Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

Hollywood won’t stop making comic book movies, but we will stop talking to teach other in our ultraseats. But it will all happen underground.

Guests: Mark Milian and Peter Ha

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What starts as a conversation about beer podcasting turns into a debate about whether you should be allowed to sell your organs. They’re your organs after all. With special guests Brian Brushwood from Scam School and Stephen Johnson from New Brew Thursday.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Tom Merritt

We talk to author, inventor, and futurist, Ray Kurzweil.

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

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We wrap up the Shadow of the Torturer with special guest Josh Lawrence. And there’s a lot to chew on! Where did Dorkus come from? Is the botanic gardens a time travel device? Like a Tardis? And what’s with Severian’s Mommy issues.

QUICK BURNS

Publication delays for the next Ian Tregellis novel

More DANCE WITH DRAGONS and GAME OF THRONES news

A Storm of HBO Videos

Stephen King has a new “Dark Tower” book coming in 2012

Richard Morgan finishes the Cold Commands

Neal Stephenson’s gold farming thriller, REAMD

New Shel Silverstein book scheduled for September

CALENDAR

3/29/2011 “Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente Tor

3/29/2011 “Soft Apocalypse, Will McIntosh (Nightshade)

3/31/2009 “A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist

4/1/2011 “Sea of Ghosts by Alan Campbell

4/12/2011 “After the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn (Tor)

4/12/2011 “All the Lives He Led, Frederik Pohl (Tor)

BARE YOUR SWORD

Odd coincidences btw your SF/F reading and the real world

List of 12 recommended dystopian novels on HuffPost

What do you think the Claw is?

BOOK WRAP-UP

Shadow & Claw: The First Half of ‘The Book of the New Sun’ (Book of the Long Sun)

A comic book adaptation of Shadow

ADDENDUMS

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