SF3

Morganstern! We review and discuss "Nine Princes In Amber" by Roger Zelazny. We also go a bit into the background of the book, wax kind of zelasnyish about Zelazny's prose, and try way too hard to link things to quantum mechanics.

Links:

• Suspended In Literature: Patterns and Allusions in the Chronicle of Amber by Christoper S. Kovacs

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Tipler cylinders and flux capacitors! We review and discuss "The Psychology of Time Travel" by Kate Mascarenhas. We also discuss time travel paradoxes (a LOT), free will, and something called "The Box of Delights".

Doors! We review and discuss "Ten Thousand Doors of January" by Alix E. Harrow. Books within books, and dogs, are also discussed, as they should be.

00:03 Intro

02:03 Summary

03:03 Reviews

04:57 Discussion

05:04 Topic: books within books

10:04 Topic: dogs

12:29 Topic: power limits

14:38 Topic: allegory

16:23 Topic: self-inscription

18:19 Topic: January as character

20:24 Favorite scenes

22:00 Usual Questions

23:03 Conclusion

Meataphor! We review and discuss "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire. In the process, we cross our own timelines, discuss our own godlike powers, and talk about SF Bay Area locations. Originally recorded June 28, 2020.

00:04 Intro, summary, reviews

06:55 Discussion

07:04 Topic: The title

08:29 Topic: Save points, power management

12:30 Topic: Imaginary books

15:08 Favorite scenes

18:49 Usual questions

23:46 Conclusion

I am a spear in the hands of the sun! We review and discuss "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine.

Combat madness! We review and discuss The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley. Recorded June 14, 2020.

Bonelords, attend! We review and discuss Gideon the Ninth [2019] by Tamsyn Muir. Originally recorded May 9, 2020.

Milk and gin! We review and discuss The City In The Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders [2019]. Originally recorded 2020-04-26.

Rusting reviews! We review and discuss "The Stone Sky" by NK Jemisin.

FIDDLESTICKS! We review and discuss "Provenance" by Ann Leckie.