tagged 
gene wolfe
gene wolfe Entries by Veronica (188)
Dancing for joy about dragons - The S&L Podcast #55
Posted on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 6:52PM
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 6:52PM 
Yes my friends, we heard A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin got a release date of July 12! So we get very excited about that as well as sharing a little insight into the scents of Westeros and the Dothraki Highlands. Plus a report from the Patrick Rothfuss signing!
QUICK BURNS
A Dance with Dragons will be released July 12!!!
More GAME OF THRONES TV goodness
The Game of Thrones scent pack
Rothfuss pledges to buy Firefly from Fox and give it away
Report from the SF in SF event with Patrick Rothfuss and Gail Carriger
LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective
CALENDAR
3/15/2011
The Gravity Pilot by M. M. Buckner
3/22/2011
Black Halo by Sam Sykes
Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon
3/29/2011
Embedded by Dan Abnett
The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
Tiassa by Steven Brust
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
Jim Butcher posted sample chaper from Ghost
Father Inire's Fish (reference spoiler, Shadow, ch 20)
BOOK Check-in The Shadow of the Torturer Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (Book of the Long Sun)
Just listened to your podcast # 53 Shadow and Claw.
There was some discussion about whether middle earth was our world previously. And Veronica was fairly adamant about it not being our world.
A few things I have always heard. First off in The Hobbit in the very beginning Tolkien pretty much said that Hobbits were still around and that they used their ""Magic"" to escape being seen by us ""dumb clumsy humans"
Also I had always heard that Tolkien was upset about England not having it's own mythology and that is why he wrote the Silmarillion.
Just some thoughts I had about that. Wondered what you guys thought.
Thanks,
David Mitchell
---
Hi.
I'm a first time listener from Korea and really enjoyed the last two episodes. I always wanted to find a podcast that contains the information about SFF books. Most of the SF podcasts deal with mostly flims or games. It's really good to have a show like sword and laser=)
Since I'm from Korea, the numbers of SFF authors I know are very limited. But I got to know some authors thanks to your show.
It's quite hard for me to get copies of books cuz most of the books haven't even been translated into Korean(except for the universially famous books like Harry Poter or Lord of the Ring series). So the only chance I've got is to get the e-book copy from the internet. The reason I brought up this matter is that it might be good to have an episode about classic SFF books you can get free on the internet(Project Gutenberg and stuff). You put some of your favourite classic novels in the episode. It would be great!=)
Anyway I really like listening to your show and keep up the good work!
Much Love, Bini
ADDENDUMS
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 75,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword. On Audible now: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Partner Sticker Fu. Use the code Sword1 and get 10% off the stickers at stickerfu.com.
Interview with Patrick Rothfuss - The S&L Podcast #54
Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011 at 5:06PM
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 5:06PM 
Patrick Rothfuss
We have the distinct pleasure of interviewing Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind and the forthcoming A Wise Man's Fear, which hits bookshelves March 1. We find out that the four corners of civilization had some tabletop roots, we determine Jim Butcher is a cylon who consorts with dark powers and reveal that Patrick has written a first pass at the ending of the Kingkiller Chronicle. But don't get selfish. He and George R. R. Martin are on the same team after all. He promises it shouldn't take horribly long to finish, but even if it does, we're certain it's worth the wait.
QUICK BURNS
GOOD OMENS coming to television
A Doctor Who writer breathes new life into the "magical detective" novel
Locus List of the best genre fiction of 2010 - a cheat sheet for Hugo nominators
An Invitation to Westeros - new video for game of thrones
INTERVIEW
From Wikipedia - Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American fantasy writer and college lecturer. He is the author of the projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle, which was rejected by several publishing companies before the first book of the series, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007 by DAW/Penguin, which went on to receive critical acclaim and become a New York Times best seller.
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Name of the Wind (April 2007)
The Wise Man's Fear (March 2011)
The Doors of Stone (working title)
Books Patrick mentioned he has been reading or is looking forward to:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, Book 1 (The Inheritance Trilogy) By N.K. Jemisin
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Ghost Story (Dresden Files, No. 13) by Jim Butcher
ADDENDUMS
Sword and Laser is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 75,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers.For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
And support our partner Sticker Fu. Use the code Sword1 and get 10% off the stickers!
tagged fantasy, name of the wind, patrick rothfuss
fantasy, name of the wind, patrick rothfuss Shadow and Claw - The S&L Podcast #53
Posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 12:01AM
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 12:01AM All is good this episode as we wrap up Good Omens, kick off the Book fo the New Sun, and learn how to properly pronounce Neil Gaiman. Plus Josh Lawrence joins us to share his knowledge of Gene Wolfe.
QUICK BURNS
Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Feb. 11-21
2/7/2011 (US) The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
2/8/2011(2/17 on Kindle) The Bitter seed of Magic by Suzanne McLeod - unless Genny can find a way to break the fertility curse afflicting London's fae, she knows this is just the lull before the magical storm. Then a faeling - a teenage girl - is fished out of the River Thames, dead and bound with magic, and Genny is called into investigate. As she digs through the clues, her search takes a sinister and dangerous turn, exposing age-old secrets that might be better left buried.
2/8/2011 The Scar-Crow Men by M. Chadbourne The year is 1593. The London of Elizabeth I is in the terrible grip of the Black Death. As thousands die from the plague and the queen hides behind the walls of her palace, English spies are being murdered across the city. The killer's next target: Will Swyfte.5
2/21 UK (3/1 US) The Crippled God by Steven Erikson
Bantam Books (UK): 21 February
Tor US: 1 March
Gollancz (UK): 1 March
DAW (USA): 1 March
Patrick Rothfuss ON TOUR!! "San Francisco March 3rd, SF in SF Reading Series
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
BOOK WRAP-UP
Good Omens
Subversion of religious idioms.
Light entertainment - the Aziraphale and Crowley show
Could have done without Newt and Anatahema. (V would spare Shadwell for the accent)
Didn't like Adam? Why? Was he supposed to be likable?
Would you reccomend it?
BOOK KICK-OFF
Other resources
invaluable, but somewhat spoilery
roleplaying campaign sourcebook based on the books, for the GURPS RPG system
mega-spoilery
Big influence on New Sun:
Where to find Josh Lawrence:
EMAILS:
Hello Veronica and Tom,
This is totally unrelated to books but I was so excited when Veronica said she had been to a Get Up Kids show. I grew up in Kansas City and remember going to one of their first shows at a local all ages club in KC when I was in high school and their, at the time, last show at the Granada in Lawrence years later. They are still one of my favorite bands and listening to them always makes me homesick. Thanks for that extra moment of fun during the show, which was also great fun on the book-related information front.
I always enjoy the podcast, thanks for all the great work!
Cheers,
Beth
***
Hi Tom and Veronica
Longtime listener, avid forum poster... but you may have missed someone's comment about how to correctly pronounce Gaiman so I thought I'd send it again.
From his mouth directly!
http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=1433
GAYman. GAYman. Not GUYman.
Hehe. I just thought we should do our living authors justice, particularly when you are growing in popularity. Who knows, maybe he would one day want to stop by for a quick interview. But only if you say his name properly!!
Cheers,
Jenny
***
Hey S&L,
I thought you might be interested to know that Terry Pratchett's next
novel, Snuff, has been given a date! The book is coming out on October
13, 2011 (http://themorporkian.com/news/snuff-gets-a-release-date/)
and there is also what looks like a blurb for the book in the linked
piece.
Also, after hearing your discussion on whether Pratchett or Gaimen
came up with Pollution, the horseman of the apocalypse, I wondered if
you'd heard of Ronnie? Ronnie stars in The Thief of Time, and is ""The
Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, who retired before they became
famous.""
Love the show.
English John from England
ADDENDUMS
Partner Sticker Fu. Use the code Sword1 and get 10% off the stickers.
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 75,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature, including fiction, non-fiction and periodicals. For a free audiobook of your choice, go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
