Science Fiction Book Club
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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu | Part 1
October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minAbu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. They work through all of Part I, where the UN hands four Wallfacers nearly unlimited resources and orders them to keep their plans to themselves. Zhang Beihai…
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The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu | Prologue
October 1, 2026 · 44 minAbu and Obssa begin their read-through of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. They cover just the prologue, a short opening that picks up right where The Three-Body Problem left off and introduces the idea of cosmic sociology. Ye Wenjie lays…
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The Dog Stars Movie Review
September 24, 2026 · 14 minIn this bonus episode, Abu and Obssa share their thoughts on the adaptation of The Dog Stars. Obssa caught Ridley Scott's film in theaters and breaks down how it turns Peter Heller's slow, poetic survival novel into a faster, action-driven…
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Should You Read The Dog Stars? (Spoiler-Free Review)
September 17, 2026 · 12 minShould you read The Dog Stars by Peter Heller? Abu and Obssa give their spoiler-free verdict. The Dog Stars follows a lone survivor scraping by a few years after a pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, and it's a book for readers who…
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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller | Ch. 7-13
September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minAbu and Obssa complete their read-through of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. They close out chapters 7-13 with the book's ending, including a last-page swerve that left both hosts uneasy. Hig, Bangley, Cima, and Pops all make it to the…
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The Dog Stars by Peter Heller | Ch. 1-6
August 14, 2026 · 44 minAbu and Obssa begin their read-through of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. They dig into the odd-couple partnership between the poetic, dog-loving Hig and his cold-blooded neighbor Bangley, Heller's stripped-down, punctuation-free prose…
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor | Ch. 36-51
July 16, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minAbu and Obssa complete their read-through of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Zelu's story and the Rusted Robots storyline finally meet in a twist that reframes everything that came before it, and the hosts land in very different…
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor | Ch. 18-35
July 2, 2026 · 56 minAbu and Obssa continue their read-through of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. This middle third is where the two of them split hardest: one is all in on Zelu, the other can barely stand her. Between them they get into grief…
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor | Ch. 1-17
June 11, 2026 · 45 minAbu and Obssa begin their read-through of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. They examine the three layers of the story: the present-day story of Zelu, the far-future robot novel she is secretly writing, and a string of interviews with…
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin (with Hugonauts)
May 28, 2026 · 28 minAbu and Obssa are joined by Cody from the Hugonauts podcast to break down the thought-provoking short story by Ursula K. Le Guin. They explore the moral philosophy at the center of this tale, and debate whether the ones who leave…
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin I Ch. 16-20
May 14, 2026 · 55 minAbu and Obssa complete their read-through of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. They discuss the lessons from this book about cultural exchange, and what it means to treat others through the lens of "I and…
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin I Ch. 8-15
April 30, 2026 · 58 minAbu and Obssa continue their read-through of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. They discuss the misunderstanding between Genly and Estraven, and break down the pitfalls of Orgoreyn's bureaucracy. Learn more at…

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