S&L Podcast - #398 - Stand for the Strain at the Strand

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It's Veronica's last episode before her maternity leave! OH MY. And we have some fun, including wrapping up our thoughts on Howl's Moving Castle.

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QUICK BURNS

Tamahome: LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special | Official Trailer | Disney+

Jan: Narrativa, the production company of the Terry Pratchett estate has announced that Sky is adapting the Discworld novel "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents"

Mark: If you'd like to read quotes from Martha Wells' MurderBot diaries in your Twitter feed, follow MurderBotBot

Trike: Ted Chiang on AI and suchlike

Richard: Well, it appears the production of Netflix the Witcher is on hold again due to covid.

Richard: Terry Brooks finished his Shannara series last month.

Richard (different one): The SFF reviews and blogs site Fantasy Faction will be posting a series called 'Christmas Presents' on site in December.

Richard: The last of Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions anthologies may finally be published

Tamahome: J Michael also has a mainstream book called "Together We Will Go" coming out next July 6th

On Amazon

Tamahome: The Stand trailer on CBS streaming was out. It comes out Dec 17th

BARE YOUR SWORD

"@joesherry Replying to @Hugo_Book_Club re: Bobiverse I know Tom and Veronica at @swordandlaser are big fans."

@JohnTaloni When we read the first Bobiverse book as a monthly pick, I tossed off a little filk and someone actually recorded it! At the link. About a minute long.

Cameron McCrorie (Meat Popsicle) @McCrorieBooks Hey @Veronica I'm way behind on @swordandlaser (ep 342) did you ever get round to reading any comic books? :smile::smile:"

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Book briefing

HMC: I didn't see that coming ...

HMC: What if it's Jane Austen?

HMC: differences with the movie

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