S&L Podcast - #382 - Great Movie, I Hate It
/We're beefing up our reading lists with Japanese and British award lists. Also it's fun to see what critically-acclaimed movies are hated by the authors whose books they are based on. Plus, we preview our June pick and have a few thoughts on the May pick!
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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Water
QUICK BURNS
John (Taloni): Gail Carriger's latest, Defy or Defend Defy is now out. This book is the second in the "Delightfully Deadly" series and follows Dimity from the Finishing School books in her later adventures.
Richard: "The Science Fiction Fan Groups’ Association of Nippon (SFFAN) has announced the finalists for the 2020 Seiun Awards (the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Awards), honoring the best original and translated works published last year in Japan.
Seth: Book Riot picks 15 great Science Fiction podcasts, and guess who made the list? Yep, Sword and Laser - here's the rest:
Mark: Miss Reading in Public? Bring the Sounds of the Library to Your Home. The New York Public Library has compiled an album of noises we miss—including the sound of the library itself
Erskine: Neil Gaiman just announced the first 3 graphic novels of Sandman will be released July 15 as an audiobook on Audible. I, for one, cannot wait, as I love this series. Richard added: So excited for this as well. The cast looks amazing! Michael Sheen as Lucifer. Riz Ahmed as The Corinthian. James McAvoy as Dream.
Mark: Murderbot will be back in 2021! Announcement and cover reveal for Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
Jan: Tor.com reports that the British Science Fiction Association has announced the winners of the BSFA Awards for works published in 2019.
Jan: JK Rowling has announced the release of a new children's novel "The Ickabog"
BARE YOUR SWORD
Dear Tom and Veronica,
I always enjoy your author interviews, I'll have to put Veronica Roth's Chosen Ones on my to read pile. I never really noticed character's named Veronica until you two mentioned, you don't see them much. In the past few weeks I've come across two. The ""Untamed Beauty"" on The Lost World TV show from 90s (streaming on Amazon Prime) is named Veronica and the main character looking for love in Dark Angel: The Ascent (Full Moon Entertainment) is also named Veronica.
Also, if you need a laugh, Kill The Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne & Delilah Dawson is a fun read spoofing quest novels. If Mel Brooks directed a fractured fairy tail episode.
Best,
David
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Responses about good adaptations authors hated!
Jan: I think the best known example for an adaptation not liked by the author but in general considered very good is probably ""The Shining"". Stephen Kings hates the Stanley Kubrick movie because the shift of theme and message, but is in general considered a masterpiece...
Oh and the other big example is of course Disney's "Mary Poppins"" which was very much disliked by PL Travers
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Trike: Authors hating good movies made from their books is actually quite common. I’m sure there are dozens of examples. A few off the top of my head:
Roald Dahl HATED Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Winston Groom likewise despises Forrest Gump.
Ken Kesey hated One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
E.B. White (and his wife) hated Charlotte’s Web.
And a special bonus just for Veronica: Stanislaw Lem hated *both* versions of Solaris. 😆
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John Taloni: Arthur Clarke was pretty displeased with how 2001 turned out. Michael Moorcock has a an article that includes a pretty lengthy discussion of that.
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
BRIEF discussion today. Full wrap up next episode with Terpkristin joining us! Yay!
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
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