S&L Video - #8B - 'Leviathan Wakes' Wrap-up
/It's our end of month book club wrap-up. We tell you our thoughts on Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, look at what you were saying about it on Goodreads and announce our book pick for August!
S&L Podcast - #106 - Interview with Michael A. Stackpole
/Veronica's on a beach in Hawaii but found a TARDIS or something, so we have an incredibly confusing discussion about ethics, and then an incredibly awesome discussion with author Michael Stackpole. Join us, won't you?
QUICK BURNS
BOOK CHECK-IN
EMAIL
You are Spot On - It's impossible to carry enough fuel (in the fusion reactor, this fuel is in the form of fuseable pellets) to power a generation ship for hundreds of years at full thrust.
The Nauvoo's mid section is actually an enormous drum that creates spin gravity after the initial acceleration. This becomes an important plot point in book 3.
- Ty Franck
INTERVIEW
Best known for his Star Wars and Battletech books.
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S&L Video - #08 - Interview with Daniel Suarez
/Author Daniel Suarez joins us to discuss Kill Decision, daemons, and whether he's sent unmanned drones to annihilate us or not!
S&L Podcast - #105 - To Lem or not to Lem?
/We kick off Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, debate Terry Goodkind's response to book pirates, and discuss what makes for good and kind book discussion. See what I did there? Goodkind. Good... Kind... just listen.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Water
Veronica: Absinthe
Why is the Nauvoo a generation ship?
WHAT ARE WE READING
WHAT ARE WE READING
Veronica: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James
Tom: Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons and The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
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ADDENDUMS
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Come meet Tom and Veronica at Comic-Con!
/Hey all, we're a comin' to San Diego for Comic-Con, and we know a few of you are too, so why not come out and say hey. We might give you a t-shirt, and we're certain to give you a bookmark, a smile and a hearty hello!
Here's where we'll be in San Diego and when:
THURSDAY July 12 (all times Pacific)
3 PM Sword and Laser meet and greet at Belo, 919 4th Avenue, San Diego.
9 PM Geek and Sundry Disco Dance Party, also at Belo. (More details on all Geek and Sundry events!)
FRIDAY July 13 (all Times, spooooky , also, still Pacific)
1 PM Sword and Laser Q&A at the YouTube stage. 325 7th Avenue, San Diego. Come ask us things!
S&L Video - #07 - Interview with Rob Reid & our Leviathan Wakes kick-off!
/As you can see, we have a fancy new format for the video show! This way, we can devote more time to the book club portion, and those who can't (or don't want to) follow along with the book pick can get right to the meat of our interviews and quick burns! We hope you enjoy it!
S&L Video - George R.R. Martin - Bonus interview!
/We felt a little bad keeping him from writing the final books, but we had more questions! Check out the full interviews here.
Video link: http://youtu.be/VEegFASVTLs
S&L Podcast - #104 - Live at Nerdtacular 2012
/We do the show in front of a live audience at Nerdtacular 2012 in Salt Lake City! Live singing of the Reading Rainbow theme, a house motto contest and questions from the audience ensue.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Wasatch 1st Ammendment Lager
Wasatch 1st Ammendment Lager
QUICK BURNS
BARE YOUR SWORD
To Unlem
Regarding Book Discussion
BOOK STUFF
July book poll is done! Leviathan Wakes is our July pick.
EMAIL
Hey Veronica and Tom!
Hey Veronica and Tom!
I just posted this in the ""What Else Are You Reading?"" forum and wanted to make sure you saw it since I know you like supporting cool Kickstarter projects. This one is a ""techno epic/spiritual fiction"" graphic novel created by Wired magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly with several talented writers and artists and they've already completed the free-to-read book one and are looking for funding for book two.
Here's the post in GoodReads: The Silver Cord - free graphic novel
Here's the Kickstarter page: The Silver Cord -- A Techno-Epic Graphic Novel
I love the show and would love hearing about this in a future episode!
Thanks,
Dan
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S&L Video - #06 - George R. R. Martin Game of Thrones Special!
/Our Game of Thrones spectaular is here! We interview author George R.R. Martin and ask many of your questions, and we also talk philosophy with Henry Jacoby (Game of Thrones and Philosophy: Logic Cuts Deeper Than Swords). We drink blue wine while wrapping up Tigana, and much more!
Show Notes:
S&L Podcast - #103 - Interview with Seanan McGuire
/Ha! Didn't think you were getting an audio podcast this week did you? Well, we had a chance to interview Seanan McGuire, who also writes as Mira Grant, and we jumped at the opportunity to talk about zombies, SFSqueecast and Low Men in Yellow Coats. We think you'll like hearing about it too.
Interview!
Thanks everyone for your questions!
Seanan Maguire, AKA Mira Grant
Addendums
This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
S&L Video - James S.A. Corey - Bonus interview
/Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (a.k.a. James S.A. Corey) chat with us about Leviathan Wakes!
S&L Podcast - #102 - I, Dictator
/It's a roller-coaster ride of emotions this week, as we say goodbye to one of science fiction's greatest writers, revel in swordfighting, and declare Veronica all-powerful. But there's also voting for the July book pick. Don't let all that democracy go to your head though.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Veronica: Charles Shaw Shiraz
QUICK BURNS
9/22 - 23 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival
BARE YOUR SWORD
Tigana > Brandin vs Alberico First impression
Thanks to Sean for setting up Listopias! Vote for your favorite books.
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
BOOK CHECK-IN
EMAIL
Hello Tom and Veronica,
In your last episode you mentioned that you noticed that fantasy seems to be more popular in later years than scifi, after which veronica immediately dissmissed the notion and attributed it to the popularity of game of thrones. It is not true, although game of thrones is extremely popular it's popularity is a simptom and not a cause.
It is a well known fact that scifi had been slowing down as a ganre for 30 years, and in the same time the fantasy ganre had been on the rise, and it seems that during the last decade these trends had became more prominent.
Love your show,
Shaul from Israel.
Keeping a candle in the window for scifi.
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ADDENDUMS
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S&L Video - #05 - Interview with James S.A. Corey & our Tigana kick-off!
/The duo behind Leviathan Wakes, Ty Franck and Danial Abraham (as James S.A. Corey) chat with us, and we kick off our June pick! Plus, you finally guess the name of the dragon!
Learn more about our guest and book pick!
James SA Corey
Daniel Abraham on Twitter
Leviathan Wakes
Tigana
Show Notes:
https://twitter.com/#%21/NYerFiction
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/05/jennifer-egan-black-box.html
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120522-barcode-everyone-at-birth
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/05/journey-to-planet-joco-qredshirtq
http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2012/06/size-of-westeros-compared-to-usa.html
http://www.richardkmorgan.com/news/842/quest-fellow-blues/
Video Review by Dr. P: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfZf2GeKWA
Link to full episode on YouTube: http://youtu.be/RTaPWYuuZlM?hd=1
S&L Video - Ernest Cline - Bonus interview
/Author and screenwriter Ernie Cline (Ready Player One) sticks around for a few more questions from the audience in our bonus video!
S&L Podcast - #101 - Interview with Todd McCaffrey at BayCon 2012
/We set out to interview author Todd McCaffrey at BayCon 2012, but it ended up turning into a wonderful conversation about dragons, bacteria, space travel, and big ideas. Veronica also gets very flustered when asked to describe an "Anne McCaffrey dragon."
S&L Podcast - #101 - Interview with Todd McCaffrey at BayCon 2012
S&L Video - #04 - Interview with Ernest Cline & our Hyperion wrap-up!
/Author and screenwriter Ernest Cline joins us today to talk about Ready Player One, and we wrap up our May pick, Hyperion!
Learn more about our guest and book pick!
Ernest Cline: http://www.ernestcline.com/
Ernie on Twitter: twitter.com/erniecline
Ready Player One: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one
Hyperion: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion
Show Notes:
SCOTT LYNCH - THE BASTARDS AND THE KNIVES TO BE PUBLISHED, SUMMARY AND COVER ART REVEALED
John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists
Video Review by Dr. P:
YouTube Direct Link: http://youtu.be/7FkioqeLtyg
S&L Video - Neal Stephenson & The Mongoliad authors
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Tom and Veronica sat down with 6 of the 7 authors of the Mongoliad, including Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, E.D deBirmingham, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson, and Mark Teppo.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_pkRAEPGOs
S&L Video - Lev Grossman - Bonus interview
/We've used our remedial magic to convince The Magicians author to stick around for a few more questions!
S&L Podcast - #100 - We're Old!
/It's our 100th episode and we're having a party. But some of you are not having a party with our book pick. Well, you can just Farcast out of here! Kidding! It's OK if you Lem it. Borges tells you why.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Maker's Mark
Veronica: Cupcake Vineyards Red Velvet
100 Episodes! Here's what we used to sound like.
QUICK BURNS
Finally, Harry Potter Is Touching Down on Amazon’s Kindle
Brush up on your Game of Thrones history with these animated shorts
Fantasy Novels That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
Jack Williamson on what the future meant in the era of scientifiction
A New Translation of The One Russian Science Fiction Novel You Absolutely Must Read
BARE YOUR SWORD
Penny Arcade on China Mieville
How do you take your audiobooks?
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Fox, Ridley Scott nab film rights to self-published sci-fi series
BOOK CHECK-IN
Where do we stand on the June book?
Hey Tom & Veronica!
I just found out about you guys, and Geek & Sundry, in general. I'm super stoked: to hear Gaimen and Dick being thrown out there brings warm fuzzies to my book-lovin' heart. I enjoy what (be it your personality and literary smarts) and who (the authors!) your bring to the table. Can't wait for the next installment.
As for a dragon name, how about "Gelf"?
A gelf can be a elven creature (sword); a genetically enhanced life form (laser); or can be anything you want it to be (in our line of business, imagination is everything). See Urban Dictionary for more details. A-a-a-nd, for bonus points, it was a Gelfling that merged the Skexis and urRu into one awesome whole- just like you guys have have brought the sword and laser communities together and the yet-to-be-named dragon seems to be half traditional dragon and half... MechaGodzilla. =)
Anyway, you rock.
Sincerely,
Aaron
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