S&L Podcast - #381 - Happ-E-Anding?
/We're going to get some good Discworld TV! We talk about why sometimes you don't want to read old stuff, and whether you're someone who likes depressing consequences or happily ever after stories. All that and our first non-spoiler impressions of Magician: Apprentice.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: La Croix Peach-Pear
Veronica: Water
QUICK BURNS
Richard and Jan: The Wertzone writes "New DISCWORLD TV adaptations announced, unrelated to THE WATCH
In a press release on Discworld.com it was announced that "Narrativia, the independent production company launched by Sir Terry Pratchett in 2012, strikes [a] new development deal with Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content to create truly authentic Discworld screen adaptations."
It was not announced which books will be adapted first, but the deal is according to the press release for tv shows rather than movies.
The stressing of the "authenticity" of the planned shows in the announcement may reassure those Pratchett fans who are upset that the other Discworld series "The Watch" (which is currently in production at BBC America) is apparently diverging quite a bit from the source material - at least judging from the details released so far.
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Stephen: The winner of SPFBO 5 (self-published fantasy blog-off) is The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang. I personally had it as a six way tie. but I did not have an official vote.
Check out a panel from QuanranCon2020 of the authors who participated in this years SPFBO contest, it will make your day!!
If you are one of those who want to read more Self Published books but do not know where to start? This contest is one of the best way to achieve that goal. I have now ten new authors to keep track of.
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Jan: HBO has released a first Teaser-Trailer for Lovecraft Country, their adaptation of the novel by Mark Ruff.
The show from executive producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams, and showrunner Misha Green (Underground) will debut in August on HBO Max.
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Jan: Starting from May 5 WizardingWorld.com is releasing each week a chapter of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" narrated by celebrities like Stephen Fry, David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Claudia Kim, Noma Dumezweni, and Eddie Redmayne.
The first chapter read by Daniel Radcliffe has already been released. Videos are available on the site, but there is also an audio-only version released on Spotify.
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Tamahome: Game of Thrones' Mountain just set a world record for brute strength:
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BARE YOUR SWORD
Kelly Sedinger @Jaquandor
Hey @acedtect and @Veronica, just listened to your discussion of epistolary novels (I'm always a few episodes behind), and let me plug Nick Bantock's GRIFFIN AND SABINE books! They're epistolary but also gorgeous art books, and you get to pull the letters from their envelopes!
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Hi Veronica and Tom,
I'm an avid podcast listener (and Patreon supporter!), though I'm not on Goodreads. I was just watching a press briefing given the Maine governor, Janet Mills, and was surprised to hear her quoting Veronica Roth! Since you recently interviewed her, I thought you might also be interested. This was not a forum where I expected to hear her name. I googled the quote and it seems to be from Allegiant. In the video of the briefing linked here, the part with the quote is at 55:25.
Thanks for a great podcast; I look forward to every episode and have discovered many books (and other things) through the pod. Like many people, I LOVED Gideon the Ninth, though I never would have read it unprompted. I had seen it on Audible before it was a pick and was totally disinterested. Meanwhile, I devoured it and immediately recommended it to all kinds of people.
I hope you are both healthy and well!
All the Best,
Robert Sheckler
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HEA vs Depressing Consequences
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
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