S&L Podcast - #496 - Leminal Space
/Sad news followed by recommendations from Parade Magazine! And The Booker Short List. Plus, do you hate it when a series isn't continuing the story directly? And we check in on our September read of Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh.
WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?
Tom: A cheeseburger from a movie theater
Veronica: Canadian House of Pizza and Garbage
QUICK BURNS - add time stamp
Any news or announcements
Seth and others:
Disney has officially announced the Graveyard Book adaptation is “paused.”
Netflix has announced Dead Boy Detectives, based on a comic series by Neil Gaiman, will not be getting a second season.
Good Omens Season 3 is also paused.
Five women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman, and there is a police investigation in New Zealand.
Gaiman denies the allegations.
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The Guardian article
Tamahome: The Booker shortlist is out. At least there's one with astronauts:
Orbital
Six astronauts rotate in the International Space Station. They are there to do vital work, but slowly they begin to wonder: what is life without Earth? What is Earth without humanity?
By Samantha Harvey
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Mark: Adrian Tchaikovsky has written the screenplay adapting a novella, The Inquest of Pilot Pirx, by Stanislaw Lem.
The English-language film tells the story of Commander Pirx, who leads a small crew of half androids and half humans on a rescue mission into space. None of them know which is which, and Pirx’s secret task is to figure out whether the androids are truly superior to humans. Events turn dangerous when the mission is disrupted by an unknown saboteur.
Is it time to read another book by Mr. Lem?
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Seth: Parade Magazine (I didn't know they cared) delivers a list of the best SFF books of the year so far.
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BARE YOUR SWORD
Feedback from the audience
tilltab — 09/16/2024 2:14 PM:
“I’m just catching up on the podcast, and listening to Wheel of Thyme, and although I know I’m in the wrong here, I still can’t help wincing at Veronica singing 'teenage mutant NINJA turtles,' because in the UK, they decided that 'ninja' wasn’t good for kids, and they were called 'teenage mutant HERO turtles,' and that included a change to the theme song. 'Hero turtles' is what I grew up with, and even though I KNOW 'ninja' is the accurate and correct word to use there, it still sounds so wrong to me! 'Heroes' just fits better! I can’t help thinking that!”
Loosely-Connected Series vs. Shared Universe
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Bookshop link
Amazon link
SDG: Brainwashed
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SDG: Emily Tesh Interviews
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