There are neither beginnings nor endings in podcasting. Although you could probably determine exactly when we began fairly easily... and you would realize that this is the 50th episode of the Bridgeburners Book Club! We won't be able to satisfy your need for chapter chat this week, but we will leave you full of understandings! We discuss Star Wars naming conventions, write an insufferably self-referential jingle, and draft our own Malazan-style squads from a pool of some of your favorite characters in fantasy fiction. They said it couldn't be done, but here we are!

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

Put Your Clothes Back on, I said *SecUnit*. It's all happening, today we're talking about Martha Wells' fantastic series The Murderbot Diaries! We discuss the longtime fascination with robots and artificial intelligence in fiction, the upcoming television adaptation of the books, and the first novella in the series, All Systems Red.

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

We selected three fun short stories to discuss today, and you absolutely don't need to read them to enjoy! We read RSA Garcia's adorable Nebula award-winning "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200", Gene Wolfe's unique "How I got Three Zip Codes", and Alexander Weinstein's outrageous satire "The Pyramid and the Ass". Nope, not that ass, the other one. Come for the heartwarming story of a grandmother, a goat, and a robot, stay for the Dalai Lama's 9/11!

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

As we prepare to tackle our next full readalong, come on in and join us our first go at some shorter book discussions with Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time and Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings! We talk genetically modified spiders with space suits and genetically modified reproductive motivations, guys that wear crab shells and swing really big swords at each other, and give our latest film and television recommendations.

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

Listen as we bounce around our thoughts on various subgenres and the books thereof before diving into the climax of The Great Hunt! We talk how much description is enough for an evocative battle sequence, the morality of murdering one's enslaver, and we outline a superior way to round out Ingtar's character arc. Join us for our lengthiest episode yet, sure to be an instant classic. It's just as the prophecy foretold!

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

We debate whether or not Robert Jordan's intimate proclivities made their way into his writing, before discussing our upcoming special episodes as well as catching up on what we've been reading outside of the show. Egwene gets tortured while our girls make a plan to free her from her neck prison, Bornhald decides ahead of time to get himself killed, and Verin is definitely not trying to work backwards to make prophecies come to pass.

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

This week, Rand attends a party where nobody is having fun and nothing is accomplished. Thom Merrilin receives a lovely gift from Robert Jordan before Rand makes a foolish choice that leaves his friends with a lifetime of trauma. It's totally cool though!

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com

We have a talk about talking, movies, and sci-fi short stories before getting into how we feel about The Great Hunt so far. Rand and friends carry out their totally not useless in the end plan to attend Lord Damodred's party, Padan Fain turns himself in to Turak the Dinosaur Hunter, and Robert Jordan decides to dish out some cruel and unusual punishment to his characters at last. Get cozy, hold your void and your flame tight, and together we'll reminisce about how Tam is definitely your real father.

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
Discord
Email us at bridgeburnersbc@gmail.com