Archive for November, 2011

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

Zuckerberg says Silicon Valley is unnecessary, Sony’s last ditch efforts to save their TV department, Ubuntu’s world conquering plans, and more.

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Running time: 43:35

We wrap up Ready Player One, give away a Kindle, get psyched up for NaNoWriMo, and discuss whether virtual worlds will lead to the decline of cvilization. Ready Player One spoiler’s ahead!

QUICK BURNS

These Are the Greatest Geek Books of All Time, Readers Say

WINNERS: 2011 World Fantasy Awards and Lifetime Achievement Winners

CALENDAR

See what’s coming up.

Sean sent in an email and an MP3 with some books to add to the calendar.

Hey T&V,

Here are a few upcoming books that would make interesting additions to the calendar:

15 November – Ten Billion Days and a Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse

13 December – Spice and Wolf Novel 5 by Isuna Hasekura

24 January – Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel by Mizuki Nomura

BARE YOUR SWORD

Virtual Reality and the end of Civilization

Was I-rok underused, or overused?

All Hallow’s Read

TV, Movies and video games

James Cameron’s Fantastic Voyage is a doomed ‘love story’

WILD CARDS optioned for a movie

BOOK Wrap-up

Ready Player One

Giveaway Announcement? Winner! Icelord!

NEW MEMBER HELLOS

Casey, Amanda, Michael, Ian, Erik, Scotty, MonkeyButler, Michael, Michael, Alan, Rich, Ben, Noel, Jay, NCGrimbo, Robert, Micah, Philip, Vaugh, Andy, Zach, Stephen, Nathaniel, Domenico, Ken, Joshua, Sean, Matthew, Bill, Kyle (aka Khet), Nick, Eric, Erica, Ed, Quasar, Richard, Jon and Maxwell!

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