45 Min.

They’d Rather Be Right Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast

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In this episode, the Baker sisters covers the Hugo award winner They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was serialized in the magazine Astounding and then won the Hugo, yes - we’ve returned to the regular Hugos again, for best novel in 1955.  It was a low point for the sisters who struggled with the whole thing in general, but they did laugh a lot.  
 
Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:
 
01:15 History Lesson
03:36 General Discussion 
10:20 Alice creates a Book Blurb 
11:26 Alice discusses the lessons learned 
15:47 We end up discussing the writing and structure of the book 
21:47 Alice brings up the problems with the character Joe 
25:05 We tackle the ‘science’ in the book 
29:43 Ann tries to figure out how the authors choose the title 
32:24 Alice does a quick character review 
40:03 Five Questions 
 
Music by Carl Miles

In this episode, the Baker sisters covers the Hugo award winner They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was serialized in the magazine Astounding and then won the Hugo, yes - we’ve returned to the regular Hugos again, for best novel in 1955.  It was a low point for the sisters who struggled with the whole thing in general, but they did laugh a lot.  
 
Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:
 
01:15 History Lesson
03:36 General Discussion 
10:20 Alice creates a Book Blurb 
11:26 Alice discusses the lessons learned 
15:47 We end up discussing the writing and structure of the book 
21:47 Alice brings up the problems with the character Joe 
25:05 We tackle the ‘science’ in the book 
29:43 Ann tries to figure out how the authors choose the title 
32:24 Alice does a quick character review 
40:03 Five Questions 
 
Music by Carl Miles

45 Min.