S&L Podcast - #229 - Taylor Swift is a Fremen
/We wrap up A Canticle for Leibowitz and explore all its science and religion feels. Also we welcome a new Expanse series cover, a new Gaiman baby and we discover why Taylor Swift IS the Kwisatz Haderach.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Water
Veronica: Vitamin B12
QUICK BURNS
Shelfie Is Shazam For Your Bookshelf
SporadicReviews.com Next Expanse novel "Babylon's Ashes" cover-reveal! June 2016 is too far away!
Rob Secundus: Maybe not worthy of a segment, but alt-country/rock singer Ryan Adams just released a cover album of noted pop star and possible escapee from the realm of the fey Taylor Swift's 1989. Why does Adams think the T-Swiz is so succesful? Well, she's just like the Kwisatz Haderach!
Ryan Adams said, “There’s that special, very interesting ingredient where you hear a skeleton of the song, just the bones, and her voice, and you go, 'Well, of course, this person plays to 60,000 people.’ It’s like at the end of Dune, with Paul Atreides riding the Sandworm, and his eyes are all blue from the spice mélange. That’s totally how I see Taylor.”
Andy: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer welcomed their child Anthony Gaiman on September 16th!
terpkristin: So long, Oyster! The "Netflix of ebooks" is shutting down, and most of the team is apparently going to join Google. The co-founders were definitely hired by Google, but it seems that a bunch of the staff may have been, too. Will be interesting to see what Google does with this...if anything.
terpkristin: Storybundle.com is doing a bundle of 11 books that were finalists or winners of the Philip K. Dick Award (honoring distinguished science fiction). It will be going on for the next 22 days, or until about mid-October.
Warren: Scientists have for the first time confirmed liquid water flowing on the surface of present-day Mars.
BARE YOUR SWORD
Hello!
I do my own podcast about games, gaming etc, recently there's been a metallic twang to the far end when recording our sessions via skype.
The sound in your podcasts is always superior. If its not terribly intrusive could you tell me what software you use to teleconference and record.
Thanks in advance.
Brian
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Ok, I'm sorry for this kinda silly question. My wife and I have noticed that a few recent SF/Fantasy novels have been using the word "sussurrus" and its other forms quite a lot. Rothfuss, Tregillis, Scalzi, and Graedon for example. We always tell each other when we encounter the word in a book or story and say "Gotcha, page XX!"
Is there some kind of inside joke being shared among the author community, or a ritual use of the word, maybe an homage to someone?
I hope bringing this up doesn't squelch or make anyone self censor, not our intention. Just chasing a silly phantom.
Thanks for your great site and podcasts!
Mike
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Next month: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Quiz to tell you who you are in Baru's world
How Evil SFF Empires Create Ideal Citizens
Wrap-up
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Rachel [Spoilers]
ACFL: What to make of the crazy ending?
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