Entries by Veronica (188)
Dragon*Con plans unveiled - The S&L Podcast #040
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 11:53PM So we announce the details on our LIVE Sword and Laser recording (yes live recording, I know) on Sunday September 5 at 4 PM, as well as our Sword and Laser meetup! (details below). We also bring news of time travel, murderous novel characters, and HUGE novels worth the tackling.
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Unwritten 2: pulse-pounding graphic novel shows the grim and selfish ways that people use stories
China Miéville explains theology, magic, and why JJ Abrams hates you
Interview with zombie books author Max Brooks
Escaping the time machine in Charles Yu's "How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe"
Heinlein memoir: LEARNING CURVE - the secret history of science fiction
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Tom recommends The Dark Tower by Stephen King
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
2005 Movie script for TMHM
What Else Are You Reading? August 2010 Edition
Mighty Tomes You Plan to Read... eventually
EMAIL:
Greetings Veronica and Tom,
Imagine my surprise during the most recent episode's discussion of great television and literary crossovers when you failed to mention what has to be the single greatest crossover event in literary history:
Planet X by Michael Jan Friedman, featuring the crew of Jean-Luc Picard's USS Enterprise and Professor Xavier's mighty mutants, the X-Men.
A case of fan fiction gone legit?
Thanks for the show. I enjoy it a great deal.
Cheers,
Beth
DRAGON*CON!
Sword and Laser will record in front of a live studio audience at 4 PM Sunday, September 5 at the International North – Hyatt. Joining us will be special guest David Gerrold. The entire Dragon*Con podcasting track can be found here.
We'll also be tagging along for the TWiT meetup at 6 PM at the Sun Dial Restaurant and Bar Saturday September 4. T-shirts and pens galore!
RSVP on the Goodreads event page!
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Heinlein fans are a harsh mistress - The S&L Podcast #039
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 11:20PM We're halfway through The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but we have some non-spoilery insights to share from ourselves and the book club discussions on Goodreads. We also talk about some of our favorite SciFi crossovers and this whole crazy new world of eBooks, audio books and 'enhanced' eBooks.
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The dystopian novel that's turning China upside down
Simon & Schuster Look To ‘Enhanced’ E-Books Beyond Apps
The 11 greatest, craziest sci-fi crossovers in television history
Summer science fiction explosion: The io9 guide to August
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
Heinlein is a weak-minded, adolescent authoritarian
Turing Method - A defintion of self awareness
Do Audiobooks count as reading?
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Handwritten for your enjoyment - The S&L Podcast #038
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 11:20PM Just an overview of some news and few discussions from the Goodreads forums this week, including the H.G. Wells story competition that banned science fiction and required everything to be handwritten. HUH?!
QUICK BURNS - News
Veronica and Tom's ComiCon adventures!
Words to live by: advice from 34 science fiction/fantasy authors
H.G. Wells short story contest bans science fiction, and gets no entries
Best selling SciFi on Amazon right now - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best selling fantasy on Amazon right now Sookie Stackhouse the 8-copy boxed set
Also preorders of Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time) is number 4 overall best SciFi Fantasy (comes out November 2)
RELEASE THE KRAKEN! -- or some books
"The Terminal State (Avery Cates) [Mass Market Paperback] - Jeff Somers " 7/27/2010
Diane Duane - Omnitopia Dawn: Omnitopia #1 [Hardcover] 8/3/2010
Sheri S. Tepper - The Water's Rising 8/31/2010
Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings 8/31/2010
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Veronica's reading "Time Traveller's Wife By Audrey Niffenegger
Narrated by William Hope and Laurel Lefkow"
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
A model of self sufficiency
Missing Words
Quotations - add your favorites
Game Books
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
EMAIL:
Hello Veronica and Tom,
A pleasure to listen to you! I follow both of you on your respective sites(a Twit fanatic and a Patrick Norton wannabe Winking smile emoticon), and just recently found Sword and Laser due to an off the cuff remark from Tom on TNT. I was an avid reader of books long before there were computers, so imagine my excitement when I heard you discussing old friends! I have never sent a fan mail/response to anyone before so forgive me if I ramble a bit.
Thanks for all the suggestions Glenn!
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