Hugo, Girl!

Three space feminists read, dissect, and rant at Hugo Award-winning pieces of fiction.

Happy Things 04/15/2025

Happy Things A new thing we're trying - occasional episodes in which we share 5 things making us happy lately. No genre content, just chatting. /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/35957580

2025 Hugo Finalist Announcement 04/07/2025

2025 Hugo Finalist Announcement We’re 2025 Hugo finalists! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated us. Check out our . See the full list of finalists . Hope to see you in Seattle!! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/36030170

Episode 79 - Moby-Dick at the Opera 04/01/2025

Episode 79 - Moby-Dick at the Opera We're an opera podcast now, and you get to come with us to New York to see ! Bonus content: a tasting, boat facts at the , and documentation of every dog in Manhattan. Music by - Many transcripts have not been edited. Anyone can edit them and make corrections, and we appreciate anyone who does! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/35957545

Episode 78 - The Vor Game: Jackson's Whole Grimussy 03/05/2025

Episode 78 - The Vor Game: Jackson's Whole Grimussy Miles is back at it. DM: Haley Music by LINKS: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/35538160

Second Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show: Eight Monster 02/17/2025

Second Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show: Eight Monster Officially now a tradition, friend of the pod Anne joined us for another quiz on past episodes! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/35315705

Episode 77 - The Wanderer: Horniest Hugo Winner 02/08/2025

Episode 77 - The Wanderer: Horniest Hugo Winner When you get to the end, you'll wander why you even read this. Terrible! DM: Amy Music by An unedited transcript is available in our . Anyone can edit it and make corrections, and we appreciate anyone who does! LINKS /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/35205270

Interview with Ann Michelle Harris 01/13/2025

Interview with Ann Michelle Harris Podcast bestie Ann Michelle Harris joined us for a wide-ranging conversation about her debut novel , and all things publishing and writing. If you've ever wondered how stray thoughts can become a novel, now is your chance to find out! Ann Michelle is a published author, lawyer, and contributor to the Hugo-winning fanzine, Nerds of a Feather. Want a signed copy of North? Join us for the book launch on January 18th from 2:00pm-4:00pm at in Decatur, GA! Links: Follow Ann on social media: | | | | /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/34830155

Episode 76 - A Deepness in the Sky: That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Cobber 01/01/2025

Episode 76 - A Deepness in the Sky: That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Cobber Y2K Hugo winner A Deepness in the Sky sure is long! And oh hey, happy new year! Skip ahead about 9 minutes from the start if you want to avoid a discussion of neighbor parking drama. DM: Lori CW/TW: SA Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/34665230

Episode 75 - Red Mars: Other Effluvia 12/04/2024

Episode 75 - Red Mars: Other Effluvia Hey, you know what? This wasn't so bad! There's about 20 extra minutes of chitchat at the end, mostly about Endurance (the Shackleton Expedition). Feel free to ignore it! DM: Haley CW/TW: we discuss animal death in Endurance during the post-episode chitchat Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/34277475

Episode 74 - Better Living Through Algorithms 11/04/2024

Episode 74 - Better Living Through Algorithms It's a(nother) stressful week, so you can have little an early episode, as a treat. Hang in there. This month we read and discussed Naomi Kritzer's Hugo-winning short story, Better Living Through Algorithms. You can for free or thanks to Clarkesworld! This is a wide-ranging discussion where we used the story as more of a jumping-off point to talk about a lot of other things, from sailing to crossfit to facial recognition software. /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/33774732

Spooky Special: Beetlejuice/Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 10/30/2024

Spooky Special: Beetlejuice/Beetlejuice Beetlejuice It's showtime! Happy Halloween, listeners! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/33682252

Episode 73 - The Dispossessed: Stop Saying T1tties! 10/02/2024

Episode 73 - The Dispossessed: Stop Saying T1tties! This month we read The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. We were joined by special guest and delightful person and ambitopia expert, author Redfern Jon Barrett! We had so much fun chatting with Redfern that this is a bit of a maxisode. Digressions abound. DM: Haley CW/TW: brief discussion of SA Amy's guest appearance on Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/33296147

Glasgow Worldcon Report 09/08/2024

Glasgow Worldcon Report It was fun! It was windy! Lori and Kevin tell all. Boring warning: at about 17:45, you're gonna hear like 5 minutes of voice notes about dogs. Feel free to turn off the podcast. Eating noise warning: if you make it this far, at 22:05-22:25, Lori will loudly eat a tea cake, so skip that if you can't stand mouth noises. Want a mug? A sticker? How about a shirt? Check out our . /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/32964342

Episode 72 - A Fire Upon the Deep: Scrotum Riders 09/04/2024

Episode 72 - A Fire Upon the Deep: Scrotum Riders Well, what else were we supposed to call it? This month we read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, suggested by listener Raj. Thanks, Raj! Amy is DM. Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/32889397

Episode 71 - This is How You Lose the Time War: Blue & Red's Excellent Adventure 08/01/2024

Episode 71 - This is How You Lose the Time War: Blue & Red's Excellent Adventure Being gay and doing crime, all across space and time! Our long-awaited, most cursed episode is finally here. Requested by Haley and Raj. Lori is DM. Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/32357437

Episode 70 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: The Pilot 07/03/2024

Episode 70 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas: The Pilot Over five years ago, we test drove this thing. It's rough, but we hope you'll enjoy it! For various reasons, we had to push back our planned schedule. This is How You Lose the Time War will drop in August, followed by A Fire Upon the Deep in September. /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/31991142

Episode 69 - Mirror Dance: Res-erection 06/05/2024

Episode 69 - Mirror Dance: Res-erection Another attack of the clones. We liked it! DM: Haley CW/TW: rape, sexual abuse, transphobia, intersexphobia, fatphobia Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/31608462

Episode 68 - The Fountains of Paradise: Battery Dingleberry 05/01/2024

Episode 68 - The Fountains of Paradise: Battery Dingleberry This month we read Arthur C. Clarke's perfectly fine novel, The Fountains of Paradise. It is fine! And it has an admittedly banger ending, if you can stand the first 200 pages. Recommended, maybe? Amy is DM. Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/31061933

Episode 67: Hugo Girls Gone Wild: Twilight: OnlyFangs 04/01/2024

Episode 67: Hugo Girls Gone Wild: Twilight: OnlyFangs We discuss the hottest film romance in genre fiction: Twilight! We love it. DM: Lori CW/TW: It's Twilight. Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/30615628

Episode 66 - The Wind Whales of Ishmael: #NotMyIshmael 03/06/2024

Episode 66 - The Wind Whales of Ishmael: #NotMyIshmael This month we read Philip José Farmer's extended fart joke The Wind Whales of Ishmael. This episode is kinda ridiculous, which is fitting for a book which is also kinda ridiculous. We chatted for 15 minutes before we got into the book, as follows: 0:00-7:00ish - general chat and update on Haley's fava beans, as requested by listener Amber 7:00ish-14:30 - tasting and discussion of Coca-Cola Spiced, which is not very good 14:30-15:30 - an anecdote from Haley's college radio days 15:30-end - an actual episode of Hugo, Girl! the podcast Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/30248978

Episode 65 - The Sparrow: Trigger Warning 02/07/2024

Episode 65 - The Sparrow: Trigger Warning This month we read Mary Doria Russell's divisive novel The Sparrow. It's got a bit of everything - Jesuits, space travel, food, friendship, sexual assault, victim-blaming, and child murder. Amy is DM. Did we mention trigger warning? Yikes! CW/TW: see description above, and it's really serious so skip this one if you need to! We like you! By the way, we did a LOT of chatting at the top of this one, so skip to about the 12 minute mark if you want to get straight into the book discussion. /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/29839898

First Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show 01/15/2024

First Anne-ual Hugo Quiz Show Friend of the pod Anne joined us and quizzed us on past episodes! We also discussed our favorite reads of 2023 and what we're looking forward to reading in 2024. Happy New Year, and thanks for listening! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/29495138

Episode 64 - Spin: Eating Disorder Lawton 01/03/2024

Episode 64 - Spin: Eating Disorder Lawton Jason is a genius, Diane is a diamond, ED is a Lawton, and Carol is drunk. Our narrator - He's just Tyler. This month we read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. We liked it! Lori is DM. Note: There is no actual discussion of eating disorders in this episode or in the book. One character is named ED, and his name is repeated one million times. Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/29323288

Episode 63 - Lord of Light: We Get Slizzard 12/06/2023

Episode 63 - Lord of Light: We Get Slizzard This month we read Roger Zelazny's classic Lord of Light. We did not like it, and we are sorry. DM: Haley References: Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/28955143

Episode 62 - Blood of the Dragon: Dugs Talk 11/01/2023

Episode 62 - Blood of the Dragon: Dugs Talk This month we discussed Blood of the Dragon, which won George RR Martin the Hugo Award for best novella in 1997. Blood of the Dragon consists of the Daenerys chapters from Game of Thrones. You can read it or . DM: Amy CW/TW: It's Game of Thrones, so you know the deal: SA, SA, and more SA. Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/28468874

Your Feminist Favorite 10/30/2023

Your Feminist Favorite WE WON A HUGO AWARD! /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/28468913

Episode 61 - Carrie: Dirtypillows Talk 10/04/2023

Episode 61 - Carrie: Dirtypillows Talk Hold on to your dirtypillows and don't forget to plug it up - spooky season is here! We read Carrie, Stephen King's 1974 debut novel. Lori is DM. Music by Links: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/28217912

Episode 60 - The Snow Queen: Kind of a Janet 09/06/2023

Episode 60 - The Snow Queen: Kind of a Janet This month we read The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge. We liked it. No further analysis! DM: Haley NOTE: Sound quality is bad. Amy was sick so we recorded remotely, and your friend Lori did a bad job adjusting the gain. For best results, use your crummiest headphones. Also, it's come to our attention that Joan's last name might be pronounced Ving-ee, or maybe Vinjee. If we said it wrong, we're sorry! Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/27952398

Episode 59 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Funny-Once 08/02/2023

Episode 59 - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Funny-Once This month we read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, and boy howdy is it ever a Mojo Dojo Casa House up there on Luna. We'll stay here on Earth, thanks. DM: Amy CW/TW: every expression of misogyny! Music by LINKS: /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/27630090

Episode 58 - To Say Nothing of the Dog: Technical Difficulties 07/05/2023

Episode 58 - To Say Nothing of the Dog: Technical Difficulties While we were discussing Connie Willis's 1999 Hugo winning novel To Say Nothing of the Dog, our memory card went kaput. We hope that you enjoy this somewhat disjointed discussion with an awkward break in the middle, because when we thought we'd lost the whole discussion, we almost abandoned ship! It must've been the net causing slippage. Lori is DM. Music by /episode/index/show/hugogirl/id/27369261

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