Audrey Niffenegger's novel The Time Traveler's Wife is equal parts romance and sci-fi. It's a love story about the limits of free will and the power of destiny. It is also a way hornier book than we gave it credit for.
Talking points include James Cameron's avatar, time-travelling hi-jinks, and chrono-impairment as a metaphor for absence, loss, and the grav ... Show More
Jan 12
Ep 737 - The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1), by Agatha Christie
The public domain comes for us all and today it's come for Miss Marple, the elderly busybody and amateur sleuth that Agatha Christie created in the 1920s. In her first proper novel, Marple assists a vicar in uncovering the truth behind a murder that occurred in his own home (also ... Show More
1h 10m
Jan 5
Ep 736 - Consider the Consequences!, by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins
We’ve been known to choose an adventure for ourselves every now and again, but rarely have we delved into the history of the “gamebook” genre. Until now! Join us for an abbreviated run through Consider the Consequences, in which players can quickly ruin the lives of three young a ... Show More
1h 36m
Dec 29
Ep 735 - American Girl: Meet Samantha, by Susan S. Adler & Meet Addy, by Connie Porter
It's time to meet Samantha and Addy, two American Girls from the toy brand of the same name. Their time periods and journeys are rather different, but they are united by one thing: American Girl founder Pleasant Rowland's quest to inspire girls to learn AND to accessorize.Our the ... Show More
1h 10m
Jan 2024
The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton
She was the guardian of the worlds, but HER world was dead. The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.The first story we ever narrated by Andre Norton, All Cats Are Gray, was so popular that we decided to do another one of her stories as soon as po ... Show More
43m 35s
Jul 2019
Ep 194: No plot, no problem!
For Nicole Mattke, a clear and driving plot isn’t the most important thing. She loves beautiful, introspective writing that makes her think about everyday emotions. She also spent a year roaming a hotel, doing a job that sounds like it belongs in the pages of a novel. Today Nicol ... Show More
47m 31s
Jul 2019
Ep 193: Rolling the dice on your next read
Keren Form is a self-professed mega nerd who loves everything from LOTR, and board games, and epic science fiction. Today, Keren and Anne chat about what it really means to be a nerd, and how her wholehearted enthusiasm has sent her on many life-enriching adventures. If you hear ... Show More
51m 56s
Sep 2016
Ep 38: Secrets, cheap tricks, and paradigm-shifting books
Today Anne chats with Anissa Davis, a family physician who lives with her family in California. She likes smart, funny, contemporary fiction with diverse protagonists, and she wants to be blown away by more books. Many of you will relate when Anissa says sometimes finding great f ... Show More
42m 15s
Jan 2024
All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton - Andre Norton Short Stories
<p><em>An odd story, made up of oddly assorted elements that include a man, a woman, a gray cat, a treasure—and an invisible being that had to be seen to be believed. All Cats Are Gray by Andre Norton</em>, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sc ... Show More
23m 11s
Nov 2023
Episode 166: It's the Divas Episode: Streisand! Kardashian! And ... Napoleon?
This week, Flora Gill discusses why all of us will soon be unable to avoid Kim Kardashian’s nipples. Then, while we’re on the subject of divas, it’s been impossible to avoid the new memoir by Barbra Streisand. Yet there’s one problem with the book, which clocks in at almost 1,000 ... Show More
29m 14s
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