Well we've seen ol' Katniss, Peeta and Gale through to the end, and we wrap up all three books in The Hunger Games series. We also have some good book picks to get you through until July 12 when we start our next book, and book-bingers of the world unite!

QUICK BURNS

Congrats to Brandon Sanderson

Jeff VanderMeer's public fiction project: The Journals of Doctor Mormeck

Who should be cast as the leads in the American Gods miniseries?

The Song of Ice and Fire So Far: Part 1 - Ancient History

CALENDAR

6/28/2011 Dragon’s Time: Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
6/29/2011 Naamah's Blessing, Jacqueline Carey (Tor)
7/5/2011 Heaven's Shadow by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt
7/5/2011 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection
7/12/2011 A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Audiobook pic Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

BARE YOUR SWORD

The Hunger Games > WAIT A MINUTE

Are you a book-binger?

books I dislike" by good authors.

BOOK CHECK-IN

Hunger Games series
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

NEW MEMBER HELLOS

Hello to Blindman (came to us from Major Nelsons podcast), Dani, Robert (what is this, the cast of Game of Thrones?), Jason and Vladimir!

ADDENDUMS

Help us with sound effects! T-shirt contest! Send your .wav files of VERY SHORT segment sound effects to theswordandlaser@gmail.com by July 12 to win a Sword and Laser t-shirt!

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S&L Podcast - #66 - The Hunger Games Wrap-up

This week we bring you the first two-word review of Geoirge R. R. Martin's A Dance with Dragons, some excellent hard scifi for you scientist types, and a philosophical discussion of dark YA books.

QUICK BURNS

Submit to Machine of Death VOLUME 2!

First review of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

The Best Hard Science Fiction Books of all Time

Interview with Dan "Robopocalypse" Wilson

Brandon Sanderson's "A Memory of Light" may not be published until later in 2012

CALENDAR

6/15/2011 The Uncertain Places, Lisa Goldstein (Tachyon Publications)
6/15/2011 Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
6/28/2011 Dragon’s Time: Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
6/29/2011 "Naamah's Blessing, Jacqueline Carey (Tor)

AUDIBLE PICK

Robopocalypse: A Novel by Daniel H. Wilson
Narrated by Mike Chamberlain

BARE YOUR SWORD

The Hunger Games > Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale - Josh

The Hunger Games > Film Adaptation - Ken

The Hunger Games > The deaths of children - Veronica

BOOK CHECK-IN

Veronica: On book 3, loving it so far!

Tom: On book 2, loved book 1, book 2 still good -Finished Best Served Cold and Wolves of the Calla, on to Song of Susannah and Last Argument of Kings

EMAILS

Hello Veronica and Tom, Horkken here from Paris, France.
I know you talked about it on a previous episode but now that the HBO series is coming to France (this week (yes it's fast)) I wondered what is the best option.
Reading the book first and then watch the show or watch the show and then read the book ? I know it must be a common question but I usually have a rule, always read the book before watching an adaptation on screen but I really don't know with Game of Thrones.
So I would like your opinion on that. Thank you !

PS: In the original version you have 4 books so far, the french translation is in 12 books. The publishers are real butchers here. (It's even worse with Robin Hobb).

Thank you.

Horkken

NEW MEMBERS HELLOS

Hello new members!

ADDENDUMS

George R.R. Martin signing and S&L meetup!

S&L Podcast - #65 - Think of the children