S&L Podcast - #473 - Dewey Decimated

Veronica's state of K-wires, the most highly-rated books in the world, we kick off our read of The Library of Mount Char, and wrap up China Mountain Zhang.

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Three-cheese frittata

Veronica: Switched to red box wine from rosé for winter!

QUICK BURNS

Jan: WordFinderX has an interesting article about the best rated books for each country on Goodreads.

Tamahøme: Kindle mobi support ending in November but not epub.

John Taloni —

Dennis E. Taylor tweets:

I am authorized to make the following statement:

"The Bobiverse Series has been optioned to Lord Miller Prods/Universal."

Also: Woo hoo!"

Scott - Hugh Howey's OTHER upcoming series has a new home

BARE YOUR SWORD

terpkristin: In weird parallelism, many years ago I broke the 5th metacarpal of my dominant hand and had two K-wires in it for a good bit. But I apparently pulled one of the K-wires out on my own because when they went to pull both out, they found one wasn't there anymore. Oops! I hope your hand heals well, V! And your foot! (I also had ankle surgery 3.5 months ago and am still kind of hobbly).

Sean Lookielook Sandulak: Does this make me Felicia's agent or a Sword and Laser producer?

"Please do more author interviews. The episode with Felicia Day was AWESOME! One of my favorite episodes! Or just have more of your podcast friends on.

Your patron (which means you have to do it =P)

-Andrew"

CoyoteBrown: libraries don’t need to let you take the book home to be considered a library.

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

KICK OFF

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

- Amazon Link

WRAP UP

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh

Amazon

CMZ: 1992 called and wants your International Relations Book Back

CMZ: waiting for that sun over the horizon

S&L Podcast - #471 - PSL: Pumpkin Sword and Laser

Guess what? The new Bobiverse is coming, and we would love to have your emails! Plus, we've got some super cool thoughts (no spoilers, promise) on China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh. But you don't have to take my blurb for it!

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Braised pork, black beans and potato over brown rice

Veronica: PSL

QUICK BURNS

Decado: George R. R. Martin joined the Authors Guild suit against OpenAI for using copyrighted works in training algorithms.

John (Taloni) Gail Carriger has announced that Dome 6, the concluding book in the Tinkered Starsong trilogy, will be out October 1.

Ruth: The British Fantasy Awards have been announced at a star-studded ceremony in Britain’s second city, Birmingham!

Jan: Tor.com has released their summer short fiction bundle

Christos: Audible is working on a Buffy audio drama with most of the cast returning taking place 10 years after finale.

Oaken: On why you shouldn't bother reading the blurbs on books when making your selection

Trike: Dennis E. Taylor announced he’s finished the final edits on Bobiverse book 5, to be titled Not Till We Are Lost

Mark & kenley: Vexing mystery solved: The illustrator for the Dell paperback edition of A Wrinkle in Time has been found!

Liqorice & Spells: Aussie girl experiences spontaneous cranial explosion at the news of a S&L wiki.

BARE YOUR SWORD

EMAIL US feedback@swordandlaser.com

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh

Amazon

What are we nomming in a China-dominated Communinist America?

Is it a dystopia? Cautionary tale? Be careful what you wish for?