S&L Podcast - #421 - N0T4U2?
/Some things aren't for everybody, like our current read NOS4A2, or the new Game of Thrones trailer. But don't worry, there are plenty of other great things to read like the British Fantasy Award winners and more!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: St. Francis Cabernet
Veronica: Woodford Reserve
QUICK BURNS
Buzz: the Leviathan Falls: Expanse, Book 9 release date has been pushed back 2 weeks (again) from Nov 16th to Nov 30th (and December 2 in the UK) 😭😭😭
Jan: The British Fantasy Awards have been announced
Jan: From Locus Mag: A Thousand Li: The Second Sect"" by Tao Wong is one of the five titles on the 2021 Kindle Storyteller Award shortlist
Trike: Never Fear, Here Are 63 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Ease You Into Spooky Season
BARE YOUR SWORD
Jan -- Mini Rant: I don't like (audio)books adopting the covers of movies.
Eric -- Not to argue with Tom too much, but the idea of the Saxons invading and driving out the Celts is out of favor now with archeologists. DNA testing is debunking the hypothesis.
The new idea is that a small number of Saxons and related peopled moved to Britain an the locals adopted Saxon ways.
Tamahome -- I wonder if Veronica makes her own kombucha.
Trike --
Re: wine —
I’m not an oenophile and the only wine I’ve ever actually liked was a white merlot (not a typo). But, one of the things I’ve picked up over the years is that this stuff about “white goes with fish” and “red goes with meat” and “MD 20/20 goes with meth” is that all of that is nonsense that’s a result of some petty palace politics back in the day.
Like the dumb “never split an infinitive”, this is not a real rule. So don’t feel bad about your wine preferences. Just because some old French guy got in a fight with some old British guy and they picked sides shouldn’t dictate your choices.
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
