S&L Podcast - #338 - Hygge Punk
/Tom inadvertently affects a listener feud, the truth about George R. R. Martin and why we think Zeroes is number 1.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Cass
Veronica: Bailey's on the rocks
QUICK BURNS
Dara: BBC America has ordered an 8 episode adaptation of the City Watch novels of Discworld. 'The Watch is described as a “punk rock thriller” that takes its inspiration from the "City Watch" books in the Discworld series, following a group of 'misfit cops as they fight to save a ramshackle city of normalized wrongness from both the past and future in a perilous quest,' per the network."
Mark: A new Laundry Files novel by Charles Stross was released this week, The Labyrinth Index. The author has thoughtfully provided a briefing for readers who may not be up to speed on his peculiar insights about mobile phones, mathematics and eldritch horrors.
David: The World Fantasy Awards were announced in Baltimore today:
Victor LaValle's The Changeling and Fonda Lee's Jade City tied for Best Novel!
I was at the World Fantasy Convention when this was announced, so that was a fun experience! I got to hear Fonda Lee do a reading as well
Trike: New interview in The Guardian with George R.R. Martin:
Iain: Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL, has died.
Dara: Game of Thrones season 8 will premiere in April 2019
BARE YOUR SWORD
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
The next episode will be November 28 followed only one week later on December 2 then we'll be back on the normal rotation.
