About this episode

The episode reviews the Hugo-nominated short stories and poems, featuring discussions on various works by different authors.

Welcome to The AsimovCast! Shorts bursts of joy, thoughtfulness and inspiration from the works of Isaac Asimov. Follow me @asimovcast on BlueSky and Instagram. E-mail to asimovcast@gmail.com. Thanks to @Spurz for our logo! We're into Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Short Story and Poem nominations, specifically: Short Stories“10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills“In My Country” by Thomas Ha“Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg“Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro“Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson“Wire Mother” by Isabel J. Kim Poems: “Care for Lightning” by Mari Ness“Hex Supply Customer Support Log” by Elis Montgomery“How to Become a Sea Witch” by Theodora Goss“Landing: Seattle” by Brandon O’Brien“The Mourning Robot” by Angela Liu“The World to Come” by Jennifer Hudak

People in this episode

Host: Lozy

Guest: Tessa

Topics covered

• Hugo Awards
• short stories
• poetry
• Isaac Asimov
• literature
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AsimovCast, BlueSky, Instagram, Spurz

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