Science Fiction Book Club: Ted Chiang

Abu and Obssa complete their read through of All Systems Red by Martha Wells. They explore the misguided kindness of Dr. Mensa and the question of how to determine sentience.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materials and help us decide what books we should cover in Season 2!Join our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa begin their read through of All Systems Red by Martha Wells. They explore the history of the book's publication and gush about the absolutely lovable Murderbot.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materials and help us decide what books we should cover in Season 2!Join our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa read a short story that takes place in the Imperial Radch Universe from the short story collection Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie.You can read the short story for free here: https://reactormag.com/nights-slow-poison-ann-leckie/Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa complete their read through of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. They discuss the explosive conclusion to Breq's mission and explore the larger themes of power and status.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa continue their read through of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. They explore the huge revelations about the Lord of the Radch and the reality of how ancillaries are created.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa begin their read through of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. They explore the history of the book's publication and the broad themes of imperialism and gender.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode, Abu and Obssa explore Liu Cixin's wildly imaginative short story The Wandering Earth. Thank you to TheBrandalorian in Discord for the great suggestion!Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa complete their read through of The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. They explore Trisolaran physiology and culture and the impact of science fiction stories on our understanding of ourselves.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bonus episode, Abu and Obssa share what you had to say about Netflix's 3 Body Problem and chat with Zach Kram from The Ringer about his love of both the show and original books.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.comFollow Zach on Twitter and read his review of 3 Body Problem on The Ringer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abu and Obssa continue their read through of The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. They explore Ye Wenjie's emotional arc in this story and wonder if she feels any remorse for her actions.Join our Patreon for bonus content and helpful reading materialsJoin our Discord to keep the conversation goingCheck our Season 1 Schedule to keep up with the reading assignmentsEmail us your thoughts and questions: scifibookclubpod@loreparty.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices