S&L Podcast - #238 - W.E.B. Dubois' 1908 GoT Reference

A newly-discovered short story from W.E.B. Dubois called “The Princess Steel” seems to anticipate elements of Game of Thrones and Doctor Who. Plus, we kick off the book with the talking horses!  

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?    
Tom: Sam Adams Winter Lager
Veronica: Leftover Red Wine from Thanksgiving that I got at  Whole Foods for $10    
    
QUICK BURNS
    
We May Have Just Found W.E.B. Du Bois' Earliest Science Fiction Story (1908 story called The Princess Steel) 
    
HobbitfromPA: Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars Is Coming to TV    
    
READ: Kim Stanley Robinson's first standalone story in 25 years! / Boing Boing    
    
Tamahome: "The Mountain" from Games of Thrones sets new keg tossing record, as he would.    
    
Andrew: Pierce Brown has won the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Science Fiction Book of 2015 - huzzah!    

Goodreads choice award winners    
    
Walter: Opening in select IMAX theaters and on Netflix on February 26, the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny.  
      
Sword and Laser Inkshares Contest    
    
BARE YOUR SWORD
    
Stand-Alone Fantasy Novels    

Getting to “The End.” Standalone Fantasy Books That Came Out in 2015   
    
Steampunk - Recommendations?    
    
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION    
    
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey    
     
ADDENDUMS    

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