The Sword and Laser

How convinient! The 5th episode of the podcast falls on the eve of our 5th book, Childhood's End! Here are the show notes for today's episode:



Arthur C. Clarke
Built first telescope at 13.
Great fan of "Astounding Stories"
Served in Air Force through World War II
Attended King's College London and took a degree in physics and mathematics
Prelude To Space was published in 1951 (First published novel)
Also published a short story called "The Sentinel" which inspired Stanley Kubrick to make 2001: A Space Odyssey.
May don't realize 2001 the book is a novelization of the movie.
Won the Hugo and Nebula awards for 1973 Rendezvous with Rama
He was Knighted in 1998

Comments from Childhood's End Group
http://swordandlaser.ning.com/group/childhoodsend

We are not Rocket Scientists
http://swordandlaser.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1288181%3ATopic%3A25745&page=2


New Neal Stephenson Novel out September 9, 2008.
Anathem
http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2008/03/the_return_of_neal_stephenson.html

Side-reading
Books you might also be interested in.

Veronica's Pick
Belgariad and Mallorean:
by David Eddings

Tom's Pick
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

Contest: Write us a great one-sentence opener to a sci-fi or fantasy book!!
Email us!!

#005 - The S&L Podcast: Childhood's End (the beginning!)

We're finally back with the Sword and Laser podcast, after a long hiatus! Thanks for sticking with us. Listen in to find the new info about how we'll cover books in the future. Here are the shownotes for this episode:



Winner of the contest -- Xanar!!



She wins a copy of Mass Effect!

Passing of Arthur C. Clarke
Next book will be one of his, voting goes up tonight:
Rendezvous with Rama
2001: A Space Odyssey
Childhood's End
Songs of Distant Earth

Pocket and the Pendant, by Mark Jeffery:
Free audio book on Podiobooks

#004 - The Sword and Laser Podcast: Neuromancer Wrap Up!

The "lost" Episode 3 is gone forever, but we have an even better new Episode 3 covering the rest of Shopping Trip and Midnight in the Rue Jules Verne. Plus we unveil a special contest with your chance to win a prize. But you have to listen to find out the deets! (Or trawl the Ning group, I guess. But just listen anyway, it's fun.)

The Sword and Laser Podcast: Neuromancer Ch. 5-13