Handwritten for your enjoyment - The S&L Podcast #038

Just an overview of some news and few discussions from the Goodreads forums this week, including the H.G. Wells story competition that banned science fiction and required everything to be handwritten. HUH?!

QUICK BURNS - News 
   
Veronica and Tom's ComiCon adventures!   
   
Words to live by: advice from 34 science fiction/fantasy authors   
   
H.G. Wells short story contest bans science fiction, and gets no entries   
   
Best selling SciFi on Amazon right now - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury   
   
Best selling fantasy on Amazon right now Sookie Stackhouse the 8-copy boxed set   
   
Also preorders of Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time) is number 4 overall best SciFi Fantasy (comes out November 2)   
   

RELEASE THE KRAKEN! -- or some books

"The Terminal State (Avery Cates) [Mass Market Paperback] -  Jeff Somers "    7/27/2010

Diane Duane - Omnitopia Dawn: Omnitopia #1 [Hardcover]    8/3/2010
   
Sheri S. Tepper - The Water's Rising    8/31/2010
   
Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings     8/31/2010


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Veronica's reading "Time Traveller's Wife By Audrey Niffenegger
Narrated by William Hope and Laurel Lefkow"
   

BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience   
   
A model of self sufficiency   
   
Missing Words   
   
Quotations - add your favorites   
   
Game Books   
   
   
BOOK CHECK-IN   

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein   
   

EMAIL:   
 
Hello Veronica and Tom,
A pleasure to listen to you! I follow both of you on your respective sites(a Twit fanatic and a Patrick Norton wannabe Winking smile emoticon), and just recently found Sword and Laser due to an off the cuff remark from Tom on TNT. I was an avid reader of books long before there were computers, so imagine my excitement when I heard you discussing old friends! I have never sent a fan mail/response to anyone before so forgive me if I ramble a bit.


Thanks for all the suggestions Glenn!   
   

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Handwritten for your enjoyment - The S&L Podcast #038

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (kickoff) – The S&L Podcast #037

It's a catch-up episode with some cool news from the world of the past predicting the world of the future, as well as some data on why eBooks might take you longer to read.  And we kick off the new book club pick, The Moon is  Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.

QUICK BURNS
   
Earliest utopian novel by an American woman: 300 Years Hence, 1836   
   
Reading E-Books Takes Longer Than Reading Paper Books   
   
Gateways: Tribute to Fred Pohl with stories by Bear, Benford, Brin, Bova, Gaiman, Harrison, Haldeman and me!   
   
RELEASE THE KRAKEN -- or some books
   
The Unit by Tery DeHart - July 14
Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour - B.L. O'Malley July 20
Star Wars: The Old Republic Fatal Alliance - Sean Williams - July 20
The Reluctant Mage - Karen Miller - July 28
   
BARE YOUR SWORD - feedback from the audience   
   
SDCC -- Who's In?   
   
TMHM: Action! Adventure! Exciting Debate!   
   
Searching for Spy-fi  

Book Kickoff  

The Moon is  Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein  (wikipedia article
   
Notes on the upcoming monster-sized authorized Heinlein biography   
   
EMAILS
   
Hi Veronica and Tom!
 
I just wanted to add yet another to the growing group of people that Veronica has introduced to the Temeraire series.  I just finished the first one and absolutely loved it.  Can't wait to read the next one!  As a note of interest, I downloaded the Kindle app for my iPhone just so that I could download His Majesty's Dragon from the Kindle store.  I don't have an eReader (yet), and am not completely sold on the Kindle, but I really enjoyed reading this book on my phone.
 
Thanks so much for the great podcast!
 
Jennifer   
 
   
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (kickoff) – The S&L Podcast #037