S&L Podcast - #292 - Cozy Space Opera
/We've got more of Game of Thrones TV coming, the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees, and our thoughts on why The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is the opposite of epic in the best way possible.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Orange Juice with Mango
Veronica: Robert Hall 2015 Rose de Robles
QUICK BURNS
Silvana: Another TV series we can wait for: The Black Company
Danielle: Don't know if anyone has posted about this yet or not, but Persepolis Rising, book 7 of the Expanse has a release date of Dec 5, 2017 per Amazon. Just in time for Christmas. ^.^
David: The ceremony for the Parsec Awards for podcasts has been hosted by Dragon Con for a decade, but the organizers recently announced plans to begin holding a livestreamed virtual ceremony instead sometime in November (date TBA).
David: The Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees have been announced. The Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel published in the UK (judged by a panel).
Nokomis.FL: HBO has signed on four writers to begin development of four different Game of Thrones spinoffs.
Conal and Nokomis.FL: Here’s What Andy Weir’s New Book ARTEMIS is All About (United States and Canada on November 14, 2017. )
BARE YOUR SWORD
What are the coolest and most powerful handheld weapons in sci-fi and fantasy
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
The Long Way to a A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
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