S&L Video - #09 - Interview with John Scalzi and Assassin's Apprentice Kick-off!

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Here for your viewing pleasure are the two videos that, combined, compromise Episode 9 of the Sword and Laser! We interview the fantastic Mr. John Scalzi, and in our August book kick-off discuss one of Veronica's favorite picks, Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb!

S&L Podcast - #106 - Interview with Michael A. Stackpole

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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
 
Big GAME OF THRONES Season 3 news
 
CALENDAR
 
BOOK CHECK-IN
 
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
 
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 Podcast - #106 - Interview with Michael A. Stackpole

S&L Podcast - #105 - To Lem or not to Lem?

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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

QUICK BURNS
Release a deadly monster: a DRM-free ebook crowdfunding startup
Summer School for Geeks: 11 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
10 Great Science Fiction Novels with Go-Back-To-Bed Depressing Endings

BARE YOUR SWORD
Ben Bova defends science fiction; asteroid mining

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
GAME OF THRONES Season 3 news round-up

BOOK CHECK-IN
That Zany Belter Patois!
Why is the Nauvoo a generation ship?

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

ADDENDUMS
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S&L Podcast - #105 - To Lem or not to Lem?

Come meet Tom and Veronica at Comic-Con!

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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 Podcast - #104 - Live at Nerdtacular 2012

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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
 
QUICK BURNS

 

CALENDAR

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!
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 Podcast - #104 - Live at Nerdtacular 2012

S&L Video - #06 - George R. R. Martin Game of Thrones Special!

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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:

Three Hidden Keys Open Three Secret Gates

Audiobooks Times Three

THE OFFICIAL YEAR ZERO TRAILER

S&L Podcast - #103 - Interview with Seanan McGuire

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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

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S&L Podcast - #103 - Interview with Seanan McGuire

S&L Podcast - #102 - I, Dictator

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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
Nebula Award winners announced
Here Are the 1960s Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
9/22 - 23 2012 Philip K. Dick Festival 

BARE YOUR SWORD
Tigana > A Word of Encouragement To Early Would-be Lemmers
Thanks to Sean for setting up Listopias! Vote for your favorite books. 
SciFi Listopia
Fantasy Listopia
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES

BOOK CHECK-IN
July Book Poll 

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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S&L Podcast - #102 - I, Dictator

S&L Video - #05 - Interview with James S.A. Corey & our Tigana kick-off!

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S&L Podcast - #101 - Interview with Todd McCaffrey at BayCon 2012

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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!

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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

StarShipSofa Online Narrators Workshop

Nominate a Podcast

John W. Campbell Memorial Award Finalists 

Video Review by Dr. P:  

 

YouTube Direct Link: http://youtu.be/7FkioqeLtyg

S&L Podcast - #100 - We're Old!

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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

Parsec Awards 

CALENDAR

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

Hyperion by Dan Simmons 

Where do we stand on the June book?

Hyperion... LEMMED! 

Other Dan Simmons work 

2013 Hyperion Movie 

EMAIL

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

ADDENDUMS

NAME! THAT! DRAGON! 

Secret Identity 

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S&L Podcast - #100 - We're Old!