – Rocannon’s World – Hainish Cycle #1

SFBRP #532 - Ursula K LeGuin - Rocannon's World - Hainish Cycle #1

Luke tells Juliane about Rocannon’s World, which was Ursula K LeGuin’s first novel, and the first book in the Hainish Cycle.

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SFBRP #531 – M R Carey – Infinity Gate – Pandominion #1

SFBRP #531 - M R Carey - Infinity Gate - Pandominion #1

Is it “genre-defying” or does M R Carey just change gears every time he runs out of steam? Luke talks to Juliane about Infinity Gate, a novel without an ending in a series of, so far, a single book.

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SFBRP #530 – Sandra Newman – Julia – 1984

SFBRP #530 - Sandra Newman - Julia - 1984

Luke talks to Juliane about Julia by Sandra Newman, an authorised retelling of George Orwell’s 1984.

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SFBRP #529 – Martha Wells – System Collapse – Murderbot Diaries #7

SFBRP #529 - Martha Wells - System Collapse - Murderbot Diaries #7

Juliane and Luke talk about System Collapse, a book that’s so badly written that (apart from not knowing what is going on (or who is who) and being annoyed by nested parenthesis) they are worried Martha Wells is giving introverts a bad role model in Murderbot.

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SFBRP #528 – Ned Beauman – Venomous Lumpsucker

SFBRP #528 - Ned Beauman - Venomous Lumpsucker

Luke and Juliane review Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman and discuss whether turning business externalities into financial instruments is a good idea or not. Probably not?

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SFBRP #527 – Adrian Tchaikovsky – Lords of Uncreation – Final Architecture #3

SFBRP #527 - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Lords of Uncreation - Final Architecture #3

Luke and Juliane didn’t want a trilogy, but got one anyway. They review Lords of Uncreation, the final book of the Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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