Ringworld: The Luck of Slavery
Host Catherine and returning guest Aleksei read Ringworld and discuss why anyone would ever drink carrot juice, the clash between real science and fantasy ideas in science fiction, and what life might...
22 Mar 20251h 7min
Into the Unknown: The Left Hand of Darkness
Catherine welcomes on a new guest, her cousin Luke to discuss the Left Hand of Darkness, the first win for Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the greatest sci-fi writers ever. They discuss what it would mean t...
8 Mar 20251h 12min
Grasshopper Jungle: Further Proof that Iowa Should be Avoided at All Costs
Join Catherine and Kyle as they discuss Grasshopper Jungle. They talk about the difficulties of being a teenager, the usefulness of repetition in writing, and what is the real liklihood of creating a ...
8 Feb 202553min
Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the third in-between episode, Cain joins Aleksei and Catherine to discuss the Restaurant at the End of the Universe just is case any listeners were feeling a bit peckish. This book follows one of t...
26 Jan 20251h
A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Coming to you from a Mostly Harmless Planet
The In-betweens continue with a classic. Amazingly, the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy did not win a Hugo, so Aleksei selected it. Catherine and Aleksei talk about the future of artificial intellige...
2 Des 20241h 1min
Altered Carbon: Beyond Mere Flesh
In the first episode of the In-Betweens, Catherine and her guest Paul discuss a classic instant bestseller, Altered Carbon. They talk about the price of immortality, what it means when a book's plot i...
9 Nov 20241h 4min
Annihilation: The Language of Ghost Birds
Happy Halloween everyone! Join Catherine and her guest Matthew for a special Halloween episode about Jeff VanderMeer's book Annihilation. They discuss what it means to live in a place where no one has...
26 Okt 20241h 11min
Surviving the Swarm that is Humanity: Stand on Zanzibar
It is the final episode of the 1960s! Join Catherine and her returning guest Kyle as they discuss the absurdity of Stand on Zanzibar. They talk about John Brunner's distinctive style of writing chapte...
16 Sep 20241h 11min
