S&L Podcast - #417 - Bong!

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We've got Dragon Award finalists, a Kickstarter roundup for small publishers, and Tom buys new bookends. Plus, our non-spoiler thoughts on The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry.

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Tom has a new book out: Project VERA by Tom Merritt

QUICK BURNS

John (Taloni) Gail Carriger's latest book, "Ambush or Adore"" is now ready for pre-order with an expected release date of October 1.

Mark: Here Are the 2021 Dragon Award Finalists

Mark: Nuns in Space are back Feb 2022!

Silvana: Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Will Debut in September 2022

Chris: Wheel of Time’s Producer Wants to Adapt Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe Next

Kickstarter roundup!

Ruth: Apex Magazine, for which yours truly is a slush reader, is running a Kickstarter for next year

Jan: Uncanny Magazine has launched their new Kickstarter campaign to support ""Uncanny Magazine Year 8: Fly to the Future, Space Unicorns!"

Jan: Tor.com has announced new additions to Tamsyn Muir’s The Locked Tomb trilogy series (Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth):

Mark: Dune bookends show off Denis Villeneuve’s take on the sandworm


BARE YOUR SWORD

Beth Mitcham aka @mitchambeth is back with another Twitter review!

CONSIDER PHLEBAS, Iain M. Banks. Anti-hero questions -- is it better to murder and betray people to save your own life or because you are serving an ideal? Does your answer change if you succeed? If you fail? PS. Not for lunchtime reading. @swordandlaser

Drake Tungsten's archive listen continues

Episode 325 takes a hard left turn at 21:15: - Veronica: Tentacle sex. I'm kinda into that. - Tom: Is that the whiskey talking? - Veronica: No. You haven't read 'Cthulhurotica'? [A discussion follows on the definition of hentai and traveling to Japan.]

Tamahome: Veronica has a Kaki King kind of handsomeness:

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"pmgordon said in Discord ""I'm thinking of getting a Kobo. I've heard pretty good reviews.""

and amendis replied:

I ordered one after hearing an interview with the head of Kobo on he Reading Glasses podcast. He's really passionate about what he does and it reminded me to be more thoughtful about where I get stuff.

Currently in the middle of Chapter 8 of the audiobook - love the language (and the narrator is excellent.) I agree with @Brent - I'm having a great time with it and will probably incorporate some of the vocab (daintitudinous) into my everyday lexicon."

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BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner.

PumpkinStew with some first impressions

Medieval/Renaissance Fantasy vs Victorian Fantasy

Class Structure and Romance

ADDENDUMS

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