Hardcover Hooligans - Episodes Tagged with “Sci Fi”

The Word for World Is Forest

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:30:00 -0600

A book that has nothing at all to do with what’s happening in our world right now.
Plus, we chat about current events in our city, which are, again, entirely unrelated to this book.

Places to donate:
Stand with MN: https://www.standwithminnesota.com/directory
Monarca (legal aid): https://monarcamn.org/
Legal Aid for Ukrainian Refugees in Minneapolis: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-aid-for-ukrainian-refugees-affected-by-ice

CW: mention of sexual assault at 17m19s

The Word for World Is Forest
By Ursula K. LeGuin
Published in 1972, by Doubleday

Spoilers
The Word for World Is Forest
Minor spoilers for The Dispossessed

Links:
Summary of the whole book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Word_for_World_Is_Forest

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Dune Part 2 Movie vs. Book

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0500

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.

Dune
By Frank Herbert
Published in 1965 by Chilton Books.

*Spoilers: *
All of Dune, Dune Messiah, Dune Part 1 movie, Dune Part 2 movie
(We say at the beginning we’ll start spoiler-free, and then immediately forget that’s what we’re doing, so…spoilers throughout)

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Dune Messiah

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0600

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.

Dune Messiah
By Frank Herbert
Published in 1969 by Putnam Publishing.

*Spoilers: *
All of Dune
All of Dune Messiah

Links:
Summary of the whole book (the wikipedia page is pretty thorough):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_Messiah

Terminology of Dune:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Dune_(franchise)_terminology

The photo that Mc sent Danylo at the end:
https://www.tumblr.com/dunequotes/155008451782/leto-ii-atreides-the-god-emperor-and-santa-claus

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Dune - Part 2

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0500

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
By Frank Herbert
Published in 1965 by Chilton Books.

*Spoilers: *
All of Dune

Links:
Summary of the whole book

Terminology of Dune

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Dune - Part 1

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0500

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.

Dune
By Frank Herbert
Published in 1965 by Chilton Books.

*Spoilers: *
The first half of Dune (up to Book II, Third Section)

Links:
Summary of the whole book

Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

Terminology of Dune

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The Dispossessed - Part 2

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0500

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.

Content Warning: Discussion of sexual assault

The Dispossessed
By Ursula K. Le Guin
Published in 1974 by Harper and Row.
Winner of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the National Book Award

*Spoilers: *
All of The Dispossessed

Links:
Summary and analysis of The Dispossessed

Wikipedia page for The Dispossessed (it has cool background info and stuff)

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The Dispossessed - Part 1

Hardcover Hooligans — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0500

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.

The Dispossessed
By Ursula K. Le Guin
Published in 1974 by Harper and Row
Winner of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the National Book Award

*Spoilers: *
Chapters 1-6 of The Dispossessed

Links:
Summary and analysis of The Dispossessed

Wikipedia page for The Dispossessed (it has cool background info and stuff)

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