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Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
Brent Gaisford, Cody Troyer
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!
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31%The Three Body Problem - some of the biggest ideas in sci fi!
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33%An interview with Joe Haldeman, author of The Forever War!
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29%Children of Time - A book so good it makes you root for the giant spiders!
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36%The Mars Trilogy - colonizing and terraforming Mars!
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32%A Fire Upon the Deep - Aliens and AI and Internet Trolls, oh my!
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