S&L Video – #14 – Author Guide for Gail Carriger!

Shows / October 12th, 2012

Gail Carriger joins us in the space castle for tea time, a lesson in Victorian vampire name pronunciation, and what’s forthcoming from the ‘Parasol Protectorate’ universe!

Find Gail Carriger online!
GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2891665.Gail_Carriger
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gailcarrigerr
Website: http://gailcarriger.com/
Retro Fashion Blog: http://retrorack.blogspot.com/

Our Author Guide to Gail Carriger links:

Background on the Author:
http://www.steampunktribune.com/2010/10/oi9-interview-with-ms-gail-carriger.html
http://gailcarriger.com/images/home/gail.png
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles32879.jpg
http://new.oberlin.edu/
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/index.aspx
http://anthro.ucsc.edu/graduate/anthropological-archaeology.html

‘The Parasol Protectorate’ series: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulless_(novel)
http://www.orbitbooks.net/soulless/
http://www.nelsonagency.com/sales_bestsellers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeless_(novel)
http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/04/07/changeless-becomes-a-new-york-times-best…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blameless_(novel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_(Carriger_novel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless_(novel)

Tech News Today 604: Did You Just Growl?

Shows/ Tech News Today / October 11th, 2012

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

Microsoft’s updating Windows 8, moving Office to the ipad, getting twisty with Lenovo, and more.

Guest: Patrick Beja

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Running time: 53:54

Tech News Today 605: Sad Schmidt is Sad

Shows/ Tech News Today / October 11th, 2012

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

PC sales tank, Sprint gets a savior, iPad browser gets pushy, and more.

Guest: Ewen Rankin

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Running time: 55:14

Tech News Today 603: Make the Gun Go

Shows/ Tech News Today / October 10th, 2012

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

Google and Samsung get a little closer, ISPs are watching you, Boxee kills cable TV, and more.

Guest: Mark Milian

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Running time: 48:11

Tech News Today 602: Webtop Hits Rock Bottom

Shows/ Tech News Today / October 9th, 2012

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

Congress warns against Huawei and ZTE, another fitness wristband, YouTube’s new channels, and more.

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Running time: 49:00

S&L Video – #12B – ‘Foundation’ Wrap-Up

Shows / October 6th, 2012

September is drawing to a close, and that means its time to wrap up this month’s Laser pick, Foundation by Issac Asimov! We wonder if Hari Seldon could have predicted it was this month’s pick…

Learn more about our September pick!
Foundation: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation

Discussion Threads:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/972592-renegade-read-for-august-september…
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/999082-post-your-pulp-gems
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/993638-serialised-novels-what-do-you-think

Railsea review by David: http://youtu.be/fV17ak0C0_8

S&L Video – #13B – ‘Cloud Atlas’ Kick-off

Shows / October 6th, 2012

 

With a movie adaptation coming to theatres on October 26th, we kick-off David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, check in with the folks over on Goodreads, and giggle like schoolboys at the titles of a few of Tom’s favorite pieces of pulp fiction! 

More about our October Pick, David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas: 
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49628.Cloud_Atlas

Discussion Threads:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/972592-renegade-read-for-august-september…
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/999082-post-your-pulp-gems
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/993638-serialised-novels-what-do-you-think

Railsea review by David: http://youtu.be/fV17ak0C0_8

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