Anthropomorphic cat detective! – The S&L Podcast #036

This week we round up a lot of news and discussions ranging from the release of the Kraken book, to what Jane Goodall reads at the beach. Plus we begin the quest to pick our next book.

QUICK BURNS

The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter currently top-selling scifi/fantasy on Amazon     
    
Out this week: Kraken by China Mieville  
    
Scientists recommend their favorite beach reading   
    
Octavia Butler, Roger Zelazny, and Richard Matheson inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame   
    
Blacksad: hardboiled detective fiction about anthropomorphic animals (no, really)    l
    
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience    
    
Spoilery: The Moralities and (Necessary?) Evils of the Redeker Plan   
    
Realpolitik and the Zombie Menace   
    
Modern profanity breaks fantasy immersion??   
    
Book Kickoff soon. Look for the poll on the website.    
We'll be making the poll soon, so give us your ideas before we make up our minds and get set in our ways!  Even if it's just an author or a type of novel.     
    
Emails:

Hey Veronica and Tom,

First, let me say I'm liking the greater frequency of S&L. Hope to see more.

Add me to the tally of people Veronica has introduced to Temeraire. I recently finished Victory of Eagles; it's an amazing series and I look forward to more.

Game of Thrones on HBO. Here's the thing about the Ice and Fire books. They are incredible books, however I had to stop reading after the 3rd one because it literally depressed me. If the HBO series is near as good, I doubt I'll be able to watch it, which is too bad.

Also, I vote for a video version of S&L on TWiT.tv

Anyway, cheers and thanks for the great book-lovers podcast.

Simon
    
    
    
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Anthropomorphic cat detective! – The S&L Podcast #036

Give zombies a chance – The S&L Podcast #035

A brief episode this week just to gush about the new Game of Thrones trailer on HBO and get us all squared away on reading World War Z, plus a few alternates if you just don't think you like zombies.  But come on, all we are saying is give zombies a chance.

QUICK BURNS - unrelated news of the week
   
Haven  promo gives us a glimpse of new Stephen King on TV   
   
Interactive guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld is the next best thing to going there   
   
   
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience   
   
Game of Thrones Teaser   
   
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss has a pub date!   
   
Zombies They Are a Changin'   
   
Book Kickoff   
   
World War Z by Max Brooks   
        
Emails:

I have just started listening to S&L (had to get a Tom fix after he left BOL). I am a bit late on this discussion but, on the topic of books where Earth is destroyed, in the Death Gate Cycle novels the Earth is ""sundered"" and used to make four new worlds (plus a small gateway world and a living prison world) each based on one of the four elements. That's about as destroyed as you can get.

I was also wondering whether either of you have read Neal Stephenson's first novel ""The Big U"" which has fantastical elements (although it would be more accurately described as satire than fantasy or scifi). This is actually my favorite of his novels because it does not take itself at all seriously.
I do love your show.

-Leif from Oakland

   
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Give zombies a chance – The S&L Podcast #035

No Zombies before bedtime – The S&L Podcast #034

In this episode we learn that some people hate Zombies, some are well prepared for them, and some people get very distrubed if they read zombe stories before bedtime. Of course it's not all zombies.  Sometimes it's para-narratives. And occasionally the Roman Empire. But isn't it always?

Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear and friends launch The Mongoliad: a shared universe that could only live on the Web   
    
Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age" turning into miniseries for SyFy   
    
Effinger's WHEN GRAVITY FAILS: super-noir cyberpunk Middle East   
    
Great moments in alternate history: the non-fall of the Roman empire  
    
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience    
    
What Else Are You Reading June 2010 Edition  
    
What is your zombie apocalypse contingency plan?   
    
Our next book will be: World War Z: An oral history of the zombie war by Max Brooks
   
Emails:    
You asked about stories where the Earth was destroyed…
Beastmaster by Andre Norton
Not actually destroyed in the book but dealing with the aftermath. That’s close isn’t it?
She was awesome!

Ross 

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Somebody has probably mentioned this but in 'When Worlds Collide', by George Pal, the Earth is destroyed due to an impact with another planet. Happily, there is another planet that arrives at the same time, and some people move there.
kent

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No Zombies before bedtime – The S&L Podcast #034

Interview with Bitter Seeds author Ian Tregillis – The S&L Podcast #033

This week, we wrap up Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis with our opinions, your opinions, and Ian Tregillis's opinions. (Yes, he's on the show for an interview). We also look at June SciFi/Fantasy events thanks to IO9. June is pretty danged busy!

BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience    
    
Bitter Seeds  > *Spoilers* Final thoughts?   
    
Bitter Seeds  > Your superpower?    

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Interview with Bitter Seeds author Ian Tregillis – The S&L Podcast #033