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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New SFBRP!!! After 2 years and 41 books re-read, Luke and Juliane are back again to discuss the "final" version of the SFBRP Must-Read Science Fiction List. What was added? What was removed? What JUST fell short? www.sfbrp.com/episode/597 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New SFBRP!!! Juliane re-read The Player of Games by Iain M Banks so Luke did too and now they get to talk about it again. www.sfbrp.com/episode/596 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Juliane has the paper book, Luke has an audiobook, and both are smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke has been replaced by someone who looks just like him, and his stand-in chats to Juliane about Double Star by Robert A Heinlein. Also some relevant Dungeon Crawler Carl followup. www.sfbrp.com/episode/595 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Someone who looks like Luke is pointing and smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane listened to Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman while driving to Slovenia. Is it even as fun as watching someone else play a computer game? www.sfbrp.com/episode/594 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing and Juliane is frowning. Luke is also frowning.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane discuss a very unevenly edited book that contains many passages that simply seemed to its author like a good idea at the time… The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. www.sfbrp.com/episode/593 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke has his thumb up, but does he like the book or is he pretending to hitchhike?

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New SFBRP! How much can you talk about a novel where the advice is "Go in cold without knowing anything"? Luke tells Juliane about There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, first half no spoilers, then a deep dive. www.sfbrp.com/episode/592 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing and smiling, eyes wide.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane discuss The War of the Worlds by H G Wells. www.sfbrp.com/episode/591 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Juggling Podcast 074 - Preparing for the EJC Gala Show Luke is performing at the EJC so he has a lot on his plate. There's also new Fight Night Combat plans and Juliane is aiming to not catch Covid again! Patreon: www.patreon.com/lukeburrage/... YouTube: youtu.be/jT_eB2-5Scc #juggling #podcast

Podcast art showing juggling beanbags and a new amp+mic for event organising.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke talks to Juliane about the next stories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Tyrant Philosophers fantasy series, Lives of Bitter Rain and Days of Shattered Faith. www.sfbrp.com/episode/590 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Juggling Podcast 073 - Easy Mode Juggling Convention Is the Netherlands Juggling Festival the most enjoyable and least stressful juggling convention? Do Luke and Juliane return year after year? Are these two questions related? Yes! www.patreon.com/posts/juggli... youtu.be/wAq9nkQfxVM #juggling

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

NJF 2026 Fight Night Combat - Two Best Matches!!! youtu.be/JRqWtkv7Tk4 The two closest matches came at the end of the tournament: a semi-final and the final, both going all the way! #juggling #fightnightcombat #jugglingcombat

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane talk about Robert A Heinlein's children's book Have Space Suit – Will Travel, what they enjoyed and what they found problematic, and if it will be added to the SFBRP Must-Read List. www.sfbrp.com/episode/589 #booksky #bookstodon #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Both Juliane and Luke are pointing and smiling, but that doesn't mean they also think Hitler is an aspirational author.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Juggling Podcast 072 - Drops! Luke and Juliane discuss dropping, failing, and recovering from failures, taking into account training, performing, and long term projects. Listen on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/juggli... Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/NsYu8Yo3SP4 #juggling #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke talks to Juliane about Luminous by Silvia Park, so far the best book he's read in 2026. www.sfbrp.com/episode/588 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Thumbs up from Luke and smiles from Juliane.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New SFBRP!!! Juliane read Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove and in this episodes tells Luke why he shouldn't read it to. www.sfbrp.com/episode/587 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Frowning but at least Luke didn't have to read it.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane discuss Inversions by Iain M Banks, a sure-fire entry into the SFBRP Must-Read List. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2437 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

A paper book and an audiobook, lots of smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke tried out The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, a book so bad he's going to have to update the SFBRP website to match the new DID NOT FINISH functionality of Goodreads. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2431 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke reviews Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds and if you don't know the Terrible Secret of Space then you might be confused about the pusher robots and the shover robots. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2428 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing and frowning a bit, Juliane is reading another book.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke talks to Juliane about Slow Gods by Claire North, a book with so many nods to The Culture series that Luke's head almost fell off nodding in recognition. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2424 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Pointing and smiling... so this must be from the first 60% of the novel.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane are very enthusiastic about Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky so half way through their review go deep into the spoiler zone. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2421 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke and Juliane are pointing at the book cover and smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New SFBRP!!! It’s a 1000 page book from 2008, and Luke tells Juliane why he thinks Anathem is a “Masterwork” by Neal Stephenson. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2412 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing at the book and smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Juggling Podcast 070 - Top 40 Jugglers of 2025 and the Future Luke and Juliane talk about the new Top 40 Jugglers website, 2025 results, & the Top 40 Jugglers Hall of Fame. Website: lukeburrage.com/top40/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/149615... YouTube: youtu.be/GHGMOWOO_R8 #juggling #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke tells Juliane about the disappointing romance in The Everlasting, the romantasy novel by Alix E Harrow. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2409 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The Top 40 Jugglers 0f 2025 - The Full Countdown!!! youtu.be/ZIMXiUFkAC4 The full chart in one vid. Enjoy! Check out the final 2025 chart here: lukeburrage.com/top40/year/2... Thanks to my Patreons for supporting the Top 40 Jugglers: patreon.com/lukeburrage #top40jugglers #juggling

YouTube thumbnail showing Spencer Androli and Fusion Showteam.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

New SFBRP!!! Luke revisits Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie to see how it holds up as an early example of the awards-dominating science fiction movement variously known as Tor Wave or Squeecore. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2401 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing at the book and isn't sad.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

In 2025 I juggled in 32 countries! Check out the video: youtu.be/uhK8JWkxlsQ I visited/juggled in these five countries for the first time in 2025: Lithuania 🇱🇹 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Tunisia 🇹🇳 Honduras 🇭🇳 Belize 🇧🇿 My running total is now 141 countries visited. #juggling #internationaljuggler

YouTube thumbnail of International juggler 2025.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke REMOVES Startide Rising by David Brin from the SFBRP Must-Read List! Why? Listen to find out! www.sfbrp.com/archives/2396 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New SFBRP!!! Juliane begins the podcast by wondering whether When There Are Wolves Again by E J Swift is even science fiction, and Luke has strong thoughts on that and other questions. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2393 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Both Luke and Juliane are smiling while pointing at this book.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke re-reads The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken to see if it keeps its place on the SFBRP Must-Read list. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2390 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke talks to Juliane about the first two novels in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Tyrant Philosophers fantasy series, City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2387 #booksky #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Juggling Podcast 068 - Epiphanies and Realisations Luke and Juliane share sudden realisations about juggling technique, juggling culture, and life as professional artists. Listen on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/142739... Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/Lp3_vtWI1F8 #juggling #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

New SFBRP!! Luke tells Juliane about a mostly-forgotten Nebula Award winning novel from 1971, A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg, and how it's VERY IMPORTANT that the main character struggles with premature ejaculation. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2383 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is pointing and frowning, but also smiling, so it can't be all bad.

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Space Opera Stuff @spaceoperastuff.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Just how spacey is Kevin Spacey? His character claimed to be an alien in K-PAX, and he did a voice in the lunar base movie Moon (2009). With only 2 space movies out of 92 credits, Kevin is only about 2.2% spacey. Sad.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane talk about One Day All This Will Be Yours, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s take on how one might lose a time war. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2379 #booksky

Luke and Juliane are smiling at the book.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke is very excited about new directions for science fiction as a genre, so talks up the promise of Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor… but then explains to Juliane why he ultimately didn't make it to the end of the novel. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2376 #booksky

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane revisit The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers and discuss why writing a cozy story is incompatible with writing a traditionally good science fiction novel. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2371 #booksky #spaceopera #cozy

Luke and Juliane holding the book but neither of them are frowning so does that mean anything?

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Juggling Podcast 067 - A Summer of Juggling Luke and Juliane catch up on Your Time to Shine, the European Juggling Convention, and organising Fight Night Combat using the new website. Listen on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/137853... Or on YouTube: youtu.be/K-N0QQy02hc #juggling #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane discuss Solaris by Stanisław Lem. Trigger Warning: Luke has "explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers." www.sfbrp.com/archives/2366

Luke is pointing but has his eyebrows raised.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke reviews The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, the Goodreads Winner for Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2024, which means it isn’t actually good science fiction but is pretty competent at the other things it’s trying to be. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2358 #booksky

Luke is pointing at the book but isn't really frowning but isn't clearly smiling either.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke rereads Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card to see if it should be on the SFBRP Must-Read List, and with Juliane discusses how Some Desperate Glory fails to live up to its predecessors. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2351 #booksky

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke tells Juliane about Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, a novel that started strong but left him disappointed and annoyed. Also this won the best novel Hugo award, so they talk about that too. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2348 #booksky

Luke is pointing at the book and frowning.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

New SFBRP!!! Part 3 of our discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Return of the King, what it means to be a good man or a good king, lessons learned by the hobbits and us during their adventures, and a final review of the reading experience. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2345 #booksky

Luke is pointing at the book and smiling. And Juliane is smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

New SFBRP!!! The Two Towers and other towers. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2342 Part 2 of Luke and Juliane’s discussion of The Lord of the Rings, focusing on The Two Towers, the power of wizards, action vs fights vs battles vs sieges, a diversion on Ents, and who is tempted by the One Ring. #booksky

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New SFBRP!!! www.sfbrp.com/archives/2338 Part 1 of our discussion of The Lord of the Rings, the audiobook performance by Andy Serkis, appreciation for the first movie in the trilogy, how Tom Bombadil can be so annoying, and Luke takes a stab at the question “what even are elves?” #booksky

Luke and Juliane smiling and holding up an iPhone showing the audiobook cover art.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke delves into The Silmarillion for the first time, and talks to Juliane about myth creation, map confusion, and the genealogy of a silver tree. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2334 #booksky #fantasy #book #review #podcast

Pointing and smiling at the Silmarillion.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

New SFBRP!!! Juliane finished Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky and so Luke joins her to discuss academic politics, totalitarian politics, aliens, and clay. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2331 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke revisits Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds, and tells Juliane about the four different levels of understanding available to discover and enjoyment to be had. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2328 #booksky

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

New SFBRP! Luke talks to Juliane about Neverness by David Zindell, an epic space opera from 1988 which for years he considered one of his favourite science fiction novels, and debates adding it to the SFBRP Must-Read List. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2323 #booksky #sciencefiction #bookreview #podcast

Luke is holding a very big book and pointing, and Juliane is smiling.

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Juggling Podcast 64 - Project Flash 30 Luke and Juliane plan a new project for 2025 where Luke aims to juggle one more club, one more ball, and one more ring than he has ever juggled before. Listen on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/juggli... Or YouTube: youtu.be/XHsxGsRmEwM #juggling #podcast

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Luke Burrage @lukeburrage.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

New SFBRP!!! Luke and Juliane share their thoughts on Earth Abides by George R Stewart, an influential post-apocalyptic novel from 1949. www.sfbrp.com/archives/2313 #bookreview #booksky

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