S&L Podcast - #370 - Death Is Her Favorite Character
/Got reader’s block? We've got some tips to get you out of it. Is there too much SFF out there now? And why Death is Veronica's favorite character. We kick off Hogfather and give our final thoughts on Snow Queen!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: San Pellegrino
Veronica: Pinot Grigio
QUICK BURNS
John (Taloni): DC Fontana has died, aged 80, after a short unnamed illness. Some of her vast legion of accomplishments are in the article linked. She wrote my favorite Six Million Dollar Man episode, the alien-rescue story "Straight on 'Til Morning.”
Mark: Michael Moorcock’s Elric Saga Optioned for TV
Alex: New book by Jeff Vandermeer out soon: Dead Astronauts -- Dead Astronauts” is set in a post-climate-change-apocalypse future, though exactly when and where we are remains artfully hazy. The unnamed Company, like a malignant tumor, has spread across and corrupted not only the surrounding City but branching timelines, alternate versions of the world. Chen, Moss and Grayson, the titular dead astronauts, have journeyed across these multiple versions, dying over and over, in order to “destroy the Company and save the future. Some future.
BARE YOUR SWORD
How to Recover From Reader’s Block
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Book for December
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
TSQ: How are people liking it?
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