The Sword and Laser

Author and screenwriter Ernest Cline joins us today to talk about Ready Player One, and we wrap up our May pick, Hyperion!

Learn more about our guest and book pick!

Ernest Cline: http://www.ernestcline.com/

Ernie on Twitter: twitter.com/erniecline

Ready Player One: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one

Hyperion: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion

Show Notes:

SCOTT LYNCH - THE BASTARDS AND THE KNIVES TO BE PUBLISHED, SUMMARY AND COVER ART REVEALED

Nominate a Podcast

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists 

Video Review by Dr. P:  

YouTube Direct Link: http://youtu.be/7FkioqeLtyg

It's our 100th episode and we're having a party.  But some of you are not having a party with our book pick. Well, you can just Farcast out of here! Kidding! It's OK if you Lem it. Borges tells you why.

WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Maker's Mark

Veronica: Cupcake Vineyards Red Velvet 

100 Episodes! Here's what we used to sound like.

QUICK BURNS

Finally, Harry Potter Is Touching Down on Amazon’s Kindle 

Brush up on your Game of Thrones history with these animated shorts 

Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity 

Jack Williamson on what the future meant in the era of scientifiction 

A New Translation of The One Russian Science Fiction Novel You Absolutely Must Read

Parsec Awards 

CALENDAR

BARE YOUR SWORD

Penny Arcade on China Mieville 

How do you take your audiobooks? 

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES

Fox, Ridley Scott nab film rights to self-published sci-fi series 

BOOK CHECK-IN

Hyperion by Dan Simmons 

Where do we stand on the June book?

Hyperion... LEMMED! 

Other Dan Simmons work 

2013 Hyperion Movie 

EMAIL

Hey Tom & Veronica!

I just found out about you guys, and Geek & Sundry, in general. I'm super stoked: to hear Gaimen and Dick being thrown out there brings warm fuzzies to my book-lovin' heart. I enjoy what (be it your personality and literary smarts) and who (the authors!) your bring to the table. Can't wait for the next installment.

As for a dragon name, how about "Gelf"? 

A gelf can be a elven creature (sword); a genetically enhanced life form (laser); or can be anything you want it to be (in our line of business, imagination is everything). See Urban Dictionary for more details. A-a-a-nd, for bonus points, it was a Gelfling that merged the Skexis and urRu into one awesome whole- just like you guys have have brought the sword and laser communities together and the yet-to-be-named dragon seems to be half traditional dragon and half... MechaGodzilla. =) 

Anyway, you rock.

Sincerely,

Aaron

ADDENDUMS

NAME! THAT! DRAGON! 

Secret Identity 

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