S&L Podcast - #446 - Don't Blurb on a Dime
/[Ed. note: We tried to fix V’s audio, sorry for the weirdness!] Veronica may have overdone becoming a friend of crows. she has more than 100 of them in her driveway now. A science fiction museum opening in London sounds amazing. And we kick off our non-spoilery thoughts on The Jasmine Throne.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Veronica: Russel Brewing Company Pumpkin Pie Milkshake IPA
QUICK BURNS
Gristle McNerd: Terry Pratchett's official biography, written by himself and (after his death) his long-time assistant and friend Rob Wilkins, was just released.
Jan: From LocusMag:
Amazon has announced changes to a controversial policy which allowed readers to return ebooks
Mark: The Iron Gate by Harry Connolly was just released.
Jan: The three winners of the "Imagine 2200" short story contest have been announced.
Jan: The Guardian reports about a new Science Fiction exhibition opening on Thursday, October 6th at the Science Museum in London.
Jan: Buzzfeed has released a list of "19 Cozy Fantasy Books For You To Curl Up With This Fall".
BARE YOUR SWORD
BethMicham: Two of the three founding members of the Seattle Sword & Laser chapter, Genesee and Brandon, are engaged! Both had been in the club for a while and then met in person at the first Seattle meeting to discuss “Time and Again” by Jack Finney in December, 2015. Reading and Sword & Laser have been huge parts of their lives so they wanted to share this news with y’all and say thank you. Here is a picture of the engagement ring they designed; it’s a sapphire sitting in an open book, the band is made of rose gold. They plan to get married sometime in 2024.
I teased them that I would put this in the “slow burn” channel 😉 The whole Seattle chapter is so happy for them — they are beautiful together."
From John K:
Next time you're looking for a Sci-Fi book for the podcast, i'd like to recommend The Silver Ships by S.H. Jucha. It's book 1 in a series of 20 books. It's totally space Sci-Fi. Written in 2015. It's optimistic and well written. I'm on book 2 and i'm loving the series, but book 1 does have an ending so it's not a cliff hanger kind of thing where you have to go on to book two."
From Mark C:
The Spellmonger by Terry Mancour. It’s arguably one of the best series ever written. Also check out Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas. Both are excellent readings."
While you're right to ask fans of a certain IP to switch from anticipatory anger when a book is adapted to the screen, those who want to bring said book to the screen are doing so because of the baked-in popularity and fanbase.
It makes no sense to then gut the book and change it under the guise of ""artistic freedom."" If the finished product only loosely resembles the source material, why do it? Just make an original production. Don't hijack an established IP.
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Non-spoilery
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
ADDENDUMS
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