S&L Podcast - #384 - Teenaged Wiccan

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Tom starts throwing money at Becky Chambers and Veronica defends her rose quartz. Plus, new Star Wars short stories coming and lots of great tie-in novels up for Scribe awards! Also our first impressions of A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Nothing
Veronica: I Ate a Watermelon!

QUICK BURNS

Tamahome: Excerpt from A Memory Called Empire sequel

Julie: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within, the fourth book in Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series is set to come out in February

Kev: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back - here's the author list for the new From A Certain Point of View anthology set during and around the movie. The first FACPOV set during A New Hope was fun.

Mark: The 2020 Scribe Award nominees have been announced by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. Sword and laser titles abound.
Winners will be announced on July 15

Tamahome: Max Brooks' (World War Z) new bigfoot novel Devolution is being adapted for the big screen:

BARE YOUR SWORD

Amy @SuthinBelle
@Veronica @swordandlaser you and @acedtect were wondering what author was from Russia - Isaac Asimov (Foundation). BTW, the author from South Africa is actually Tolkien and the author from India is TH White (Once and Future King). Long and lasting impact from British Colonialism.”

Drake Tungsten @turtleismytotem
@swordandlaser Are there any plans to have videos of episodes like you used to?

John Taloni:
Just for the fun of it, a full-length "Staba O'Riley" aka "Teenage Wiccans."
Arty intro...Pete Townshend's guitar blends in...Keith Moon's drums hit...John Entwhistle's subtle bass...and then, Roger Daltrey!


Hang out after school
Crystals sure look cool
I get the quartz into my jewel'ry
I don't need a stone
To groove the Crone
But they sure as heck look pretty, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Don't scry
The evil eye
It's only teenage Wiccans

Sisters say the spell
The bond we feel will swell
Chant in a circle
Until the night grows colder
The crystals make the Witch
But I will cut a bitch
You try to take 'em, I'll stab you in the shoulder

Teenage Wiccans
It's only teenage Wiccans
Teenage Wiccans
Oh yeah, teenage Wiccans
They're all Wiccans!

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Keep an eye on the Patreon and Goodreads for the July Pick

JUNE PICK
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

MCE: Find your Teixcalaanli name


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