S&L Podcast - #264 - Will the Real Witcher Please Stand Up
/We have an excellent conversation about great character names and revel in the news of rising print book sales. But the big question is, which Witcher is canon?
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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Sonoma Cider: The Anvil: Bourbon
Veronica: Water
QUICK BURNS
eStories launches an alternative source for audiobooks
Surprise revival in UK printed book sales, with ebooks dipping / Boing Boing
Louie: Akiva Goldsman attempts to adapt Asimov's The Caves of Steel. He previously brought I, Robot to the big screen. Let's hope previous results are not a sign of future results.
Alex: The Economist has an interesting article on how the Discworld novels have resisted adaptation
Alex: Small follow up to the post on the Big Book of Science Fiction. In this interview Ann and Jeff Vandermeer mention they also want to do a Big Book of Fantasy.
BARE YOUR SWORD
Great Character Names
Fantasy Westerns/Weird West suggestions?
Please help, listeners with good memories! What was that book/author....
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Kickoff: The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Patron Book Notes
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