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Science Fiction November 9, 2023

My Heart Is Human

Reese Hogan

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
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My Heart Is Human (Space Wizard Science Fantasy, 2023) by Reese Hogan is about a human and robot who come to occupy the same body. The body belongs to Joel Lodowick …
Science Fiction August 3, 2023

Titanium Noir

Nick Harkaway

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
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According to Merriam-Webster, noir is “crime fiction featuring hard-boiled, cynical characters and bleak, sleazy settings.” The Cambridge Dictionary says noir shows “the world as being unpleasant, strange, or cruel.” Nick …
Science Fiction May 4, 2023

Descendant Machine

Gareth L. Powell

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
Gareth L. Powell’s Descendant Machine (Titan Books, 2023) is set about 200 years in the future, and yet the recent explosion in A.I. technology suggests Powell’s imagined future—in which the …
Science Fiction February 2, 2023

Where it Rains in Color

Denise Crittendon

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
Denise Crittendon’s debut science fiction novel,Where it Rains in Color (Angry Robot, 2022), is set far in the future, long after the Earth has been destroyed, on the planet of …
Science Fiction November 3, 2022

Eversion

Alastair Reynolds

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
In Alastair Reynolds’ Eversion (Orbit, 2022), the setting keep changing—the epoch, location, and technology—but the characters remain more or less the same as they carry out an expedition to a …
Science Fiction August 11, 2022

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

Hosted by Rob Wolf and Brenda Noiseux
The Women Could Fly (Amistad, 2022) is set in our contemporary world with one big difference. A belief in witches gives rise to laws and a culture that encourages women …