61 episodes

Explore the best of sci-fi with Brent and Cody. Each episode dives into a single book or series in the sci-fi cannon. Author interviews, reviews and analysis, and related book recommendations. Happy reading y'all!

Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time Brent Gaisford, Cody Troyer

    • Arts

Explore the best of sci-fi with Brent and Cody. Each episode dives into a single book or series in the sci-fi cannon. Author interviews, reviews and analysis, and related book recommendations. Happy reading y'all!

    Embassytown - Aliens who are truly alien and a wild, techno-organic world!

    Embassytown - Aliens who are truly alien and a wild, techno-organic world!

    This book by China Miéville is a masterpiece, a rare, unanimous 5/5. An incredible world / universe, a gripping story, and some really wild philosophy about language and trying to communicate with aliens who are truly, truly alien.

    • 36 min
    Your top 20 sci-fi books - listener survey results!

    Your top 20 sci-fi books - listener survey results!

    The results are in! Your top 20 SF books of all time, plus hidden gems, underrated classics, and subgenres that are on the rise.

    • 36 min
    2024 Nebula nominees - 3 great books on this short list!

    2024 Nebula nominees - 3 great books on this short list!

    Such a great year of books, the top 3 nominees are frickin' wonderful.

    • 32 min
    Metro 2033 - The book that inspired the hugely popular video games!

    Metro 2033 - The book that inspired the hugely popular video games!

    The Metro video game series was a huge success. Is it worth reading Dmitry Glukhovsky's novel that inspired it all?

    • 38 min
    The Martian - Poop, Taters, and Tenacity

    The Martian - Poop, Taters, and Tenacity

    The Martian by Andy Weir is one of the most fun, un-put-downable sci-fi adventure stories out there. Plus, it's really in a league of it's own, poop-taters wise.

    • 27 min
    Roadside Picnic - the book that inspired Stalker and Metro 2033!

    Roadside Picnic - the book that inspired Stalker and Metro 2033!

    Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's sci-fi masterpiece is driven by one man - Red Schuhart, one of the greatest characters ever written into science fiction. He's a stalker, one of the few people with enough grit and wits to survive trips into the Zone, the eerie region left behind after aliens visited Earth.

    • 43 min

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