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
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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