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Luke reviews The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin, and wonders why he hasn’t taken the time to read this before. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke reviews a classic: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

This is one of Luke’s favorite reviews in a long time! And it’s a long review too. He discusses John Varley’s Steel Beach, and had so much to say about it that he completely forgot to mention his previous experience with John Varley, the abomination that was Red Thunder. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

I was a guest on the SFFaudio Podcast again, this time taking part in a panel discussion about a recent fantasy book. Enjoy! The SFFaudio Podcast #034 – Jesse and Scott have invited a roster of internet celebrities on for this podcast to talk about Richard K. Morgan’s novel The Steel Remains. Listen in as… Brian Murphy (of The Silver Key blog and The Cimmerian), Gregg Margarite (LibriVox.org narrator and book coordinator), and Luke Burrage (professional juggler and host of the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast) discuss… The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan [AN UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK from TANTOR MEDIA]! Talked about on today’s show: The Cimmerian blog, Deathworld by Harry Harrison @ LibriVox.org, The Real Fantastic Stuff an essay by Richard K. Morgan, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings, noir, Sci-Fi Dimensions interview with Richard K. Morgan (not Dark Horizons), homosexuality, nihilism, anti-hero, the Takeshi Kovacs novels (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies), Morgan’s Thirteen (aka Black Man), Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, Adam Robert’s letter to Hugo fans (about the Hugo nominees), Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, the Hugo Awards, Morgan’s Market Forces, Lord Valentine’s Castle by Robert Silverberg, George R.R. Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire, David Eddings, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, Terry Brooks, the Dragonlance series, magic, Tolkien’s use of magic, Morgan’s use of magic in The Steel Remains, characterization in The Steel Remains, recurring themes in Morgan’s novels, Robert E. Howard’s Conan, what is Ringil Eskiath’s motivation?, what does everyone think of The Steel Remains?, what is the nature maps in Fantasy novels?, The Darkness That Comes Before by Scott Bakker. Next week we’ll talk about more audiobooks with these guys too.

This isn’t a review. This is Luke giving the reasons why he couldn’t finish reading Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

It’s good to burn! Luke reviews Fahrenheit 451. Mystery Man On Film reviews Fahrenheit 451 book, film and script. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke checks out some very early science fiction, Jules Verne’s 1865 classic From The Earth To The Moon. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so check out the new cover art and download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke reviews a novella by Stephen Donaldson variably called The Real Story, The Gap into Conflict or The Gap Episode 1. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke reviews The Sky So Big And Black by John Barnes, a book about terraforming Mars, becoming an adult, and much more besides. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Chris Fletcher from M-Brane SF reviews Luke Burrage’s debut novel, Minding Tomorrow. Chris blogs at: http://mbranesf.blogspot.com/ Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke reviews the second in a triplet of linked books from Kim Stanley Robinson about Orange County, California, The Gold Coast. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke digs through his archive hard drive to find an old review of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, and performs a short compare and contrast exercise with other military science fiction he’s read recently. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Shooting aliens with big guns? Sometimes that’s good enough. Not always. Luke reviews John Scalzi’s first novel Old Man’s War. Luke blogs at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter: http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Luke wrote his own novel, “Minding Tomorrow”, so download it at: http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Check out listener recommended books: http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki

Luke joined Tony C Smith, Jeremy Tolbert, JJ Campanella on the Sofanauts podcast last weekend… see http://sofanauts.com/ for more info.

Luke reviews the Golden Age classic Slan by A E van Vogt. Read Luke’s own novel “Minding Tomorrow” http://www.lukeburrage.com/mindingtomorrow.html Listen to Tony, Luke, Jeremy and James on The Sofanauts: http://sofanauts.com/ Read Luke’s blog at http://www.lukeburrage.com/blog Follow Luke on twitter http://twitter.com/lukeburrage Check out listener recommended books at http://www.goodreads.com/lukeburrage More information on the SFBRP Wiki