Hardcover Hooligans
Driven insane by genre fiction.
Displaying 7 items of Hardcover Hooligans with the tag "sci-fi".
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The Word for World Is Forest
Episode | March 2nd, 2026 | 1 hr 29 mins
book, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
A book that has nothing at all to do with what’s happening in our world right now.
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Dune Part 2 Movie vs. Book
Episode | March 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
Danylo and Mc have a timely discussion on a movie that came out like a month ago. They discuss the differences between Frank Herbert’s novel Dune (1965), and the recent film Dune Part 2 (2024) by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet and a very bald and very white Austin Butler. Does Space Elvis love knife fights? Yes, yes he does.
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Dune Messiah
Episode | November 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
After the baffling conclusion of Dune, Danylo and Mc read the sequel, Dune Messiah. We get the satisfying conclusion of the epic story of Paul Muad’Dib Atreides, as well as a bunch of weird 1960s sci-fi pervert stuff.
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Dune - Part 2
Episode | October 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
The sweeping, epic adventure story of Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides just suddenly kinda…ends. And he wins. And beats everyone. And becomes emperor. Okay.
Danylo and Mc talk about Dune’s legacy, lasting impact, and how Frank Herbert doesn’t know what women talk about when there are no men around. -
Dune - Part 1
Episode | October 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
Kwisatz Haderach. Bene Gesserit. Fremen. Melange. Muad’Dib. The C.H.O.A.M. Company.
What do these goofy words even mean? Find out on this week’s episode.
Hint: they’re all things in the novel Dune, by Frank Herbert. -
The Dispossessed - Part 2
Episode | September 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
book, book podcast, books, booktok, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
We return to the twin moons of Urras and Anarres to see if capitalism and ownership have poisoned our interpersonal and societal relationships (spoiler alert: yes).
But there’s still kind of a happy ending??? Based. 10/10.
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The Dispossessed - Part 1
Episode | September 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
book, comedy, criticism, discussion, geek, review, sci-fi
If you want to have constant thoughts about the horrors of our capitalist and governmental systems, then this book is for you. And if you already do that, well…here’s more of that.
Danylo and Mc read Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic sci-fi book, The Dispossessed, and have to resist the urge to tell everyone they know that money, laws, and owning things is fake actually.