Celebrated author and book critic Lev Grossman answered your questions about The Magicians, and we kicked off our "laser" pick, Hyperion by Dan Simmons!
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It's awards season! We have nominees for the Campbell, Sturgeon, and Locus awards and Veronica's heading over to the Nebula Awards. Who is she wearing? Probably whoever got in her way. She's a Demon Hunter, after all.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Fat Weasel Ale
Veronica: Cathedral Ridge Syrah
QUICK BURNS
Neil Gaiman to publish a new NEVERWHERE story (with some help from George R.R. Martin)
R. Scott Bakker update
WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE delayed by a year
FINALISTS: 2013 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards (with Free Fiction Links)
FINALISTS: 2013 Locus Awards (+ Free Fiction Links!)
Watch the intense first trailer for Ender's Game right now!
Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business
The Real Reason Readers Might Love a Book that You Find Fatally Flawed
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Starz moving forwards with adaptation of OUTLANDER
BOOK CHECK-IN
Wool by Hugh Howey
Casting
June Pick: Among Others by Jo Walton
BARE YOUR SWORD
May I Ask a Favor From Those Posting Book Links in Threads?
Renegade read section
ADDENDUMS
Veronica will be at the Nebula Awards this weekend with Josh to interview Kim Stanley Robinson, Gene Wolfe and Joe Haldeman. Got questions? Post them in the Goodreads forum!
Tomorrow ends submissions for the Anthology. NO submissions received after midnight Pacific tomorrow will be considered. We need time to read through everything, so please be patient. We expect to make our final selections by August 15, 2013. And HUGE thanks to everybody who submitted.
Congratulations to PanamaJack and Misti, winners of our Adam Christopher limited edition books!
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We asked author Saladin Ahmed more viewer questions. Plus he described his new book and how he became a DM for Joe Abercrombie! There was some pretty bad audio interference on this one, so when you complain, know that we already know.
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We hop on the old Google Hangout to chat with Adam Christopher about alternate universes, superheroes, and atomic robot armies. His new book The Age Atomic is out right now! Listen to this then go read that!
You can also watch the hangout on video like you were right there with us!
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The video rewind continues! One year ago, we were wrapping up "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman and we also spoke with author Saladin Ahmed, finalist for the Nebula and Campbell awards and author of "Throne fo the Crescent Moon."
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We asked author Scott Sigler more questions than could fit in the main episode! Plus he tries to guess the name of the dragon (no spoilers, you guys).
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Controversy swirls around the Sword and Laser book picks both old and new. It makes being George R. R. Martin look downright easy. And then he goes and buys a movie theater. For real. You must listen.
QUICK BURNS
George R.R. Martin buys a movie theatre
China Mieville's turn-it-to-11 high weirdness reboot of "Dial H"
Petition to get Isaac Asimov a commemorative plaque
Too much violence in fantasy?
In a future with one last bookstore, a boy falls in love with reading
BOOK WRAP-UP
Wrap-up Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Female characters in Pern
On the use of Dragons
A Whiteboard Reflection on Pern
EMAIL
If you remember the main trip to get back 400 years to bring the other weyr's forward, show used the tapestry from Ruatha Hold.
The dragons of Pern need an image in the riders mind to travel between to that place. They also use an image to travel between times.
This is why the riders don't go back in time to battle thread when necessary, they need that image to get there. It also drain's both dragon and rider.
I don't know how far you are into all the other books, but Lessa wasn't the first to time travel (chronologically speaking), In ""Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern"", Moreta did some if my memory serves me.
If you haven't read the series before, you must read Dragonsdawn! It's the ""laser"" Dragonriders book. Basically, the first book (chronologically) of the series. I really love that book. If I had to rank the books, I would go Harper Hall trilogy, Dragonsdawn, Dragonflight, Dragonquest then The White Dragon. The others are really good, but those 7 are my absolute favorite books.
Looking forward to Sword & Laser having video shows again (really missing them!),
Dave
BOOK KICK-OFF
Wool by Hugh Howey
Controversy around Howey statements
Wikipedia entry about Wool
ADDENDUMS
Giveaway!
Limited edition Empire State and Limited Edition Age Atomic Hardcover, signed, numbered only 100 copies each. Empire State has a variant cover. Enter at this Goodreads thread.
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It’s here, it’s really here! One year later, the DOWNLOADABLE version of Sword and Laser video . Huge thanks to Scott Sigler for being on that first episode. We also were reading The Magicians at this time last year.
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It's a show chock full of awards and TV shows based on books. Plus we have great news for fans of Joe Abercrombie and John Scalzi, and Veronica recommends a sexy book! Find out what happens when neither one of us have a drink.
QUICK BURNS
Joe Abercrombie's The First Law (The Graphic Novel) - Interview
FINALISTS: 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award
FINALISTS: 2013 Prometheus Award
The real (?) "One Ring" Of The Hobbit
The Human Division has been renewed for a second season.
Something Electronic This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury eBooks Announced!
Haruki Murakami fans queue overnight for latest novel
Iain Banks, has terminal cancer and likely has less than a year to live.
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Game of Thrones' sets record, gets fourth season
Syfy announces Childhood's End and Ringworld miniseries
BBC America To Co-produce Small Screen Adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL
C.J. Cherryh’s MORGAINE Books Optioned for Film
BOOK CHECK-IN
Dragonriders of Pern: (just Dragonflight if you don't have time for all three)
Next month: Wool by Hugh Howey
Veronica also recommends: Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher
BARE YOUR SWORD
Book Chain
ADDENDUMS
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So we miss Friday videos as much as you. Starting tomorrow, the one year exclusivity lifts on our first show. But tomorrow isn't Friday now is it? So NEXT Friday we'll post our EP. 1 for Download. But TODAY you get a never-before seen episode of Sword and Laser that is all yours.
The amazing Brit Weisman of Geek & Sundry shot the video for us last August and we never got a chance to use it. This was especially sad because we transfered the video from Brit's camera to my laptop as we walked through the streets of Atlanta trying to get me to the Parsec Awards on time.
So this afternoon I whipped together the clips and we present them here to you. Hope you enjoy it!
Note: If you would like to download this episode, you can! Click over to the archive.org page to download.
Tom's in a singing mood and Veronica's on the bandwagon and Tom has to pronounce all the German. We also kick off the April book pick, Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Bulleit Bourbon
Veronica: Water
QUICK BURNS
FINALISTS: 2013 Hugo Awards
Nominated for the Kurd Laßwitz Preis
RIP: James Herbert, OBE: 1943-2013
New George R.R. Martin website
You Got Grit in my Fantasy Story
Cover & Synopsis: “Self-Reference ENGINE” by Toh EnJoe - The description on this is hilarious.
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Doctor Who: Summer Falls – New Ebook With Link To “The Bells Of Saint John”
Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies
How Fans Recreated Game of Thrones in a Minecraft Map the Size of LA
Game of Thrones T-shirt on Etsy from Listener Derek
GoT producers will not wait for GRRM to finish the books
GRRM on pitching new projects to HBO
Robert J. Sawyer to Adapt His Novel Triggers for the Big Screen
BOOK CHECK-IN
Dragonriders of Pern: (just Dragonflight if you don't have time for all three)
Wikipedia article
BARE YOUR SWORD
Books for people who miss Firefly
Chris wanted to give his book as a gift to the Sword and Laser audience so all day tomorrow, April 3, Death of Dreams will be free! Thanks Chris.
ADDENDUMS
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If you're not too offended but the first few minutes you're going to love this episode. It's not as bad as that sounds, but we both need help choosing words right there at the top. But THEN we get excited about new Scott Lynch, Westeros History, and Benedict Cumberbatch reading Neil Gaiman out loud.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Fat Tire Amber Ale
Veronica: Pinot Noir of some sort. From her big sack of wine.
QUICK BURNS
Coming Soon: “The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF” Edited by Mike Ashley
Gene Wolfe’s New Novel “The Land Across” Sounds Like It Might Be Politically Charged
Publication date confirmed for THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
More details on THE WORLD OF ICE AND FIRE
J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore to launch on PlayStation Home
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
Veronica Mars movie!
BOOK CHECK-IN
Power Couples
NEXT BOOK
Dragonriders of Pern: (just Dragonflight if you don't have time for all three)
BARE YOUR SWORD
BSFA Awards answer
200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001
Veronica's panel at Engadget Expand
EMAIL
I was wondering if Sword and Laser was ever going to cover Military Science Fiction, like the epic Honor Harrington series by David Weber or The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. David Weber has another wonderful series, Safehold. I've read all of the books in the series and would love to see your take on them. Thanks for the wonderful show, Mark
ADDENDUMS
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We have a lovely chat with author Michael J. Sullivan, get down and dirty about Downbelow Station and celebrate the coming end of our YouTube video season!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Boont Amber Ale
Veronica: Rioja Conde de Valdemar Crianza
QUICK BURNS
Hooray for an amazing season of YouTube videos. Thanks for all the fish!
Your 2013 SF/F Award Nomination Awareness Post: Readers and Fans
Adam Whitehead's Hugo Nominations 2013 THANKS ADAM!!
VIDEO: Watch SF Legend Brian Aldiss Talk About Writing & The Passage of Time
Scott Lynch update on THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
INTERVIEW
Michael J. Sullivan
BOOK CHECK-IN
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
ADDENDUMS
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