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June 16, 2021

S&L Podcast - #413 - Herlock Shlomes and the Loss of Innocence

June 16, 2021/ Tom Merritt

Congrats to the Nebula Award winners! Plus, a nine-year-old forum conversation on cover art continues, and our further thoughts on Piranesi (and how learning things can be a bummer sometimes).

swordandlaser · #413 - Herlock Shlomes and the Loss of Innocence

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Chateau de Seguin Bordeaux 2018

Veronica: Gun Bun Chardonnay

QUICK BURNS

Mark: SFWA Announces 56th Annual Nebula Award Winners

Trike: N.K. Jemisin announced a new deal with Sony to adapt her Broken Earth trilogy, which she will write.

Christos: WB is making an anime Lord of the Rings prequel about Helms Deep. From Collider "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim will be directed by Kenji Kamiyama, who started as an animator in such classic films as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, and Akira. He's best known for directing the cult classic anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (the good one, not the Netflix one)."

BARE YOUR SWORD

Not in our Discord? Well here's one of the conversations you missed!

Tamahome — Today at 7:27 AM

What audiobook should I listen to with my mom on a 4 hour trip?

John Nevets — Today at 8:51 AM

4 hours isn't long. Maybe the first Murderbot novella? But based on some of the other stuff your mother hasn't liked in the past, that may be a tough one. How about one or multiple of the Levar Burton reeds: podcasts? https://www.levarburtonpodcast.com/

LeVar Burton Reads: The Best Short Fiction, Handpicked by the Best Voice in Podcasting

If it is 4 hours each way, so 8 total. You might fit in some of the shorter Discworld books. Those are always fun.

Tamahome — Today at 10:13 AM

Thanks. She doesn’t like fantasy or sf lol. Picked Joe Pickett #2. It’s only 8 hours and has exploding cows.

John Nevets — Today at 11:21 AM

Exploding cows are always fun. Except when not, I live in WI after all. :wink:"

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100 Years of SciFi Tag Map

Cover Art: Is it just me...?

The Clinch - 99 Percent Invisible

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

CHECK IN

Piranesi by Susannah Clarke

How would you name years?

Wish I could remember library school

The dangers of knowledge

June 03, 2021

S&L Podcast - #412 - The Year Veronica Returned to Sword and Laser

June 03, 2021/ Tom Merritt

Veronica is back! And we have good news about TorCon, lots of new book recommendations from iO9, thoughts on the phrase "Asian Fantasy' and our kick-off of the June book pick, Piranesi by Susannah Clarke.

swordandlaser · #412 - The Year Veronica Returned to Sword and Laser

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Ube Horchata

Veronica: Fort Point KSA

QUICK BURNS

Stephen: TorCon 2021 is happening June 10th to the 13th.

Trike: Being locked in our homes for a year boosted book sales in some countries.

Seth: Sword and Laser author Rebecca Roanhorse has won the Reading the West book award for fiction for her novel Black Sun.

Terpkristin: Tor has acquired 6 Martha Wells books, including 3 Murderbot stories.

Chris: Apple picked up Wool for a TV show.

Trike: io9’s new book roundup. Something for everyone here.

Jan: In Awards News Tor.com reports that the African Speculative Fiction Society has announced its shortlist.

Jan: In What's In A Genre Name? The Trouble With 'Asian Fantasy' NPR explores whether the term "Asian Fantasy" is just reductive or - at least at this point in time - still necessary, as well as what could maybe replace the term.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Mark: If you're curious about science fiction and fantasy awards over the years, check out science fiction awards+ database.

Trike: Here is a fresh list of all the SFF awards.

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Anne: I had to smile when Tom mused about Aperol Spritz. I guess it's a very European drink as it's omnipresent here. Aperol is actually an Italian bitter, comparable to Campari but with less alcohol. It's usual served mixed with sparkling wine and a slice of orange.

So this was your drink fun fact of the day

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I’m a coproducer for a film company in Vancouver, WA. We are looking for sword fighters to cast in a film we are working on. I was wondering if you could ask your fans (I found your facebook page) if anyone in the area is interested in working on this project. More details for those who show interest. They can contact me at bethenielukl@gmail.com, with interest and questions.

Thank you so much for your assistance in this project!

Beth

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Piranesi by Susannah Clarke

Book briefing

ADDENDUMS

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