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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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- 6 days ago45 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.
- 3 weeks ago48 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.
- May 22, 202642 min
#534 - No Noox, Just Boox
Jan has taken over the show and is exhibiting the personality of the AI from Dungeon Crawler Carl. Veronica hates awards. Tom puts the butt before the horse in deference to Veronica's theory of good things happening. And we don't wrap up Slow Gods, but we still have non-spoilery thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 8, 202643 min
#533 – Octavia Butler's Ghost
The Hugo voting is open! The Guild is coming back! Is "best and most popular" actually fair? Is it right to defy a dead author's wishes? Tom risks Octavia Butler's ghost to explain. Plus, we share our opening thoughts on Slow Gods by Claire North. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 23, 202644 min
#532 - Chekhov's Dead Body
Eat zucchini! And Bleu cheese. Also, we didn’t get nominated for a Hugo, but loads of our favorite authors did. We kick off our May read (a little early) and wrap up our spoiler thoughts on The Raven Scholar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 9, 202653 min
#531 - Interesting Nacho
We have a hurt Veronica, Cadbury eggs, Nebula Award winners, and Tom Bombadil-lo! Plus, we kick off The Raven Scholar and wrap up Automatic Noodle. Which, of course, leads to Veronica's new business plan for a nacho bar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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