We get excited about the reality of George R. R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons and the scariness of a movie based on Ender’s Game. We discuss how much vampires distracted from the concepts of Blindsight. And Veronica expresses her frustration at books without clear, satisfying endings.
QUICK BURNS
ENDER’S GAME WILL BECOME A LIVE-ACTION FILM
George R. R. Martin has delivered A Dance with Dragons to the publisher
…and another less vague post
Pre-order A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Bantam confirms that ADWD will NOT be split
How to remember and discover Joanna Russ
CALENDAR
5/3/2011 The Inheritance by Robin Hobb
5/5/2011 The Deserter by Peadar Ó Guilín
5/10/2011 Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
5/10/2011 The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor)
5/17/2011 Embassytown by China Mieville
5/19/2011 The Order of the Scales by Stephen Deas
BARE YOUR SWORD
Is Mark Zuckerberg a vampire?
BOOK WRAP-UP
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Two Word Reviews of Blindsight
NEW BOOK PICK!
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Discussion of the new book on GoodReads.
ADDENDUMS
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