SF3

96 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings

Three science fiction fans review and discuss a different science fiction ("scifi") or fantasy book every week.

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Episodes

SF3-045: Sleeping Giants

June 27, 2017 19:00 - 23 minutes - 32.1 MB

Hands in the place where you live. We review and discuss "Sleeping Giants" by Sylvain Neuvel.

SF3-044: The Midwich Cuckoos

June 21, 2017 19:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MB

Obligate brood parasites! We review and discuss "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham.

SF3-043: A Closed And Common Orbit

June 15, 2017 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

Big Bug Adventures! We review and discuss "A Closed And Common Orbit" by Becky Chambers.

SF3-042: Six Wakes

June 08, 2017 19:00 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

Stick it in the food printer. We review and discuss "Six Wakes" by Mur Lafferty.

SF3-041: Oryx and Crake

May 23, 2017 19:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MB

Jimmy, you're so funny. We review and discuss "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood.

SF3-040: Seven Surrenders

May 16, 2017 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

J E D D MASON! We review and discuss "Seven Surrenders" by Ada Palmer.

SF3-039: Stories of Your Life and Others

May 02, 2017 19:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MB

Swim to heaven. We review and discuss "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang.

SF3-038: A Wizard of EarthSea

April 18, 2017 19:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MB

Archipelago. We review and discuss "A Wizard of EarthSea" by Ursula K. LeGuin.

SF3-037: The Obelisk Gate

April 11, 2017 19:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Boil bugs! We review and discuss "The Obelisk Gate" by N. K. Jemisin. Note: we refer at one point to Barry's fridge, "Fridgy McFridginton." Mr. McFridgington does not appear, thanks to noise reduction software.

SF3-026: Central Station

April 04, 2017 19:00 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

Tentacle junkies? We review and discuss "Central Station" by Lavie Tidhar. NOTE: This episode was originally recorded in late 2016.

SF3-036: Arcadia

March 29, 2017 07:19 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB

Metafiction is just a metasignifier. We review and discuss "Arcadia" by Iain Pears. Due to microphone and pseudointellectual issues, this episode features both long postmodern rants and popping plosives, so we invite you to hate-enjoy!

SF3-035: Norse Mythology

March 22, 2017 01:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MB

Avian blood mead farts! Sleep-deprived and loopy, we review and discuss "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman.

SF3-034: Hugo 2017 Nominations

March 15, 2017 07:44 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MB

Nom nom nom! We discuss our nominations for the 2017 Hugos.

SF3-033: vN: The First Machine Dynasty

March 09, 2017 16:04 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MB

Self-replicating robots that always eat organic. We review and discuss "vN: The First Machine Dynasty" by Madeline Ashby.

SF3-032: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

February 22, 2017 04:25 - 24 minutes - 34 MB

Load up the ambi. We review and discuss "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers.

SF3-031: Version Control

February 14, 2017 20:00 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

Woul you like cricket powder with that? We review and discuss "Version Control" by Dexter Palmer.

SF3-030: The Elementals

February 07, 2017 20:00 - 18 minutes - 25 MB

Eat the eyes! We review and discuss "The Elementals" by Michael McDowell.

SF3-029: Daemon

January 25, 2017 03:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MB

Self-driving cars! AR goggles! We review and discuss "Daemon" by Daniel Suarez.

SF3-028: Crooked

January 18, 2017 17:30 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB

I am not a crook. We review and discuss "Crooked" by Austin Grossman.

SF3-027: Consider Phlebas

January 04, 2017 04:38 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MB

Shut your speaker! We review and discuss "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M. Banks.

SF3-025: Every Heart A Doorway

December 20, 2016 20:00 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

High Logic or High Nonsense? We review and discuss "Every Heart a Doorway" by Seanan McGuire.

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December 17, 2016 21:49

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SF3-024: All The Birds In The Sky

December 13, 2016 20:00 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB

Aggrandizement! We review and discuss "All the Birds in the Sky" by Charlie Jane Anders.

SF3-023: Hag-Seed

December 06, 2016 20:00 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MB

Top of the teeth, tip of the tongue. We review and discuss "Hag-Seed" by Margaret Atwood.

SF3-022: Too Like the Lightning

November 29, 2016 20:00 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MB

Dear listeners! We review and discuss "Too Like the Lightning" by Ada Palmer.

SF3-021: Colony

November 22, 2016 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MB

Idiots... in... spaaaace! We review and discuss "Colony" by Ben Bova. We also attempt to cast the 70s TV miniseries it was truly meant to be.

SF3-020: Gateway

November 15, 2016 20:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

In space, no one can hear you whine. We review and discuss "Gateway" by Frederik Pohl.

SF3-019: Indexing: Reflections

November 08, 2016 20:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MB

Blood on the snow! We review and discuss "Indexing: Reflections" by the inimitable Seanan McGuire.

SF3-018: Childhood's End

November 01, 2016 19:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Yay Overlords! Or not. We review and discuss the classic science fiction novel "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke.

SF3-017: Who Goes There?

October 25, 2016 19:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB

Shapeshifters on ice! We review and discuss "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, the basis for the movie "The Thing".

SF3-016: Blindsight

October 18, 2016 19:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MB

Consciousness is an illusion and we're all doomed! We review and discuss "Blindsight" by Peter Watts. Also featuring Stephen describing neurological problems with a strange eagerness, and repetitive chanting of "neurogeek".