Reading and discussing sci-fi, horror, and speculative fiction. Big in Slovenia. Come talk books with us! https://hgmc.transistor.fm/https://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mvxh33a4gk2bRecording wrapped for Children of Time, next up is the well-loved Pet Sematary by Stephen King!20 Sep 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxh33a4gk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3muw5i26st32hWe failed The Digging Leviathan, it didn't fail us. Next up, Will brings us back to the far, far, far, far future with Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time. https://share.transistor.fm/s/194c54fd07 Sep 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw5i26st32hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3muw5i26st32hWe failed The Digging Leviathan, it didn't fail us. Next up, Will brings us back to the far, far, far, far future with Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time. https://share.transistor.fm/s/194c54fd07 Sep 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw5i26st32hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mtqzymimuk2nRecording for The Digging Leviathan is in the bag! Next up, Will has us reading @aptshadow.bsky.social's Children of Time.23 Aug 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqzymimuk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mtbdolxzn32lWhat do bootstrap paradoxes, Egyptian gods, hirsute villains, and poetry experts out of their depth in shit have in common? Join us and find out! https://share.transistor.fm/s/3bc85e9b17 Aug 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbdolxzn32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mrkn3cva4s27Recording wrapped for The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. Next up, we'll be reading The Digging Leviathan by Powers's co-conspirator in the "Ashbless troll," James P. Blaylock. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashbless26 Jul 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkn3cva4s27https://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mpxq3dzpo52oAndy leads us down a path of depravity, chili, and Skinny Puppy with Richard Matheson's Hell House. Next time, Mike takes us on a wild journey to The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers. https://share.transistor.fm/s/a2887e9006 Jul 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxq3dzpo52ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3moso2fribc2jRecording is wrapped for our Hell House episode. While @mannyhec.bsky.social procrastinates editing it, y'all can get started on the next book, 1993's The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers.21 Jun 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3moso2fribc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mn7przovi32f@zagamthevile.bsky.social didn't finish The Gone World, but the rest of us did and loved it. Well, we don't know if Andy read it or not, because he couldn't make the recording, but he did phone in his pick for the next episode, Richard Matheson's Hell House. https://share.transistor.fm/s/99936cfa01 Jun 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7przovi32fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mn7przovi32f@zagamthevile.bsky.social didn't finish The Gone World, but the rest of us did and loved it. Well, we don't know if Andy read it or not, because he couldn't make the recording, but he did phone in his pick for the next episode, Richard Matheson's Hell House. https://share.transistor.fm/s/99936cfa01 Jun 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7przovi32fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mlkvzui4su2zWe're off to a fantasy feudal Japan with Across the Nightingale Floor. Next up, Aaron makes a blind pick with Tom Sweterlitsch's The Gone World. https://share.transistor.fm/s/2ec345b211 May 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkvzui4su2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mibcg26m5o2nIt's inconceivable that we would make a post about William Goldman's The Princess Bride without using that word. Join us next time for Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn. https://share.transistor.fm/s/0b18d83230 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibcg26m5o2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mgmioeu2tl2gWe've returned from The Beyond with tales of Vernor Vinge's epic A Fire Upon the Deep. Next time, we scale the Cliffs of Insanity to take on William Goldman's The Princess Bride. https://share.transistor.fm/s/2e5f1f8d09 Mar 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmioeu2tl2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mduln3r2bf2xWe're thrilled to welcome back @acollierastro.bsky.social, who joins us to talk about her pick, @qntm.org's There Is No Antimemetics Division. Next time, we're looking at Mike's pick, Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon The Deep https://share.transistor.fm/s/ef55701f02 Feb 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mduln3r2bf2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3mc7rtbdm4q2lWe're back from Hell, minus Mike and possibly our souls, but we've read Johannes Cabal The Necromancer. Listen along, and get ready for next time, when @acollierastro returns to discuss her pick, There Is No Antimemetics Division by @qntm https://share.transistor.fm/s/ab810c6f12 Jan 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7rtbdm4q2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3m7zershz3x22*tired zombie noises* Our episode on Max Brooks's World War Z is finally here! Listen along, and get ready for the next episode by reading Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard. https://share.transistor.fm/s/79a91dfd15 Dec 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zershz3x22https://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3m4hvqdmpec2oHappy Halloween from HGMC! You have the rest of the day to finish Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October, then listen to our discussion. For next month, Will has selected World War Z by Max Brooks. https://share.transistor.fm/s/4315f2de31 Oct 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4hvqdmpec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3m2obqfn2ws2qIn honor of Banned Book Week, we bring you The Handmaid's Tale, a book so often banned they printed a fireproof copy of it. Seriously, there's video of Margaret Atwood with a flamethrower. Next up, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. https://share.transistor.fm/s/e502025308 Oct 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2obqfn2ws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3lyuh2gdc5t2pThose strange voices you hear are not the vines, it's just us talking about The Ruins by Scott Smith. Stick around and read along for the next episode on Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, in honor of Banned Book Week. https://share.transistor.fm/s/64ca6fab15 Sep 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyuh2gdc5t2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3lw4gpvenwf2gStrap on your mirrored helmet and get ready to do battle with Slake-moths as we explore the depths of China Mieville's Perdido STreet Station. Next time we'll be sweating it out with Scott B. Smith's The Ruins. https://share.transistor.fm/s/b1aa02d211 Aug 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4gpvenwf2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3luza6pia6s2qWhat? It's only been a week since we published the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy episode? That pesky Shrike must be messing with the flow of time. Oh well, nothing to be done about it, why not sit back, relax, and tell us why you're on this journey with us? https://share.transistor.fm/s/2eac158d28 Jul 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3luza6pia6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hgmc-pod.bsky.social/post/3luhmwuygkj2kAnother new HGMC episode is up! https://share.transistor.fm/s/4a8cddd721 Jul 2025 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:5emph7hv2by4nujhalefvqli/app.bsky.feed.post/3luhmwuygkj2k