S&L Podcast – #165 – SciFi is Finally Literature!

We kick off our March book pick, Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, ponder the brief career of Jonathan Ross as LonCon MC, and discover that at least Houghton Mifflin thinks SciFi is lit.

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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?    
Tom: Yorkshire Gold Tea    
Veronica: Napa Smith Brewery Wheat Beer    
    
QUICK BURNS    

The Wertzone: WorldCon 2014 announces Jonathan Ross to host Hugo Awards, controversy follows, Ross withdraws    

Another Layer of J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst’s Book Onion   

Science fiction and fantasy are now officially part of American Literature   

FINALISTS: 2013 Nebula Awards (With Free Fiction Links!) – SF Signal    

FINALISTS: 2013 Aurealis Awards – SF Signal    

CALENDAR    

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES    

Lara Takes On HBO and Game of Thrones in an Open Letter | Saurian Saint    

The Wertzone: GAME OF THRONES Season 4 fan trailer   

NBC’s ‘Heroes’ is coming back | Inside TV | EW.com    
    
BOOK KICK-OFF    

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan    
Altered Carbon Wikipedia article    
Richard K. Morgan Wikipedia article    

BARE YOUR SWORD    
    
Did you get to read fantasy in school?
    
Written accents annoying or what?    
    
Anthology cover reveal.