S&L Podcast - #434 - Are Sequel Prequels Equal?

swordandlaser · #434 - Are Sequel Prequels Equal?

A whole bundle of good stories, telling tales from the point of view of villains, and we kick off our reading of A Master of Djinn by P. Djèli Clark.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: St. Francis Cabernet

Veronica: Peach Waterloo

QUICK BURNS

"Paul: Prolific author of weird SFF stories, Lavie Tidhar has curated a bundle of ten SF books from around the world as part of Story Bundle's "2022 world Sci-Fi bundle"

Serendi: Brandon Sanderson has backed (nearly all) publishing Kickstarters (over 300) that were on Kickstarter the day he and his team did it.

Jan: If you need a shorter list of recommendations than usual (including a S&L pick), here's: John Scalzi's 6 favorite works with science fiction themes

Jan: Tor.com has a number of recommendations for South Asian Sience Fiction and Fantasy from Vandana Singh, Anil Menon, Manjula Padmanabhan and more

Lauren: This episode from the podcast Imaginary Worlds dropped recently and contains a really fascinating discussion of Ukrainian speculative fiction

Mark: ‘The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ Author Charlaine Harris Launches First Podcast With Realm

Mark: Comic Adaptation of Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Calculating Stars

Seth: Happy library week to all librarians (especially school librarians) who are on the front lines of this fight"

BARE YOUR SWORD

Paul: Thanks for reading my comments! You've shared a couple of my posts now, and it really makes me smile!

Anyways, Re: Lion King:

My understanding is that Lion King was a retelling of Hamlet. Vengeful brother secretly murders the King, and usurps the throne. Son leaves the palace to try to find himself, comes back to avenge father, restore the throne and redeem the kingdom. There's even the presence of the dead king's ghost. So yeah, pretty royalist, but because it's a Shakespearean story that was written to appeal to kings.

That said, I agree that from a modern perspective, Scar gives more resources to the underclass by taking from the ruling class. But then lions need more food than hyenas, and also Scar's ruling style seemed to involve over-hunting antelopes, so maybe antelopes preferred Mufasa's rule, though they probably weren't fans of either ruler. The politics get pretty complicated when you have to eat some of your constituents. #Zazu2024

Mark @swordandlaser Were you ""rikrolsoned"" by @MaryRobinette?"

@KenFromChicago

What if the great stories we know were told from the VILLAIN's point of view? 🤔

@Orlando86454878

I fell in love with the master of djinn it was such an easy read the heroines are awesome I plan to read a dead djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark."

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

On Amazon

The prequel novellas

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