S&L Podcast - #438 - New Ruth Rising

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It's award season! We have Nebulas, we have Mythopoeics, we have Nommos. We also have some nice reviews of the show, and we wrap up our thoughts on Machinehood by S.B. Divya. It made us think!

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Mark: SFWA Announces the Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awards

Seth: The 2022 shortlist for the Mythopoeic fantasy awards features familiar names from previous Sword and Laser picks

Jan: The African Speculative Fiction Society has announced the shortlist for the Nommo Awards 2022, recognizing works of speculative fiction by African writers.

Jan: The winners of the 2022 Kurd Lasswitz Prize for the best German science fiction works and translations have been announced.

Deanna: Barnes and Noble is hosting a virtual event on July 27, 2022 featuring Zoraida Cordova discussing The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina with Rebecca Roanhorse. Tickets are free :)


BARE YOUR SWORD

Joseph Was the wine La Vieille Ferme? We used to serve that at the theater I volunteer at; we always just called it "chicken red" or "chicken white" so as not to have to try to pronounce La Vieille Ferme.

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What It's Like To Read Brandon Sanderson

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

In honor of Jenny Colvin we're asking everyone to read as many books as they want this month and review them.

Tom: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Veronica: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

WRAP UP

Machinehood by S.B. Divya

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Ruth (tilltab) Ashworth

I’m only just up to chapter 6, so my views may change, but right now, I’m surprised at the talk of Machinehood being concept over characters, because I’m really loving the characters I’ve met so far. Perhaps there is some wish fulfilment in how driven Welga seems, in that she is very much my opposite. I want to keep reading this book for her, concepts be damned! But that’s the thing about reading - we all get something different. :)

A little too close (Ruth follows up)

Okra (spoilers for the end)

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