S&L Podcast - #343 - Math Is Hard
/We’re very pleased that the Hugo Nominations are open and we’ll keep reminding you. Also we’re pleased to discuss pairing beer with novels and pleased to look over the new Philip K. Dick award nominees. We’re pleased to be reading Ninefox Gambit too, even if it makes our brain hurt.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Veronica: Ballast Point Sculpin
QUICK BURNS
Dara: SFWA Announces Newest Damon Knight Grand Master – William Gibson
Dara: Hugo nominations are now open
Dara: Medieval book historian Erik Kwakkel writes about "Siamese twin" books on his blog, including one that opens 6 different ways. They're almost like the Frankenstein's monsters of books but serve a cool function.
"They are like Siamese twins in that they present two different entities joint at their backs: each part has one board for itself, while a third is shared between the two. Their contents show why this was done: you will often find two complementary devotional works in them, such as a prayerbook and a Psalter, or the Bible’s Old and New Testament. Reading the one text you can flip the 'book' to consult the other."
He also says, "In the 20th century this type of binding enjoyed a revival with the Double Ace books, which featured two short science fiction stories." The post has some pretty cool images of the books.
Conal: Dennis E. Taylor announces Bobiverse sequel to be duology -"this means that I’m now back to writing the next Bobiverse book(s), working title “The Search for Bender.” I say book(s) because it looks like it’s going to be a duology. And spoiler alert — the end of book one will be a cliff-hanger,"
Mark: We need more lists like this. Granted, it's a short list, but two of the five books are S+L picks, and there's beer!
Speculative Fiction on Tap: Winter Books, Winter Beer
Dara: The nominees for the Philip K. Dick award were announced. Via Tor, "The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year."
BARE YOUR SWORDDave Barrett: Review of Animal in Man by Joseph Asphhani
Help me find a Sci-fi slice-of-life story, please
Veronica has been reading comics! She has read Sage Vol. 1+2, Wicked + Devine Vol 1, reading Bitch Planet, and download Locke and Key and Shuri Vol 1
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
NG: I have no concept of any of this
From the thread via David: Yoonh Ha Lee has aphantasia; he can't visualize things.
We're changing our tiers! If you're at a tier right now don't worry this doesn't affect you BUT for new people The entry level tier will be $2 now AND include the monthly book briefing. . That change will happen before the end of the month!
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