189. Our Favorite Things from 2013 (A Roundtable Discussion)

Books, movies, TV, and more, oh my! In a fit of profound genius, most of the crew got together to discuss all the lovely stuff they read, viewed, and experienced in 2013.

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 189 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes (all the things we mentioned):

Books:

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
The Other Side of the Sky edited by Athena Athenais
Glitter and Mayhem edited by John Klima, Lynne M Thomas and Michael D Thomas
Thunder Road by Chadwick Ginther
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott)
Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Prince of Lies by Anne Lyle
All is Fair by Emma Newman
Sunburnted Faces by Shimon Adaf
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
Clockwork Phoenix 4 edited by Mike Allen
Martyr’s Gem by CSE Cooney
Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal
“In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind” by Sarah Pinsker
Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
Love is the Law by Nick Mamatas
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
I Am Spock by Leonard Nemoy

Movies:

The World’s End
Teen Beach Movie
Frozen
Gravity
Catching Fire
Elysium
Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
Captain Phillips
12 Years a Slave

Television:

Hannibal
Sleepy Hollow
Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead
The Brooklyn 99
“The Day of the Doctor” from Doctor Who
The Bletchley Circle
The Following

Comics:

High Crimes by Christopher Sebela & Ibrahim Moustafa
Hinterkind by Ian Edginton, Francesco Trifogli, & Greg Tocchini
Batwoman by J.H. Williams, III, W. Haden Blackman, Dave Stewart, & Todd Klein
Batgirl by Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes, Ulises Arreola, & Dave Sharpe
Batman by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, Richard Starkins, & Jimmy Betancourt
Avengers Arena by Dennis Hopeless & Kev Walker
Avengers by Jonathan Hickman & Jerome Opena
Marvel Marvel Marvel…
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

Video Games:

Portal
Portal 2
Starcraft 2
Civilation V: Brave New Worlds
Bioshock Infinite
The Last of Us

Podcasts:

The Writer and the Critic
Galactic Suburbia
The Book Was Better

For your Hugo consideration for Best Related Work:

Episode 169: Sharknado (2013) — A Torture Cinema Adventure

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