S&L Podcast - #465 - Skirting on the Edge of Danger

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Some of our favorite authors are giving away free short stories and winning Locus Awards. What the best book club pick we ever made was. Why books that make you uncomfortable are important to read. And our last thoughts on Fourth Wing.

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Levains Cookie

Veronica: Bask Rosé

QUICK BURNS

Chris K. 2023 Locus Award Winners were announced

Spells: First teaser for the Netflix version of Three-Body Problem, series starting January 2024.

Elizabeth: Amazon Original Stories is publishing six short stories by some big names including James S.A. Corey, Veronica Roth, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ann Leckie, Nnedi Okorafor, and John Scalzi. They will be available to Amazon Prime and Kindle Unlimited subscribers as part of their subscriptions, and available to purchase on Kindle and Audible for everyone else. Available June 27 2023.

Here's Scalzi's announcement for it.

Trike: A book collecting Iain M. Banks’ drawings for The Culture series will be published November 7th. I had no idea this was a thing he did. I love these behind-the-scenes worldbuilding books"

Jan: From LocusMag:

The 2022 Kitschies winners have been announced, the prize for “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic""

The Red Tentacle for the Best Novel went to "The Last Blade Priest" by W.P. Wiles and The Golden Tentacle for Best Debut Novel went to ""Our Wives Under the Sea"" by Julia Armfield."

terpkristin and Zomino : Felicia Day apparently has a new Audible Original coming out that is apparently like a comedic ode to fantasy. It’ll be narrated by Neil Gaiman. Guess I’ll be checking that out

Mer: The US Library of Congress announced the speakers at this year's National Book Festival in the District of Columbia. This year there's John Scalzi and the Umbrella Academy's Elliot Page with his memoir. All talks will be recorded and posted to the Library's digital collection for on-demand access

Tamahome: An article about Samuel Delaney in the New Yorker let slip this little tidbit " while Neil Gaiman, who is adapting Delany’s classic space adventure “Nova” (1968) as a series for Amazon"

BARE YOUR SWORD

"ohn (Taloni) So much Good News! We need a new name for good-news Tom.

Should it be:

* Gospel Tom (spreader of the Good News)

* Good Omens Tom: The Nice and Accurate Podcasteries of Thomas Merritt, Host.

Or....? Suggest below.

John (Nevets)

It's got Merritt!

And yes Tom would hate saying it, and Veronica would laugh/ groan a lot."

Best and worst club pick

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

KICK OFF

Planetfall by Emma Newman

Amazon link

FINAL WRAP UP

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Amazon link

Representation & Disability

Fist-icuffs!

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S&L Podcast - #464 - Awesome Bundle

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So much good news! Telltale Games is making a game based on The Expanse! Season 2 trailer for Good Omens!Humble Bundle has Mercedes Lackey books. And we think it should stop being humble and admit it's awesome! Plus we check in on Fourth Wing. Turns out more people like it than you think.

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Yakisoba

Veronica: Watermelon Cocktail

QUICK BURNS

Jan: Telltale Games is releasing an adventure game based on The Expanse by James SA Corey. The first episode will drop July 27th with further episodes being released every two weeks.

Spells: Good Omens S2 Trailer is out and it's adorable

RobertS: The Olympian Affair, the long-awaited follow-up to Jim Butcher's The Aeronaut's Windlass, releases November 7, 2023.

Mark: Jim Butcher has partnered with artist Tyler Walpole for limited-edition prints of each Dresden book, starting with Storm Front. Prints will be signed by both Jim and Tyler.

Kristy: This is specific to Australia, Aurealis Awards 2022 winners announced

Gristle McNerd: Humble Book Bundle: Mercedes Lackey: Valdemar and Beyond by DAW

Mark: The first Adrian Tchaikovsky story I read was "Precious Little Things" published at Tor.com. The short story was accompanied by artwork of a puppet commissioned by the publisher. Now the artist is putting the puppet up for sale.

Here's a link to the short story which is a prequel to a novella "Made Things" also published by Tor.com Both are good reads!

BARE YOUR SWORD

TRP:

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels there is a wizard called Ponder Stibbons who designs an Ant computer called Hex.

Hex was shown in the TV adaptation of the Hogfather (2006) and it sported the label ""Anthill Inside

Ruth:

On a non-fisting note, I would like to say that I have met Adrian Tchaikovsky at a few conventions and, while he looks kind of intimidating (especially when he’s wielding a sword) he’s actually a lovely guy. "

This article, by Adrian himself, has a picture of Adrian Tchaikovsky smiling. For Veronica whose observation about him always looking serious, made me laugh :-)

Thanks to Kevin S who bought a t-shirt from the store!

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Amazon link

What are we nomming for Fourth Wing?

FW: New/Young Adult Female-led Fantasy Bingo Card

ADDENDUMS

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You can also support the show by buying books through our links! Find links to the books we talk about and some of our favorites at swordandlaser.com/picks