Entries by Veronica (188)
S&L Podcast - #63 - Save it for the end
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 11:24PM Today we check in on Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Little Fuzzy power ballad, and get Tom to hold off on his Game of Thrones TV talk until the bitter end.
63 S&L Podcast - #63 - Save it for the end by swordandlaser 63 S&L Podcast - #63 - Save it for the end by swordandlaser
QUICK BURNS
Power-ballad for John Scalzi's new Little Fuzzy novel
Use of Weapons declared best sci-fi film never made
GRRM gives a final status report on A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
CALENDAR
5/24/2011 The Falling Machine, Andrew Mayer
5/25/2011 Chasing the Moon, Lee Martinez (Orbit)
6/3/2011 The Book of Transformations by Mark Charan Newton Tor
6/7/2011 Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
6/7/2011 Hot and Steamy: Tales of Steampunk by Jean Rabe
6/7/2011 Jim and the Flims, Rudy Rucker (Nightshade Books)
BARE YOUR SWORD
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms > On spellings and pronunciations
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
We'll be interviewing NK Kemison on next week's episode, post your questions for her on our Goodreads forum.
EMAILS
Hi!
I just wanted to say that I love the Game of Thrones discussions on your Sword and Laser podcast! I really like to hear a discussion of the show, and I think you guys do a good job of reviewing the episode, while still being mindful of those who haven't read the book (like me!). I don't really have people to discuss this with around me, and I don't have time to hunt down some discussion group on the internet, so your discussions are perfect for me.
Also, I agree with Veronica. I felt a lot of the past few book picks haven't been ""engrossing."" Sometimes, I just want to read a book that you can't put down, and that draws you in. (That would NOT be Blindsight.) I'm fine if it's not considered ""high brow"" science fiction.
Thanks for putting on the podcast!!
Paul
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Tom and Veronica,
Had an idea for how you could cover some of the big releases coming up without having to read them as the official book. I listen to a video game podcast (Gamespot presents the Hotspot if you want to plug) that is a weekly show about the news and latest releases. In their main show they cover very generally the new releases but when there is a big release, most recently Portal 2, they put out an entirely separate episode they call a spoilercast. This way the listeners have a choice to listen or not listen and avoids the whole pesky fast forwarding through spoilers or even having to warn about spoilers at all because its the purpose of the show. Doing this allows those reading the book along with you to listen should they want or if any pick up the book later to go back to the episodes and listen along. I know Tom and Veronica, you guys are often taxed for recording time but I don't think that this ""spoilercast"" would have to be anymore than 10-15 minutes a week, or maybe just a one off 30 minute episode to recap the book when you've both finished. Let me know what you think.
Follow both of you religiously and love all your shows, Sword and Laser especially.
Alex
S&L Podcast - #62 - A blonde Gimli running through my head
Monday, May 9, 2011 at 10:56PM This week we discuss how the Game of Thrones series is shaping up, how we make mental pictures of characters when we read, and the meaning of Hodor.
QUICK BURNS
Book Publishers, AOL To Launch New Book Recommendation Site
CALENDAR
5/10/2011 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
5/10/2011 The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
5/17/2011 Embassytown by China Mieville
5/19/2011 The Order of the Scales by Stephen Deas
5/24/2011 The Falling Machine, Andrew Mayer (Pyr)
5/25/2011 Chasing the Moon, Lee Martinez (Orbit)
BARE YOUR SWORD
How do you imagine characters when you read a novel?
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin is an African-American female writer of speculative fiction. Her 2010 debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award and the 2011 Hugo Award, and was ranked #5 on Amazon's "editors' pick" list of the year's best ten works of science fiction and fantasy.
The Inheritance Trilogy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010)
The Broken Kingdoms (2010)
The Kingdom of Gods (forthcoming in 2011)
S&L Podcast - #61 - Literary blue balls
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 11:09PM We get excited about the reality of George R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons and the scariness of a movie based on Ender's Game. We discuss how much vampires distracted from the concepts of Blindsight. And Veronica expresses her frustration at books without clear, satisfying endings.
QUICK BURNS
ENDER’S GAME WILL BECOME A LIVE-ACTION FILM
George R. R. Martin has delivered A Dance with Dragons to the publisher
...and another less vague post
Pre-order A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Bantam confirms that ADWD will NOT be split
How to remember and discover Joanna Russ
CALENDAR
5/3/2011 The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
5/5/2011 The Deserter by Peadar Ó Guilín
5/10/2011 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
5/10/2011 The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
5/17/2011 Embassytown by China Mieville
5/19/2011 The Order of the Scales by Stephen Deas
BARE YOUR SWORD
BOOK WRAP-UP
Two Word Reviews of Blindsight
NEW BOOK PICK!
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Discussion of the new book on GoodReads.
ADDENDUMS
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