19 - "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1999)

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Every Hugo Ever

Sam Johnson & Jack Alexander

23 episodes

8 months ago

Every Hugo Ever is the show exploring the history and legacy of the science fiction genre through the illustrious Hugo Awards! Each week co-hosts Jack Alexander and Samael Johnson will read and discuss the winner of the Hugo Short Story Award, ranking them one by one to discover the best of the best. With over 50 years of history, there's plenty to discover. Join us to read fascinating stories, find your new favorite author, get a fun recommendation, and figure out if we can find the through line across decades of robots, rockets, and ringworlds.

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19 - "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1999)

Every Hugo Ever

1 hour 12 minutes 28 seconds

9 months ago

19 - "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1999)

Michael Swanwick successfully used his strategy of taking over the nominee slates to win the 1999 Hugo Short Story Award (where Michael Jordan was the Toastmaster?). After discussions on puppets and the necessary need to fund the arts and, you know, the government, Sam and Jack read into the story of a pair of astronauts, one very dead and the other close to being so. Stranded on the sulfuric moon of Io around Jupiter, Martha walks, hikes, and crawls to her space shuttle and safety as her air supply drains. Luckily, she has some company when her dead partner's corpse starts speaking through the radio.

Not mentioned but this story was adapted into a episode of Netflix's animated anthology, Death, Sex, and Robots

Recommendations:

Gravity directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Death Stranding developed by Kojima Productions

The Martian by Andy Weir

World War Z- Christina Eliopolis chapter by Max Brooks

Staying Alive

Next Episode: 2023's Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills

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This podcast is not affiliated with the Hugo Awards or Worldcon. Music provided by HookSounds.com, Pixabay.com, and Joel Steudler

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