S&L Podcast - #411 - Is Murderbot Art's Murderboo?

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The final book of the expanse has been handed in for publication. Feelings of joy and sadness hit Tom. Plus, did Murderbot convert Robb Dunewood into a SciFi fan. Find out!

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Diet 7-up

Robb: Benner Tea Co. Diet Mango Tea

QUICK BURNS

Richard: Fugitive Telemetry has made Martha Wells a New York Times best seller again. It debuted at 14 in the hardcover fiction best seller list and number 4 in the combined print and e-book list.

Mark: The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the 2021 Aurora Awards nominees for works done in 2020 by Canadians, to be voted on by CSFFA members and handed out Oct 16, 2021 at Can-Con.

Alex: The Longlist for the African Speculative Fiction Society’s 2021 Nommo Awards has been announced.

Mark: Punctuation in novels by Adam J Calhoun

Roberator: The final book of the Expanse is complete!

Ruth: Tor dot com have just released a free sampler of their 2021 debut novels

BARE YOUR SWORD

Leesa: re: ""what are we drinking "" I also really like Curious Elixer drinks. #4 (like an Aperol spritz) is my favorite.

PuzzleBound: Something I'm just discovering is the combination of graphic novels from Libby + Kindle app on a tablet. Reading Saga on my nice Galaxy Tab screen I appreciate the incredible artwork even more. And the Kindle app does a surprisingly good job navigating and zooming between cells and pages. I haven't delved much into graphic novels before. It might be time to change that."

Cham1nade: Listening to Robb Dunewood on the latest podcast be happy about discovering scifi he likes is making quite happy, too!

I’m super excited for Veronica to be back, but I’ve loved the guest hosts so much!

Back to Robb Dunewood... I don’t often get to hear the perspective of someone just discovering a genre they hadn’t tried much before. Seeing books through new eyes is so engaging"

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

NEXT BOOK: Veronica is picking it. We'll announce it later this week on Patreon and in Goodreads

WRAP UP

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries)

Seems to have been a hit: @violinknitter: So I should be doing many productive things today. What I *am* doing is devouring Martha Wells’ NETWORK EFFECT for the @swordandlaser bookclub

Chris: When I first encountered the Murderbot series, it was in print. While reading, I kept thinking of Murderbot as female. I'd assumed because the author is female.

Leesa: Kevin R. Free is so good at narrating these stories. I can even tell when Murderbot is saying something parenthetically. My husband and I both laugh out loud a lot.

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