We talk a little about cheese, a lot about wine, and too much about the Shrike. Plus lots of good Dune news, and we kick off our read of an Alastair Reynolds novel that may be called The Prefect or Aurora Rising depending on where you buy it.

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WHAT CHEESE ARE WE EATING?

Tom: St. Francis Old Vines Zinfandel

Veronica: Gundlach Bunschu Gewürztraminer

QUICK BURNS

Mark: Legendary Comics is kickstarting the official Dune graphic novel adaptation.

Mark: Up for auction later this month: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune

Mark: Season 2 of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter dropped Friday Oct 29.

Trike: Barnes & Noble book of the year finalists:

Trike: The Witcher, season 2, December 17, Netflix.

Jan: There's a full trailer now for the Wheel of Time series on Amazon Prime Video

Jan: A trailer for the adaptation of the novel "Station Eleven"" has been released: Station Eleven"

Mark: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, which was previously in development as a tv series, now being developed for film by Bradley Cooper

BARE YOUR SWORD

Veronica Belmont @Veronica That feeling when you're reading a review of a book and it includes a verb that you made up one time. cc: @swordandlaser https://t.co/cmePfd6I0h"

Trike: 17 Indigenous Science Fiction And Fantasy Books To Read This Month

Elizabeth @veronica here is a BYS: The number of people watching Riverside is awesome, thanks for doing live vid recordings of the podcast in the middle of the day in Australia!"

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

KICKOFF

Aurora Rising/The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds

Book briefing

AR: curated glossary