We’re excited and fearful about a new chapter from George R.R. Martin’s Winds of Winter, we’re hopeful about new books from John Scalzi and Ann Leckie and we’re just a little wistful and/or angry about the Hugos.
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WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Tom: Newcastle Brown Ale
Veronica: Viognier White Wine
QUICK BURNS
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Sandra: Behold! A new chapter from Winds of Winter
Eleanor (via Steven): BBC Radio 4 have three sets of programs celebrating the work of Ursula Le Guin.
Dara: Ann Leckie sold another Ancillary story to Orbit, to be published in 2017.
Sandra: Cover Art and Release Schedule for John Scalzi’s The End of All Things Novellas
Paul: The Tiptree awards and for 2014 have been announced.
People are dropping out of the Hugos
Aidan – Two Hugo nominees have been disqualified due to ineligibility
Pssst: Aidan’s also got a short story collection coming out
Ewan: The whole Hugos Thing
BARE YOUR SWORD
Just a quick heads up that the Discworld Reading Order Guide now has an official Facebook page!
We are gearing up toward releasing the final (sad, I know) 3.0 version of the Guide soon and will be taking suggestions for the draft on the /r/Discworld subreddit and on Facebook once the draft is published. Looking forward to hearing from S&L Pratchett fans.
– Krzysztof Kietzman
What COMICS Are You Reading
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Brendan: Discworld graffiti showing up in London
Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett’s inspiration
Question about selecting out of print books as our book pick
ADDENDUMS
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