Speculative Speculations

Speculative Speculations

A Sci Fi Podcast where we talk about Sci Fi stories in all their forms, but mainly focusing on short stories and novels.

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August 8, 2025 60 mins

Join the group for the second discussion of Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer. The short story for this week is Day of Wrath by Sever Gansovsky

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Join the group for the first discussion of Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer. The short story for the week is A Modest Genius by Vadim Shefner

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June 21, 2025 52 mins

Join the group for the discussion of the Cloud Atlas movie

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Join the group for the fourth discussion of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. The short story for the week is The Squid Chooses its Own Ink Adolfo Bioy Casares

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Join the group for the third discussion of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. The short story for the week is The Astronaut by Valentina Zhuravlyova

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Join the group for the second discussion of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. The short story for the week is The Voices of Time by J.G.Ballard

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Join the group for the first discussion of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. The short story for the week is Plenitude by Will Worthington

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Join the group for the final discussion of Parable of the Talents by Octavia E Butler. Short story for the week is The Waves by Silvina Ocampo

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Join us for the third discussion of the second book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler. Short story for this episode is The Man who Lost the Sea by Theodore Sturgeon

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Join us for the second discussion of the second book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler.

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Join us for the first discussion of the second book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler.

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The group chats about the books read over the course of 2024 and discusses the favourites from the 2024 reads.

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Join us for the second discussion of the first book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler. Short story for the week is Sector General by James White

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Join us for the final discussion of the first book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler. Short story for the week is Sector General by James White

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We start the discussion of the first book in the Earthseed duology by Octavia E Butler. Short story for the week is Sector General by James White

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Join the group to discuss the second half of Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. The short story for this episode is The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

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Join the group to discuss the second 100-page section of Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. The short story for this episode is The Last Question by Isaac Asimov

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Join the group for the first part of the discussion on Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. The short story for the discussion is The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith

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Join the group for the fourth part of the discussion of Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. We've got Windup Girl coming up next after Children of Memory. Short story for the discussion is Grandpa by James Schmitz

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Join the group for the third part of the discussion of Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Apologies to our listeners for the delay in posting this episode, things have been a bit busy :) We've got Windup Girl coming up next after Children of Memory. Short story for the discussion is The Star by Arthur C Clarke.

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