S&L Podcast - #391 - Audiobook Drama
/The Hugos are here! And we’ve read a bunch of them. Also, some thoughts on what should or should not be in the genre canon. Should there even be a canon? Or should we shoot it out of a cannon? Also our early non-spoiler thoughts on Elysium and the audiobook divide.
QUICK BURNS
Mark: The 2020 Hugo Award winners announced, many familiar to S+L. Here are a few of the winners...
Iain: Retro Hugos Announced for 1945...
Silvana - In Chicago, the 2022 WorldCon will be.
Jan: Does Science Fiction literature need a canon?
TRP Tom (Supreme Laser) mentioned the new season of The New Legends of Monkey on CordKillers.
There's a couple of English Language book versions of this tale originally written as Journey to the West and attributed to Wu Cheng'en:
Monkey: A Journey to the West an abridged translation by Arthur Waley
The Journey to the West, Volume 1 a four volume complete translation by Anthony C. Yu
Mark: The Guardian has posted the long list (211 books) for the 2020 Not the Booker prize. They would like your nominations for books that belong on the short list. Nominating deadline is 23.59 BST on Sunday 16 August. I think this is 7:59 PM ET in the US.
Mark: The 2020 Dragon Award ballot has been announced
John (Taloni) Harrow the Ninth makes the New York Times Bestseller List! Coming in at, appropriately, Number 9. (Number nine...number nine...)
Mark - 'Jade City' TV Series Based On Books In Works At Peacock From Dave Kalstein, Breck Eisner & Dean Georgaris
BARE YOUR SWORD
Mark
@markmtz
@swordandlaser Happy Birthday to the Supreme Sword!
Tamahome @tamahome02000
.@swordandlaser Congrats on finishing Black Leopard Red Wolf! Will Gravity's Rainbow be next?
Indie Bookshops @IndieBookshopUK
Back in my happy place @Echo_3_coffee #blogging listening to @swordandlaser interview - now have to get #bobiverse books
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
Audiobook comments
ACCHOO!
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