Brothers Reading Books: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club

Join Will and Michael in our online book club as we go chapter by chapter through classics of the science fiction and fantasy genres.

Podcasting since 2025 • 31 episodes

Brothers Reading Books: A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Book Club

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Neuromancer Chapters 16 - 18: Break In and Breakdown

The action ratchets up from tense to chaotic as Corto breaks through as the run is going down. We follow Molly’s Straylight approach through SimStim, and encounter Riviera’s bizarre mind games as the plan inevitably goes off the rails.

August 31, 2026 • Episode 31 • 1:30:05

Neuromancer Chapters 12 - 15: The Straylight Run Begins

Neuromancer shifts into high gear as Case gets nabbed by the Turing Police and the Straylight run has to start up before the situation collapses any further. We also get some thoughts about memory and models of the self and get some more Sim-St...

August 24, 2026 • Episode 30 • 1:17:03

Neuromancer Chapters 9 - 11: Freeside Decadence

We pick up our Neuromancer read-through right as the AI Wintermute starts speaking through familiar faces, laying out its limits and its leverage.From there we step into Freeside, the glossy space resort that feels like a tourist paradi...

August 17, 2026 • Episode 29 • 44:57

Neuromancer Chapters 6 - 8: On Our Way to Babylon

We continue with chapters six through eight in Neuromancer.In this episode:we collect the last member of the team, Peter RivieraLearn more about who, or what, "Armitage" actually iswe start making our way to...

August 10, 2026 • Episode 28 • 57:21

Neuromancer Chapters 3 - 5: SimStim and Sense/Net Shenanigans

We continue William Gibson’s Neuromancer with chapters 3 through 5 where we learn that we are in a heist story. Assemble the crew, buy the gear, test the tools, then do the heist before the heist. We learn about The Sprawl and BAMA...

August 03, 2026 • Episode 27 • 1:23:15

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