This year, as in years past, I have taken it upon myself to read all the Best Novel nominees for one of the major awards in Science Fiction and Fantasy. This year I read all six Nebula Award nominees and then reviewed them with four other people who also read them all, and recorded that discussion in the form of a podcast. There are books about space stations, alien invasions, empires, mushrooms, and tea ceremonies. There’s even a deadly incident involving a Zeppelin.