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

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

Check the lyrics attached to the MP3 to see Luke’s notes for this episode.

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SFBRP #071 – Richard Morgan – Market Forces

Luke reviews Market Forces by Richard Morgan.

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Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html

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

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

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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Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html

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

Luke takes a trip to Barsoom.

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

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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Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html

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SFBRP #067 – Aldous Huxley – Brave New World

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

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Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html

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SFBRP #066 – John Varley – Steel Beach

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.

Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog

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Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html

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

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 PodcastThe 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.