S&L Podcast - #422 - Horror is Like Cheese

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Veronica and Tom discover why horror is like cheese. Plus the reason a German book is being made into an English TV show by Germans. And our spoilery final thoughts on NOS4A2 by Joe Hill!

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: San Pellegrino

Veronica: Fort Point Animal

QUICK BURNS

Trike: The Expanse, s6 (final season) teaser, December 10, Amazon Prime.

Jan: German TV Broadcaster ZDF adapts the domestic 2004 hit science fiction novel The Swarm by author Frank Schätzing in English for international audiences

Mark: In a followup discussion to last year's Post Apocalyptic Present, the Supreme Laser joins Blanca López, Ian Tregillis, Lonnie Nadler, Mark Russell, and Paul Constant in a discussion about Post Apocalyptic Past, hosted by Dan Campos.

Cammy: The Star Trek novelverse is coming to an end with a trilogy of books

Seth: Lit Hub picks the 25 most iconic book covers ever, and quite a few SFF covers make the list.

BARE YOUR SWORD
@MitchamBeth
NOS4A2, Joe Hill. Wimpy me is proud of making it through this book, although I read a lot of it peering through my fingers. Kid danger is kryptonite for me, and this ride was fueled by it. Hill knows how to get pages turned.


@tamahome02000
Charlie Manx from Nos4as2 is obviously patterned after Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.


@nicolaspratt
NOS4A2 is great, really dark and disturbing. From my
@goodreads review, “The idea that ‘we live in two worlds... the real world... [and] the world of thought’ is the powerful and thought-provoking theme of Hill's book.”

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

NOS4A2 by Joe HIll

Not Just Horror - Also Urban Fantasy

From Tamahome on Discord: "Here Is Every Stephen King Reference Joe Hill Included In 'NOS4A2'" (also a thread from Buzz in Goodreads)

NOS4A2: An unexpected gut-punch (SPOILERS)

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