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by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont
Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world.
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- 1 weeks ago25 min
#541B - This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews Wrap Up
Welcome to the wrapup of last month's book pick! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago38 min
#541A - Bot Stuff
We have a new format to tell you about, and we also kick off our September book pick, Luminous by Silvia Park. And a lot about bots and their stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 4 weeks ago55 min
#540 - A Court of Coif and Sushi
Sword and Laser is having a meetup at LaCon! Plus, Fable gets popular, ACoTaR has new titles and our non-spoilery thoughts on This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 6, 202637 min
#539 - Floss, Floss, Floss!
Cucamelons, short lists, long lists, Tom sings Le Sserafim, and we talk about books that changed our view of the world. Plus, what book would you want to portal into? Our first non-spoilery first impressions of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 23, 202645 min
#538 - It's The Words, Tom!
What's the best SciFi/Fantasy book title. Are there too many Bobs? What about Murderbots? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jul 4, 202648 min
#537 - Roman Fantasy is Romantasy?
Starlog is back! The Le Guin shortlist is out. Why Tom is naked. We kick off our July read and struggle to understand why some people think Red Rising is Romantasy. Now we know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 19, 202632 min
#536 - That's So Ender's Game
We check in on our June reading of Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Why do romantasy people like this? Veronica is making a tincture. And we have fun coming up with a Sci-Fi/Fantasy equivalent of the EGOT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 5, 202648 min
#535 - Slow Wings
Tom and Veronica remember when they read a book. It was called Slow Gods by Claire North. And they're definitely not just reading the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl book instead of that one or the next one, Red Rising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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