S&L Podcast - #449 - Finding a Leggy Blonde

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Veronica forgets what beer she had. Must be a good beer. It was a blonde in a tall can. A leggy blonde perhaps? Also, we have the World Fantasy Award winner AND the SPFBO finalists! Plus our non-spoilery first impressions of Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: 2019 St. Francis Caro Santo

Veronica: Drank a beer at dinner - sadly it was not a leggy blonde.

QUICK BURNS

Bamugo and Mark: The winner of NOVEL #WorldFantasyAwards2022 is: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (Orbit US/Orbit UK)

Mark: Genevieve Cogman, is starting a new series next year, Scarlet, a "thrilling reinvention of The Scarlett Pimpernel with the addition of magic and even more mayhem"

Jan: This Year's Goodreads Choice Awards have started and you can vote for your best fantasy and science fiction books

Steven: The Finalist for SPFBO 8 or Spiff-Bo 8. The ten books chosen by the ten bloggers are

BARE YOUR SWORD

Ideas for fan name

Ian (RebelGeek) - I'm partial to calling us "Laser Swords"

Ken - what about cadre? It fits both gangs in armies for lasers and swords. Or go is an acronym the SLF's sword and laser fence.

Punkinstew - SHIELD backronym - Second Hand Information Ending with Literary Discourse

"Danny: Longtime listener who's never been able to afford to give back but I may have found a way.

Upon hearing the discussion on the last show about a name for the listeners, I love 'Shields' and was inspired to create a logo. Attached is a logo sheet with different variations.

Feel free to use as you'd like, digital, print and apparel.

P.S. How about a page on the website listing upcoming scifi/fantasy book releases? I never know when stuff is coming out."


BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

- Amazon link

Book briefing

S&L Podcast - #448 - The Reverse Heisenberg

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Veronica is very concerned about the Witcher news. Also on this episode: we have some prize winners to increase your to-read list. We pick a tentative fan name for y'all. We kick off our November read, Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, AND our final thoughts on The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. Also, Veronica might have Crow-vid.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?

Tom: Water
Veronica: Michters

QUICK BURNS

Mal: Liam Hemsworth will take over from Henry Cavill as Geralt in Season 4 of the Witcher on Netflix

Jan: The 2021 Kitschies, the tentacle themed award honoring “the year’s most progressive, intelligent and entertaining fiction that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic,” have been announced

Mark: The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction was announced yesterday evening.

Stubble: On Nov 8th, TOR Books is releasing "Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan" by Michael Livingston with a foreword by Harriet McDougal (Jordan's widow).

Iain: Ann Leckie has a new book coming next year set in the world of the Imperial Radch. Straight on the must read pile.

Paul: The winner of the Arthur C Clarke award has been announced!

Mark: Judge Blocks a Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

BARE YOUR SWORD

Tamahome: I posted these blogger self published fantasy and scifi awards in discord. More acronyms for you.
(SPFBO) (fantasy, run by Mark Lawrence)(started 2015)
(SPSFC) (science fiction, run by Hugh Howey) (it just started last year)

What to call Sword and Laser fans

Kev: "Drones and Familiars"?

Trike: Swazers.

Tassie Dave: Minions

David C: Armorers

Eileen: Shield [[Backronyms: Cham1nade: Shelf Heaps Increasing Every Literal Day -- or Stuffing earHoles wIth Excellent Literary Discursions]] — Tamahome: - Sword Holding Infidels Extra Laser Dudes

BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION

KICK OFF

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Amazon link

Book briefing

WRAP UP

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Amazon Link

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