S&L Podcast - #385 - What do you mean HORROR?
/We address the harassment accusations against authors, discover that the July pick could be classified as horror (to Veronica's horror), and have a whole lot of good TV coming based on a whole lot of good books.
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Mark: 2020 Locus Award winners have been selected:
Horror: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
First Novel: Gideon the Ninth
Novella: This Is How You Lose the Time War
Mark: The annual Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year.
The shortlist for the 2020 (34th) Clarke Award is out.
- The City in the Middle of the Night - Charlie Jane Anders
- The Light Brigade - Kameron Hurley
- A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine
- The Old Drift - Namwali Serpell
- Cage of Souls - Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Last Astronaut - David Wellington
Jan: This time the trailer for the adaptation of Brave New World on Peacock (Hi Tom!).
The series will debut with the launch of peacock in the US on July 15. There is little information at the moment when and where Peacock's original programming will be available to audiences outside the US.
Netflix's second season of The Witcher is returning to production with an announcement on Twitter, apparently written as a poem by the character Jakier:
I’m dusting off my lute and quill,
I have some news, some mead to spill:
After all the months we’ve been apart
It’s time for production to restart.
The Witcher and his bard – who’s flawless,
Will reunite on set 17 August.
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) June 22, 2020
James: Apple has released a first Teaser for the 2021 "Foundation" streaming series with Jared Harris as Hari Seldon.
Iain: Inconceivable....
Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride on Quibi:
Netflix has released a trailer for "Cursed" their adaptation of the book written by Thomas Wheeler and illustrated by Frank Miller reinterpreting the Arthurian Legend from the point of view of the Lady of the Lake.
The series drops on July 17 on Netflix.
Mark: Mandalorian art books, youth novels, adult novels, and comics are coming!
First adult novel coming Dec 2020 is Sparrow (is this really the title?) with absolutely no details right at this moment except it's about the Mandalorian and will be written by Adam Christopher."
BARE YOUR SWORD
Beth Mitcham @MitchamBeth
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE, Arkady Martine. This stays with you after you put it down. It's about patriotism and envy of magnificent foreigners and the difference between memory and identity. A little bit of love. And lust. And loss. @swordandlaser
Drake Tungsten @turtleismytotem
@swordandlaser Listening to episode 20 and @Veronica mentions how she can't remember which Dresden Files books she read. I have the same problem. I've read about six books in the series, but I don't have a clear memory of any of them.
NEW POD! This week on Episode 4 of Dune Pod we are honored to be joined by @swordandlaser co-host @Veronica to talk about Denis Villeneuve’s 2016 meditation on pre-destination, Arrival. Warning: We also briefly cover Jeremy Renner’s music.
@tamahome02000
@swordandlaser I don't think Veronica will like Black Leopard, Red Wolf.
JULY PICK
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
