S&L Podcast - #420 - Spoopy Spoilers

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Lots of award winners to beef up your To Be Read lists, plus our assumptions about Murderbot, what makes a spoiler a spoiler, and we wrap up our final thoughts on Terra Nullius.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Rosé

Veronica: Rosé

QUICK BURNS

Ruth A book shortage is upon us!!

Trike: 26 New Science Fiction And Fantasy Books To Read This Fall

Jan: FIYAH magazine has announced this year's Ignyte Awards winners

Mark: A first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, uncut in original boards, sold at auction for USD 1,170,000 at Christie's. Could it be the S&L bump? ;-P

Terpkristin: Dragon Con 2021 is over, which means that the winners have been announced for their annual awards.

Seth: Sword and Laser pick Piranesi wins the 2021 Women's Prize for fiction

BARE YOUR SWORD

Jerry Perez @raging3vil
Oh dang! @swordandlaser

Tamahome @tamahome02000
@swordandlaser The new hit music video about the Murderbot sweeping the nation

Is There a Perfect Shape for Books?

Other Worlds You Love and/or Hate

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

NEXT MONTH

NOS4A2 by Joe HIll

WRAP UP

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

BIG SPOILER WARNING

Does anyone else prefer to go in totally cold?

TN: Wait, what? (Spoilers - do not read until at least chapter 10 if you don’t want to be spoiled (but still use tags y’all))

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

S&L Podcast - #419 - Trust Me, It's SciFi

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Tom and Veronica are jealous of those with Leviathan Falls ARCs, and wonder if a phobia ever affected your book enjoyment! Plus we kick-off Terra Nullius, and Tom reassures us that it IS SciFi.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Coke Zero Sugar

Veronica: Agua

QUICK BURNS

Mark: Leviathan Falls ARCs have been spotted in the wild!

Tamahome: Youtuber Media Death Cult did another video with Alastair Reynolds about the sf books that inspired him. Some more unusual picks:

Jan: The first trailer for Amazon's Wheel of Time series has been released

Jim: relevant to your interests, the companion score to the Dune art book just dropped

3 Random (Calvey) in Discord

Gristle McNerd in Discord: Humble is doing an audiobook bundle again. Some big name authors, and graphic audio does good work. They've got the full cast and the foley and things.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Feedback from the audienceHas your phobia ever affected your enjoyment of a story?

Used Books vs ebooks

Dr. Joe Sarsero, Ph.D. @JoeSarsero
Some historical background on the term “Terra Nullius” as it pertains to Australia.

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman

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/