S&L Podcast - #372 - Hmmm... hmmm.
/We’ve got Hugo nominations open! And a new Heinlein novel. I mean “new” to everybody but him, we guess. Plus, we kick off In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Chamisul Soju
Veronica: 2 month old Yellow Tail Chardonnay
QUICK BURNS
terpkristin: Hugo nominations are open. I created a thread, but here's the key info: "The deadline for nominations is 13 March 2020 at 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time (2:59 am Eastern Daylight Time, 06:59 Irish time, and 8:59 pm 14 March 2020 New Zealand time). Although members of Dublin 2019 can nominate, only members of CoNZealand will be eligible to vote on the final ballot and choose the winners of the 2020 Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Awards and the 1945 Retro Hugo Awards."
Jan: I don't know if this is something for the Quick Burns, but I found this story - that's more about the business side of being an author - quite interesting...
Soooo, Andy Weir revealed in a refreshingly open and honest post on Faceboook that since January 1, 2020 the available audiobook for The Martian isn't read by R.C. Bray anymore but Wil Wheaton. The reason is that the old contract with the previous publisher Podium Publishing expired and Audible made a better offer for the audiobook rights, so Andy sold the rights to them. And Audible and Podium sadly didn't reach an agreement on the price of the existing recording, so Audible re-recorded it with Wil. So sadly the old version seems to have vanished, but we do have a new one that's hopefully just as good! (Although I still seem to be able to listen to the old version in my Audible library)
Tamahome: Locke & Key Netflix trailer!
John (Taloni) Two new book releases:
* Invisible Library series book 6, "The Secret Chapter," by Genevieve Cogman.
* Wayward Children Series Book 5, Come Tumbling Down, by Seanan McGuire
TRP: Over several weeks last summer I would cycle home through Trinity Church Square in Southwark, noticing that they were filming something set in the 19th Century.I just discovered that this was filming for the upcoming Joss Whedon TV series The Nevers It is about a group of Victorian women in London with special powers.
Jan: Hulu has ordered an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti Series. The adaptation will be co-written by Okorafor herself alongside Stacy Osei-Kuffour from the Watchmen series.
Jan: The 2020 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced.
Louie: There is a "new" Robert A. Heinlein novel coming out, March 24, 2020.
The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes
BARE YOUR SWORD
@swordandlaser Happy New Year. Thank you for another year of Lord & Swasery Goodness.
From Rob: Here's the final summary from the S&L World Builders group:
We had a total of 26 people who donated via our team, 4 anonymously.
We totaled $4,263.10 in member donations, plus another $1,212.60 in matching donations for a grand total of $5,475.70!
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
