S&L Podcast – #150 – Who’s the best?

Shows/ Sword and Laser / November 12th, 2013

Who’s the best? YOU are the best for making season 2 of Sword and Laser video possible. You also get to decide who’s the best by voting in the GoodReads best fiction polls for Science Fiction and Fantasy. And G. Willow Wilson is the best, because she won an award. Find out who else won awards and why we think Ancillary Justice might snag one too!

QUICK BURNS    
    
Goodreads Best of 2013 semifinals voting begins for all categories including Science Fiction and Fantasy books.   
Explore the original manuscripts from ‘Frankenstein’ in your browser    
This Group Wants to Build a Museum of Science Fiction in Washington DC    
WINNERS: 2013 British Fantasy Awards 
WINNERS: 2013 World Fantasy Award    
Massive anthology of Twenty First Century science fiction hits shelves    
The Campbell/Hugo Conversion Rate    
    
CALENDAR
    
BOOK CHECK-IN    
    
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Sucked in by the beginning! (no spoilers)    
The world vs First impressions    
        
BARE YOUR SWORD    
    
Songs that remind you of books    
    
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES    
    
Orson Scott Card won’t see profits from the Ender’s Game movie    
    
Vote here!
    
ADDENDUMS

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TNT 881: Count On Not Counting On Apple

Shows/ Tech News Today / November 12th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

What’s killing TV? You can’t buy the Retina iPad Mini in meatspace, Facebook joins most powerful lobby group in the world, and more!

Guests: Lamarr Wilson

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Running time: 48:14

FR 148: I Like Not Being a Criminal

Frame Rate/ Shows / November 11th, 2013

Frame Rate

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Brian Brushwood.

​Why the Marvel/Netflix deal is the best decision they’ve ever made, Unlike the PS4, the Xbox One won’t support 3D Blu-ray playback at launch, and more.

Guest: Scott Wilkinson

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Running time: 1:05:12

TNT 880: iNfinity iPhone

Shows/ Tech News Today / November 11th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar, and Jason Howell.

The next iPhone may be curved, how Netflix and YouTube dominate the Internet, Amazon to start Sunday delivery, and more!

Guests: Andrea Smith

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Running time: 45:37

TNT 879: No, No, annnnd No.

Shows/ Tech News Today / November 8th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar, and Alex Gumpel.

The Xbox One’s feature set is a cord cutter’s dream, Facebook wants its own rating system, Stephen Elop is gonna chop Microsoft to pieces and more!

Guests: Darren Kitchen and Len Peralta

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Running time: 51:44

TNT 878: Good buy, $TWTR

Shows/ Tech News Today / November 7th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell.

How much should Twitter be worth, is Square the next big tech IPO, Marvel originals coming to Netflix, and more.

Guest: Paul Spain

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Running time: 48:12

Autopilot S3E04 – Highlander the Series

AutoPilot/ Shows / November 6th, 2013

Join Scott and Tom as they break down this week’s pilot: Highlander!

Highlander: The Series is a fantasy science fiction action-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985. In fact, original Highlander star Christopher Lambert appeared in the Pilot episode so as to pass the torch to Adrian Paul. The series was an international hit and was nominated three times for the Gemini Awards and once for a Saturn Award in 1998.

TNT 877: The Samsung Clamblet

Shows/ Tech News Today / November 6th, 2013

Tech News Today

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell.

Who will be the next Microsoft CEO? Samsung’s crazy predictions, a personal Google map for every person, and more.

Guest: Jonathan Strickland

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Running time: 52:25

S&L Podcast – #149 – Interview with Nicholas Kaufmann

Shows/ Sword and Laser / November 5th, 2013

This week we introduce you to Nicholas Kaufman, author of the new book Dying Is My Business  among many others! We cover questions about writing in an urban-fantasy world, whether self-publishing is worth it, and mispronouncing names (we’ll give you one guess who started that topic…).

Nicholas Kaufmann’s website 
http://www.nicholaskaufmann.com/

Nicholas Kaufman’s Live Journal
http://nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com/

[GUEST POST] Nicholas Kaufmann on Why Some Boxes Should Never Be Opened
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/10/guest-post-nicholas-kaufmann-on-why-some-boxes-should-never-be-opened/

Download the video here. 

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