swordandlaser · #427 - Dead Family Trees

Congrats Murderbot! In congratulations, we will let you watch your dramas unbothered by human emotions. We wonder some about Chengdu. And we not only kick off our January pick, but wrap up our December one too!

Download directly here!

WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: St. Francis Anthem

Veronica: Apothic Red

QUICK BURNS

Mark: 2021 Murderbot Hugo Awards

Silvana: Complete list of 2021 Hugo Award, Astounding and Lodestar winners

Ruth: Chengdu, China has been selected as the host city for the 81st WorldCon in 2023

Jan: Goodreads has published their readers' most anticipated books of 2022. In the Science Fiction & Fantasy category we have.

And KristyH tipped us off to one from TOR

John: Last year I was introduced to the Book Riot reading log

BARE YOUR SWORD

Drake Tungsten

@turtleismytotem

Found 10 books on my @goodreads list via NPR's book section. Found 16 of my books via

@swordandlaser Book Club.

—-

Beth Mitcham

@MitchamBeth

AURORA RISING, Alastair Reynolds. I liked the mix of comfortable tropes (he mentors the unwanted gems of the service! evil AIs!) and Cool SF ideas (the Clockmaker, the Glitter band). I hope a future book features the pigmen.

@swordandlaser

—-

I learned about The StoryGraph from the host of another podcast

Justine (AuroraLee in all the places)"

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

QUICK KICK OFF

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Amazon link)

Book Briefing

WRAP UP

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

TIoOD: Would it be better if it was linear?

TIoOD: Audiobook