S&L Podcast - #394 - Speaking of Books

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A couple of great series becoming books and video games. A couple of great folks sadly passed away. And our final thoughts on Ten Thousand Doors of January, and our FIRST thoughts on the October Pick, Finder.

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QUICK BURNS

Jan: Tor.com reports that Netflix is planning to adapt Rick Riordan’s The Red Pyramid

Louie: Title and cover reveal for The Expanse Book 9!

AndrewP: Author Terry Goodkind has passed away at the age of 72

Rush: Stanislaw Lem's sci-fi novel, "The Invincible" is being made into a video game.

Trike: Artist Ron Cobb has passed away at 83.

Mer: US Library of Congress' National Book Festival is September 25-27

BARE YOUR SWORD

@MitchamBeth
ELYSIUM, Jennifer Brissert. A seashell of a book, spiralling around a core story. A hermit crab that tries on different styles until it finds a fitting home. Do exterior details matter, or only the inner truths? Also, good use of grep. @swordandlaser "

@MitchamBeth
It's a great feeling to realize you already read the book club pick. It's like finding a $20 bill in your library book. Now I can go back to work on finishing BLACK LEOPARD.


@MitchamBeth
THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY, Alix E. Harrow. The story of an unbreakable love, a love that transcends death and universes. I refer, of course, to the bond between January and Bad. I mean, some other characters may like each other too. #HugoAwards

@tamahome02000
@swordandlaser The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt: Easy to read space opera. Some funny quips. At the end of each chapter, there was some kind of hook to read on. Many female characters. And some romance. I forget why one of the characters had a plural pronoun. There's funny aliens.

@turtleismytotem
@swordandlaser Listening to episode 98 and heard how Veronica would donate her ""Star Trek"" paperbacks to the library.
I still do that, but haven't recently. It seems like the publishers are winding down a lot of those books.

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Announce for October
Finder by Suzanne Palmer

Final Thoughts on
Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

How'd you like the ending?
Sequel?

ADDENDUMS

Our show is currently entirely funded by our patrons. Thank you to all the folks who back our show and if you would like to support the show that way head to patreon.com/swordandlaser

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

S&L Podcast - #393 - Three-Body No Problem

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Dune! Dune looks so good! Yay Dune! Save us! Help us escape! Actually, we’re pretty good on that front as Ten Thousand Doors of January is helping us all escape. And we’re also pretty bulllish on the team putting together a TV adaptation of Three-Body problem for Netflix. EVERYTHING IS GREAT!

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QUICK BURNS

Conal: The initial trailer for the new Dune movie was released.

Mark: Dragon Award winners announced.

Jan: Netflix has announced that they will adapt Liu Cixin’s Hugo-award winning novel and Sword and Laser pick The Three-Body Problem as a tv series

Richard: Nos4a2 canceled. Altered Carbon canceled

Jenny: Kate Hope Day revealed the cover and description of her next novel coming March 2021 from Random House.

Sheila Jean: Michael J Sullivan is looking for potential beta readers WHO HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY READ HIS WORK.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Joseph
Forgive me if this has already been mentioned elsewhere, but another reason Enola Holmes falls into your remit: It's based on a series of books (The Case of the Missing Marquess being the first) by SFF author Nancy Springer, although I haven't seen her name mentioned more than once or twice in connection with the series

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Harold Combs @DevHarryC
@swordandlaser @AlixEHarrow
Tom: Berea, Kentucky.
it’s Buh-REE’-uh. :)
But it’s okay. It’s the most laid back little town, full of artists and writers. You’d like it.

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Hi,

Saw that the Folio Society has released the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobbs in nice box set with slip case, just in time for its 25th anniversary. If memory services Veronica is a big Robin Hobbs fan, here is the link!

Best,
David


BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Escapism at it's finest

Locke is such a good character

Precisely how I feel about a new (physical) book


ADDENDUMS

Our show is currently entirely funded by our patrons. Thank you to all the folks who back our show and if you would like to support the show that way head to patreon.com/swordandlaser

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