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This week we talk about the newest eReader from Amazon, as well as why we hold on to those old paper books, and we wrap-up Reamde (spoiler alert!) and kick off a new book!

QUICK BURNS

Kindle Fire is out! – our thoughts on e-readers

Keeping Physical Books in a Digital Age

Fiction can possibly alter personality

CALENDAR

BARE YOUR SWORD

Did you list past reads when you joined Goodreads?

Biting off more then you can read

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES

Everything You Missed in the Hunger Games Trailer: 40 Awesome Images!

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Tentative Finish Date: January 2

BOOK WRAP-UP (Kind of)

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

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Hi Tom & Veronica,

A few weeks ago, Ian Tregillis wrote an interesting blogpost about the upcoming publication of his second book “The Coldest War”. Here’s the link to his blog for the full story.

To sum it all up, he announced that the audiobook would be released on December 20, 2011 on audible.com. So I thought we could add it the calendar. For the ebook and “”dead-tree”" editions however, we will have to wait until June or July 2012. – Nicolas

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Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on November 18th.

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Galaxy Nexus’s British Invasion, Is Amazon working on a Kindle Phone? Microsoft Surface table up for pre-order, and more.

Guest: Tricia Duryee

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Google launches a music store, Facebook battles porn, Microsoft’s social network, and more.

Guest: Randall Bennett

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Current Geek Episode 183: I like my steak medium white

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt

Warner Bros. denies DMCA abuse, Ashless Evil Dead, confessions of a cord cutter, and more.

Guest: Scott Johnson

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt

Known as one of the earliest podcasters, author of science fiction and horror books, and he published the world’s first podcast-only novel, Scott Sigler, is this week’s guest.

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The officiating raises an eyebrow on Vulcan, but it’s the Fireflys who show all the emotion. Plus, sources say the struggle continues in Alderaan over how to best train Skywalker. Is Coach Ben Kenobi about to lose everything? We reach out with our feelings and let you know, on FSL Tonight.

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Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on November 17th.

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Why Roger reads other people’s email and conspiracy theorists are actual controlling the secret world government, and why people don’t act rationally.

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