S&L Podcast - #448 - The Reverse Heisenberg

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Veronica is very concerned about the Witcher news. Also on this episode: we have some prize winners to increase your to-read list. We pick a tentative fan name for y'all. We kick off our November read, Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, AND our final thoughts on The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. Also, Veronica might have Crow-vid.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Water
Veronica: Michters

QUICK BURNS

Mal: Liam Hemsworth will take over from Henry Cavill as Geralt in Season 4 of the Witcher on Netflix

Jan: The 2021 Kitschies, the tentacle themed award honoring “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic,” have been announced

Mark: The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction was announced yesterday evening.

Stubble: On Nov 8th, TOR Books is releasing "Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan" by Michael Livingston with a foreword by Harriet McDougal (Jordan's widow).

Iain: Ann Leckie has a new book coming next year set in the world of the Imperial Radch. Straight on the must read pile.

Paul: The winner of the Arthur C Clarke award has been announced!

Mark: Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

BARE YOUR SWORD

Tamahome: I posted these blogger self published fantasy and scifi awards in discord. More acronyms for you.
(SPFBO) (fantasy, run by Mark Lawrence)(started 2015)
(SPSFC) (science fiction, run by Hugh Howey) (it just started last year)

What to call Sword and Laser fans

Kev: "Drones and Familiars"?

Trike: Swazers.

Tassie Dave: Minions

David C: Armorers

Eileen: Shield [[Backronyms: Cham1nade: Shelf Heaps Increasing Every Literal Day -- or Stuffing earHoles wIth Excellent Literary Discursions]] — Tamahome: - Sword Holding Infidels Extra Laser Dudes

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

KICK OFF

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Amazon link

Book briefing

WRAP UP

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Amazon Link

ADDENDUMS

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