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It’s a show chock full of awards and TV shows based on books. Plus we have great news for fans of Joe Abercrombie and John Scalzi, and Veronica recommends a sexy book! Find out what happens when neither one of us have a drink.

QUICK BURNS
Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law (The Graphic Novel) – Interview
FINALISTS: 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award
FINALISTS: 2013 Prometheus Award
The real (?) “One Ring” Of The Hobbit
The Human Division has been renewed for a second season.
Something Electronic This Way Comes: Ray Bradbury eBooks Announced!
Haruki Murakami fans queue overnight for latest novel
Iain Banks, has terminal cancer and likely has less than a year to live.

CALENDAR

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
Game of Thrones’ sets record, gets fourth season
Syfy announces Childhood’s End and Ringworld miniseries
BBC America To Co-produce Small Screen Adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL
C.J. Cherryh’s MORGAINE Books Optioned for Film

BOOK CHECK-IN
Dragonriders of Pern: (just Dragonflight if you don’t have time for all three)
Next month: Wool by Hugh Howey
Veronica also recommends: Ghost Planet by Sharon Lynn Fisher

BARE YOUR SWORD
Book Chain

ADDENDUMS

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Frame Rate 120: Sorry About the Piracy, eh

Frame Rate/ Shows / April 15th, 2013

Frame Rate

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt

CBS, Fox, considers subscription-only model, Dish bids on Sprint, YouTube iOS update, Roku hits 5 million sales, and more

Guests: Lamarr Wilson and Steve Saylor

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Running time:: 0:56:37

Tech News Today 732: Time to Wii-vamp

Shows/ Tech News Today / April 15th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane and Jason Howell

Microsoft jumping back into wrist computers, Google changes search results for Europe, Mozilla makes any site collaborative, and more.

Guest: Fr. Robert Ballecer

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Submit and vote on story coverage at technewstoday.reddit.com.

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Running time:: 0:43:59

It’s A Thing- #007 – Got love for shrubs

It's A Thing/ Shows / April 12th, 2013

Molly introduces Tom to shrubs in the cocktail world while Tom introduces Molly to artisnal hardware. ARTISNAL HARDWARE?!? Yeah, kind of like that. Also denim shirts and standing desks.

Episode link

Show Notes:

Hot new drink trends
What is a Shrub?
Artisanal hardware
Standing desks? Eff that noise. WALKING desks!

Interview with R. A. Salvatore at Dragon*Con 2012

Shows/ Sword and Laser / April 12th, 2013

So we miss Friday videos as much as you. Starting tomorrow, the one year exclusivity lifts on our first show. But tomorrow isn’t Friday now is it? So NEXT Friday we’ll post our EP. 1 for Download. But TODAY you get a never-before seen episode of Sword and Laser that is all yours.

The amazing Brit Weisman of Geek & Sundry shot the video for us last August and we never got a chance to use it. This was especially sad because we transfered the video from Brit’s camera to my laptop as we walked through the streets of Atlanta trying to get me to the Parsec Awards on time.

So this afternoon I whipped together the clips and we present them here to you. Hope you enjoy it!

Note: If you would like to download this episode, you can! Click over to the archive.org page to download.