Hey the Hugo nominations are open and you can vote for us! Also Firefly is coming back as books. And the Hugo nominations are open and you can vote for us. Plus StoryBundle has an awesome set of books called Black Narratives! And the Hugo nominations are open and you can vote for us. Oh and the Locus Awards are open for voting. That one… you can’t vote for us. But you can vote for us in the Hugos.
#316 – Why’d Ya Do It, Ernie?
We share our memories and thoughts on the passing of Ursula K. Leguin. We also talk about how silly it is to think anybody but George R. R. Martin truly knows the release date for Winds of Winter, and discover the true villain of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
#315 – Philip K Dick Move
Goodbye Shannara, hello The Blade Itself TV show? Also Moby Dick and Philip K Dick have different problems, and what the monster in Frankenstein might truly represent.
#314 – Not-So-Young Frankenstein
It’s a whole new year of books, and we have some suggestions! Plus the science behind Westeros and the amazing 200-year-old Mary Shelley.
#313 – No Bones to Pick
Ready Player One may have a sequel, The Witcher TV show has a show runner, and we have no bones to pick with California Bones.
#312 – Eating Bones for Fun and Magic
#312 – Eating Bones for Fun and Magic by swordandlaser
#311 – Science Fiction Triggers Clickbait Headline
This week we have a lot to say about wine, some to say about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series and loads to say as we wrap up Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book. Plus we kind of sort of kick off December’s Book, California Bones.
#310 – Apocalypse 1870
OMG. Patrick Rothfuss is best buds with Lin-Manuel Miranda and they’re doing a TV prequel to Kingkiller Chronicles, while Felicia Day plays Poppy the Dragonologist AND Amazon wants to do a Tolkien series. And that doesn’t even begin to shed light on how good our book pick Doomsday Book is. But the piece de resistance of the show is one man’s story of losing power and trying to read.
#309 – League of Extraordinary Ladies
We’re happy for Chuck Wendig and sad for the passing of Roy Dotrice and Julian May. And we’re also debating whether side conversations are a good literary device.
#308 – A Decade of Us
That’s right, Sword and Laser has been picking and reading books for 10 years and we’re not even close to stopping. This week we discuss why you don’t need to travel to London to read Theodora Goss but it doesn’t hurt. And why we’re extra excited for Andy Weir’s Artemis.