Entries in game of thrones (5)
S&L Podcast - #62 - A blonde Gimli running through my head
This week we discuss how the Game of Thrones series is shaping up, how we make mental pictures of characters when we read, and the meaning of Hodor.
QUICK BURNS
Book Publishers, AOL To Launch New Book Recommendation Site
CALENDAR
5/10/2011 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
5/10/2011 The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
5/17/2011 Embassytown by China Mieville
5/19/2011 The Order of the Scales by Stephen Deas
5/24/2011 The Falling Machine, Andrew Mayer (Pyr)
5/25/2011 Chasing the Moon, Lee Martinez (Orbit)
BARE YOUR SWORD
How do you imagine characters when you read a novel?
BOOK CHECK-IN
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin is an African-American female writer of speculative fiction. Her 2010 debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award and the 2011 Hugo Award, and was ranked #5 on Amazon's "editors' pick" list of the year's best ten works of science fiction and fantasy.
The Inheritance Trilogy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010)
The Broken Kingdoms (2010)
The Kingdom of Gods (forthcoming in 2011)
S&L Podcast - #59 - Throne Games
We're still agog over the premiere of HBO's "A Game of Thrones" television adaptation, but we also both got suckered into being spoiled and we're intrigued by the sexual landscape of "Blindsight'.
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Game of Thrones recap
HBO option Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
Win a speaking role in the American Gods audiobook
CALENDAR
4/19/2011 "The River of Shadows by Robert V.S. Redick
4/21/2011 "The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
4/26/2011 "Will Super Villains Be On the Final? Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
4/28/2011 "Titus Awakes by Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore
5/3/2011 "The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
BARE YOUR SWORD
Did you ever read a book that you really hated?
BOOK CHECK-IN
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