S&L Podcast – #61 – Literary blue balls

We get excited about the reality of George R. R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons and the scariness of a movie based on Ender’s Game. We discuss how much vampires distracted from the concepts of Blindsight.  And Veronica expresses her frustration at books without clear, satisfying endings.

QUICK BURNS

ENDER’S GAME WILL BECOME A LIVE-ACTION FILM

George R. R. Martin has delivered A Dance with Dragons to the publisher

…and another less vague post

Pre-order A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

Bantam confirms that ADWD will NOT be split

How to remember and discover Joanna Russ

CALENDAR

5/3/2011 The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
5/5/2011 The Deserter by Peadar Ó Guilín
5/10/2011 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
5/10/2011 The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
5/17/2011 Embassytown by China Mieville
5/19/2011 The Order of the Scales by Stephen Deas

BARE YOUR SWORD

Is Mark Zuckerberg a vampire?

BOOK WRAP-UP

Blindsight by Peter Watts

Two Word Reviews of Blindsight

NEW BOOK PICK!

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Discussion of the new book on GoodReads.

ADDENDUMS

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One Response to “S&L Podcast – #61 – Literary blue balls”

  1. Hi Tom,

    Funny to stumble across my name on your website, since I’m a regular listener to TNT and TWIG. I just wanted to say that my book, The Deserter, *will* be having a hardback release in North America, but not until March 2012.

    Anyway, keep up the good work and try to get your hands on a Samsung Galaxy S2 😉