S&L Podcast - #487 - Have We Reached Critical Maas?

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OMG all of the top bestsellers are romantasy! What order should you read series in? Does it matter? Also why is Veronica telling Tom to suck it? Or did we misunderstand. Tune in and find out!

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WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?

Tom: Cheesy Stuffed Pasta Shells
Veronica: Bahn mi


QUICK BURNS

Jan: Business Insider has an article on the success of the Romantasy Genre called "Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling author of 2024 so far — and other romance and fantasy authors are right behind her"

Jan: From LocusMag: The Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) has announced shortlists for the 2024 Romantic Novel Awards, including the Romantic Fantasy Novel Awards (not Romantasy Awards ;-) ):

Jan: Forbes has released their list of the 30 greatest book series of all time

Jan: Nautilus has an interesting article asking N.K. Jemisin, Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold, David Brin, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross whether Science Fiction is shaping our Future or not (or how much and where).

Richard: Small Press Distribution Shuts Down

Trike: Dark Matter, Apple TV, May 8.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Stephen: Alas, I am a Dodger Fan. Although I am a true fan of all things baseball. But enough about baseball. A couple of years ago I did a Summer of Bujold, but only did the Fantasy side of her books, but not the Science Fiction mostly because of the book order debate. I am a big fan of her current novella series Penric & Desdemona.

Trike: Currently listening to Paper & Blood by Kevin Hearne, which takes place in the same world as the Iron Druid series, but features a wizard who’s from Glasgow. Narrated by (American) Luke Daniels who is doing yet another spectacular job switching between numerous accents.

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Hint about May pick
April Book Pick (Tournament Winner)

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
Shards of Honor
Amazon version
Barrayar

what’s on the menu?
I didn't vote for him....


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