S&L Podcast - #392 - Audible Minus?
/We try to explain Audible's new plans, decide if Pinocchio is fantasy (especially if Mussolini is involved), and wrap-up our thoughts on Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett.
QUICK BURNS
Mark: The finalists for the inaugural Ignyte Awards have been announced. The awards are part of FIYAHCON, a virtual convention hosted by FIYAH Literary Magazine. The inaugural event takes place October 17-18, 2020. FIYAHCON seeks to center the perspectives and experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).
Mark: R.F. Kuang will present The Poppy War Drunk Recap on Instagram Live, Saturday, August 29 at 10 PM ET.
Jan: Is Pinocchio Fantasy Literature? If it is: Deadline reports that Guillermo del Toro is doing a stop-motion movie musical adaptation of Pinocchio for Netflix that is set during the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy.
Principal photography on Pinocchio began last autumn and production has continued during the pandemic, a release date is not yet set. Voice actors include Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett.
Jan: Tor.com and Deadline report that Audible is introducing a new subscription option in the US called Audible Plus, which is essentially ""a Netflix-style subscription"" granting unlimited access to Audible's exclusive content including (non-exclusive) podcasts and original audio books. Existing US subscribers get access to Audible Premium Plus which gives access to the catalog and allows the purchase of audio books with credits as before.
Jan- Netflix has released the first trailer for "Enola Holmes" with Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill about Sherlock Holmes' secret sister.
BARE YOUR SWORD
Dear Tom and Veronica,
Thank you for introducing / having Andrew from Alienating the Audience on your podcast. I've added his Sci-Fi banter to my list of podcasts and have been enjoying the show ever since. Especially the episode about how to make a giant robot.
Switching gears, a little, PBS's American Master's is doing an episode on Ursula K. Le Guin, it's streaming on PBS.org. She wrote, so much but I always remember Wizard of Earthsea.
Best,
David
Tamahome @tamahome02000
.@swordandlaser If Veronica has a boy, I vote for the name "Bob"
Cameron Ferstat @cferstat
@swordandlaser do we have a September book pick yet? Just finished #Elysium and don’t want to start something else this close to the new month! #nowreading
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
SEPTEMBER PICK
Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
WRAP UP
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
This was a pretty dark book to read during troubled times
Classics and types of love
ADDENDUMS
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