The AsimovCast

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 finishing up Hugo season! For this episode, Tessa and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novel.
 
We'll be back in the autumn with short stories from The Martian Way.

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, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novella! We are broadly very positive!
 
Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
Cinder House
Freya Marske
Murder by Memory
Olivia Waite
The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar
The Summer War
Naomi Novik
What Stalks the Deep
T. Kingfisher

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, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Dramatic Presentation: Long Form.
 
Andor (Season 2)
Frankenstein
KPop Demon Hunters
Mickey 17
Sinners
Superman

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, Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) are reviewing the Best Novelette and Best Graphic Story or Comic. There is... Not insignificant amounts of ranting.
Best Novelette
“Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch
“Never Eaten Vegetables” by  H.H. Pak
“Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells
“The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed
“The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker
“When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente
 
Best Graphic Story or Comic:
Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman and Mattia de Iulis
A Girl and Her Fed by KB Spangler and Ale Presser
A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin and Fred Fordham
The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio
The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard
The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford

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 Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form nominations, specifically:
 
Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine”
Murderbot: “All Systems Red”
Murderbot: “The Perimeter”
Pluribus: “We Is Us”
Severance: “Cold Harbor”
The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear”
 
We have... opinions

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

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!
Tessa (@thebiparadox), Ryan (@silberwhatever) and Lozy (@lozymandias) discuss some of their favourite Sci-Fi and Fantasy of 2025 ahead of the Hugo Award nominations later this month.

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!
This is our Season 3 finale covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Ryan (@silberwhatever) to discuss 'Gold' from Gold.
We'll have a short break, some Hugos chat, and be back in a little for Season 4.

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 back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Melissa (@mellooyellow) to discuss 'The Nations in Space' from Gold and 'Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon' from Magic.

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 back from our summer diversion for Season 3 covering the short stories in Gold and Magic - Asimov's final short story collections in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This episode I'm joined by Elyse (@chicken_tendi) to discuss 'Kid Brother' from Gold and 'Northwestward' from Magic.