The Windup Girl Wrapup – The S&L Podcast #031
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 10:55PM We've finally finished the Windup girl and we'r ready to wrap it up, but we also have news, some sad (RIP Frank Frazetta) and some glad (Game of Thrones!) Plus we have some excellent thought-provoking commentary from the Goodreads group. And best of all, we announce we'll have another episode next week! Find out who our special guest interview is. (raised eyebrow)
News
Frank Frazetta, RIP
Nebula Award Winners (Includes Windup Girl)
Game of Thrones News
George R. R. Martin talks 'Game of Thrones' as the HBO show's 'Daenerys' departs
Winter is Coming - A blog about Game of Thrones series on HBO
Has 'A Dance with Dragons' been announced? Check here. Every day.
BOOK Wrap-up
Wind-up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
NEW BOOK!
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience
Cannot finish. Will not finish
The Blade Itself - thoughts on this book?
Last man on earth / post apoc book
Emails:
Stephen Baxter has a tendency to destroy the Earth in a number of his books. Notably:
Moonseed - Earth wiped out completely starting in the opening scene.
Evolution - Human evolution from triumph of mammals to the end of humanity (Earth survives, people don't)
Flood - All land gone. Some humans survive.
He's one of my favourite "Laser" authors and well worth reading.
Regards,
Simon Williams
UK
*****
This is a little old but in catching up on my rss feed of i09.com I
came across this. Ridley Scott!
Thanks for the great group & podcast.
Peter Hansen
*****
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Reader Comments (1)
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