S&L Podcast - #463 - OK Ant Computer
/Are lengthy books inherently inferior? Tom and Veronica ignite a clash of generations! Furthermore, we delve into the captivating world of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and conclude the enthralling journey of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?
Tom: Tacos
Veronica: This Instagram pasta
QUICK BURNS
Chris K: Andy Serkis is narrating an unabridged edition of The Silmarillion. Due out in June.
RobertS: New Kingkiller novella focusing on Bast coming out in November 2023!
Roberator: Wheel of Time - Season 2 starts 9/1
"Stepehen:
SPFBO 9 update. Submissions have ended, it took all of 40 minutes to reach the 300 books cutoff. 121 books were submitted in the first 3 minutes. You can read about it here with a really cool graph to illustrate the growing popularity of the contest among Self Publishing authors."
Joe Sherry: Finalists for the Ignyte Award were announced today - a bunch of fabulous works on the ballot and congrats to everyone (and Nerds of a Feather is a finalist for the Critics Award, which is super exciting for me!)
Trike: The Ant-Man autobiography (as seen in various Marvel movies and TV series) is now a real book. 😆
Paul Rudd book advert: “How’s that for meta?”
"Mark: Joe Abercrombie says "Now no one get too excited because take it from a man hurt often in the past, there is always plenty of shit that can go wrong..."
"Mark: Greg Van Eekhout teased a new story this summer in the California Bones universe, titled "The Wolf & The Manticore.”
This might be a longer version of "The Wolf and the Manticore", a short story by Van Eekhout, which was published in The Book of Magic, edited by Gardner Dozois
"Agnes works at the La Brea Tar Pits helping the Kingdom of Southern California make magical munitions, but she’s secretly spying for the Northern Californians. Unfortunately, someone has figured this out."
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Ann Leckie and Adrian Tchaikovsky on how SF writers build alien minds June 21"
BARE YOUR SWORD
"Paul was among many people disappointed with us: "A S&L pick got social-media famous! This is How You Lose the Time War becoming a Best-selling book because some Twitter account that combines a Trigun character with a Monty Python reference told people to. So wild! Eat your heart out, Colleen Hoover 😆.
I checked and there's a big hold list on it at my library now. About time a quality SF book gets a chance to shine!
I read the interview with Amal El-Mohtar linked in the Quick Burns and found it so fascinating!"
The Long & Short Of It (Long books v. Short ones)
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Book Kick Off
WRAP UP
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky https://bookshop.org/a/56085/9780316452502
CoT: References To Other Works
ADDENDUMS
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