S&L Podcast - #369 - Jeffety Jeff Jeffers of Planet Jeff
/How we’re feeling about the Snow Queen, and where it’s world-building might have drawn from. Plus two alternative pronunciation guides for the character names. Plus, a treasure trove of awesome articles about SciFi-type things!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Lemon Water
Veronica: Lagunitas Super Cluster Ale
QUICK BURNS
Tamahome:
Huh. N.K. Jemisin is writing a Green Lantern murder mystery comic book
Mark: The Future Issue of New York Magazine is out.
With articles like:
In 2029, It’ll Be Harder to Write Science Fiction Because We’ll Be Living It and
The Weirdness Is Coming: A glimpse of the near future as seen through the recent past.
Mark: The Disappearance of John M. Ford
My introduction to Ford's work was through his Star Trek novels. I didn't know much about him, but I'd like to read more of his work.
Dara: William Gibson's The Peripheral is getting the small-screen treatment. Amazon has given a series order for the TV adaptation.
Via Variety:
The one-hour drama hails from writer, executive producer, and showrunner Scott B. Smith. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy will also executive produce under their Kilter Films banner, with the pair having signed a massive overall deal at Amazon earlier this year. Vincenzo Natali will direct and executive produce, with Athena Wickham of Kilter Films and Steven Hoban also executive producing. Amazon and Warner Bros. Television will produce.
The series centers on Flynne Fisher, a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future. Until the future comes calling for her
Dara: The Guardian has a feature on the behind-the-scenes action of recording an audiobook.
Mark: It's Worldcon time again.
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BARE YOUR SWORD
Hey @SamSykesSwears I was listening to your interview on @swordandlaser
You said that you love fight scenes but you're getting bored of explicit violence.
Hi guys, you did it...
So. Voices out of my computer made me do it (sounded suspiciously like yours...); I re-read the complete Dresden Files within 2 weeks. 'Twas fun. And necessary. If and when the new volume arrives next year, I'll be able to enjoy it. Otherwise, in all probability, I wouldn't have the foggiest what he's writing about.
Greetings,
Marc Fabian,
Cologne, Germany
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
TSQ: Colonialism
TSQ: Pronunciation guide
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