S&L Podcast - #399 - Sneaky Alternate Pick?

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Veronica is off on maternity leave but Brea Grant from the Reading Glasses podcast is here. yay! Brea gets to know pigeons, our legion of Richards and kicks off her pick for December, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. We also need your help uncovering the mystery of Boxing Day.

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QUICK BURNS

Ernest Cline was on Coast-2-Coast late night radio last night talking about Ready Player One and Two.

The Guardian newspaper in the UK has a short list of its best sci fi and fantasy books of 2020.

Neil Gaiman's novella 'The Sleeper and the Spindle' radio adaptation coming to BBC Radio 4 on Boxing Day

Wizard of the Pigeons is finally out on Kindle in the US! Robin Hobb, writing as Megan Lindholm, tells the story of the Wizard.

Nalo Hopkinson has been named the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master by SFWA
The S&L wiki has a list of the Grand Masters we've read.

Once again the Sword and Laser folks are teaming up for donations to World Builders! Help us collectively reach the $1,000 goal to help fund education, opportunity, and sustainable self-sufficiency for families and communities worldwide.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Tamahome writes reagarding our confusion between The Stand and The Strand: "There's also comic book writer Jan Strnad who made New Tales of the Arabian Nights with Rich Corben. Too bad you didn't mention that name too to work into the title. I recall that comic being a good story. Maybe Veronica can name her baby "Tamahome"? Just kidding, mostly.We had a lot of people named

Richard submitting stories last episode so Richard Marpole tweeted to us "Greetings from the ever-growing legion of Richards! And my best wishes to @Veronica during her maternity. I hope everything goes well."

Pri on Twitter wrote "Well, now that I just became an American citizen, I am freaking out a lot less about the whole process so I can focus on my @swordandlaser book"

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Parable of the Sower (Parable 1) by Octavia E. Butler

Tassie Dave our stats master’s fun statistical facts:

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation was published at the beginning of this year

Octavia's Parables doing episode for each chapter of the Parable of the Sower

The LA Public Library is holding a talk about Octavia Butler Thursday December 3

ADDENDUMS

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