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An ill-made crush - The S&L Podcast #46

Posted on DateTuesday, November 9, 2010 at 11:31PM

This week we make our confessions about SteamPunk, ask a question about Terry Pratchett, and further explore The Once and Future King. Who does T. H. White hate more?  Women or the Irish?

QUICK BURNS   
   
Steampunk short stories in the style of classic steampunk tales   
   
Terry Pratchett's young witch comes of age at last   
   
Where did science fiction come from? A primer on the pulps.   
   
November SciFi Calendar from io9   
   
Sherlock Returning Autumn 2011   
   
Fan-made Ender's Game Trailer   
       
   
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience   
   
Arthurian References in Other Books   
   
Amazon's Top SF&F Novels of 2010   
   
Charlie Stross: "Die, Steampunk! Die!"   
   
BOOK CHECK-IN
   
What are some of the main differences we've noticed between Mists of Avalon and The Once and Future King?
   
Does TH White hate women? What about the Irish?  And Irish women?
   
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Tom& Veronica,

Just started listening & rather enjoying the show. Still catching up on a few back episodes to get the feel of things and somewhat shockingly found you scoring easy laughs at the expense of my nation's heritage ... yes, I'm Australian.

GREAT WORK!! Love a little mongrel on my podcasters.

Great content on the sci-fi and fantasy genre(s), too.

Thanks guys!

Charlie C
   
 

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An ill-made crush - The S&L Podcast #46

AuthorVeronica | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

Thank you for the piece on pulp fiction. Nice history review, too. However, I beg to differ on you complete exclusion of pulp fiction from genre status. Genres, of course, are categories, and the items under the categories have certain commonalities.Pulp fiction certainly, regardless whether it was sci-fi or even a mystery, met this criteria. Perhaps, viewing pulp fiction as a sub-genre might work. Kudos for a good episode.
November 14, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterWill Norman
I'm not a Terry Pratcett xpert but I've read some. Most books can be read on its own but you'll find that many of the characters in a givien book may have a backstory that was given in another book. I think that if one does start to tackle discworld that its probably a good idea to read the first two - The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic. They provide the cosmology in which Discworld exists. After that the books center around different characters or communities - wizards, witches, city watch, Death and Tiffany Aching. Tiffany first made her appearence in The Wee Free Men. It's a young adult book, very sweet and funny. I listened to the Audible version and the reader was great. Much reccomended.
November 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRBurns

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