They's Rather Be Right

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Hugo and Nebula Readership Podcast

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In this episode, the Baker sisters covers the Hugo award winner They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley. It was serialized in the magazine Astounding and then won the Hugo, yes - we’ve returned to the regular Hugos again, for best novel in 1955.  It was a low point for the sisters who struggled with the whole thing in general, but they did laugh a lot.     Want to skip a bit or jump to your favorite part?  Here are the time markers for this episode:   01:15 History Lesson 03:36 General Discussion  10:20 Alice creates a Book Blurb  11:26 Alice discusses the lessons learned  15:47 We end up discussing the writing and structure of the book  21:47 Alice brings up the problems with the character Joe  25:05 We tackle the ‘science’ in the book  29:43 Ann tries to figure out how the authors choose the title  32:24 Alice does a quick character review  40:03 Five Questions    Music by Carl Miles