On this week's episode, we're doing a whirlwind survey of the six finalists from this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley, Middlegame by Seanan McGuire, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, The City In the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow!   What We’re Into Lately Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons John Wick John Wick: Chapter 2 John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum The King: Eternal Monarch Kung Fu Hustle The Untamed The Great   Other Stuff We Mentioned Kung Fu Panda Be the Serpent Episode 54 The Magicians Fullmetal Alchemist  The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Agatha Christie vibes Skeleton Puzzle-Solving video games Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine John Scalzi   For Next Time His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik   Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here. We're definitely nominating our transcription team for the Serpents' Award For Best Scribes. ;)